The Arba'a Rukun Mosque ( ar, أربع روكون), also known as Arba Rucun, is a
mosque
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...
in the medieval district
Shangani,
Mogadishu
Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Oc ...
,
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
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Overview
The masjid is one of the oldest Islamic places of worship in the Mogadishu capital. It was built circa 667 (1260/1 CE), concurrently with the
Fakr ad-Din Mosque. Arba'a Rukun's
mihrab contains an inscription dated from the same year, which commemorates the masjid's late founder, Khusra ibn Mubarak al-Shirazi (Khusrau ibn Muhammed).
See also
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Lists of mosques
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List of mosques in Africa
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List of mosques in Egypt
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Jama'a Xamar Weyne, Xamar Weyne
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Awooto Eeday
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'Adayga Mosque
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Jama'a Shingani, Shingani
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Fakr ad-Din Mosque
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Mohamed Al Tani Mosque
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Masjid al-Qiblatayn
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Mosque of Islamic Solidarity
The Mosque of Islamic Solidarity ( ar, جامع التضامن الإسلامى, so, Masaajidka Isbaheysiga) is a mosque located in Mogadishu, Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, a ...
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External links
ArchNet - Masjid Fakhr al-Dinphoto of Arba'a Rukun Mosque in 1983
Mosques in Somalia
Buildings and structures in Mogadishu
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