Great Mosque of Kano

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The Great Mosque of Kano is a mosque in Kano, the capital of Kano State and second most populous city in Nigeria.

[edit] History

The great mosque was built for Muhammad Rumfa in the fifteenth century. It was made of mud, and was of the soro, or tower, variety.[1] It was moved to a new site by Muhammad Zaki in 1582, and rebuilt in the mid nineteenth century by Abdullahi dan Dabo. It was destroyed in the 1950s, and rebuilt with British sponsorship.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Great Mosque of Kano. ArchNet. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.

[edit] External links

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Coordinates: 11°59′41″N 8°31′03″E / 11.99472, 8.5175

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