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    The Djinguereber Mosque (Arabic: مسجد دجينجيربر; French: Mosquée de Djinguereber; from Koyra Chiini jiŋgar-ey beer 'grand mosque'), also known as Djingareyber...
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  • teaching associated with three mosques in the city of Timbuktu in what is now Mali: the mosques of Sankore, Djinguereber, and Sidi Yahya. It was an organized...
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    associated with numerous construction projects, including a portion of Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu. Mansa Musa's personal name was Musa (Arabic: موسى, romanized: Mūsá)...
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    built Africa's oldest mosque, that is the Mosque of the Companions in the Eritrean city of Massawa. This qibla of this mosque in Massawa points towards...
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    University of Timbuktu, three madrasahs facilitated 25,000 students: Djinguereber, Sidi Yahya and Sankore. These institutions were explicitly religious...
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    This is a list of mosques in Africa. Africa portal Islam portal Islam in Africa Lists of mosques جولة الرئيس السيسي في مركز مصر الثقافي الإسلامي مع الشيخ...
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    of Timbuktu, which includes the madrasas of Sidi Yahya, Djinguereber and Sankore. The mosque is a typical example of earthen Sudano-Sahelian architecture...
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    the 14th to the 16th centuries: Sankore Madrasah, Sidi Yahya Mosque, and Djinguereber Mosque, all in Timbuktu. The schools consisted of independent scholars...
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  • rebuilding Sidi Yahya Mosque, and in 1570 renovating Djinguereber Mosque, followed by the sūq mosque in 1577/1578. He rebuilt the Sankore mosque the following...
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    An entrance to the Djinguereber mosque...
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    al-fattash attribute the building of the Djinguereber Mosque to Musa I. Two centuries later in 1570 Qadi al-Aqib had the mosque pulled down and rebuilt on a larger...
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    buildings but the most famous is the University. The masajids (mosques) of Sankore, Djinguereber, and Sidi Yahya were the centres of learning in medieval Mali...
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  • works of West Africa to him, including the Djinguereber Mosque and a royal palace in Timbuktu and the mosque of Gao. The French colonial official and scholar...
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    explorer Heinrich Barth who arrived in 1853. When describing the Djinguereber Mosque Barth wrote: It was here especially that I convinced myself, not...
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    (Byzantine architecture), Dome of the Rock (Islamic Golden Age), Djinguereber Mosque (Mali Empire), Gur-e-Amir (Timurid Empire), Diamond Sutra (Tang dynasty)...
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    Timbuktu, Mali, the others being the Djinguereber and Sidi Yahya mosques. Founded in the 14th century, the Sankoré mosque went through multiple periods of...
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  • camp in the town center and in the alleyways by the 14th century Djinguereber Mosque, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. By Monday afternoon, according to...
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  • Khambhat, is built from the ruins of earlier temples in Gujarat. 1327 – Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu, Mali Empire, attributed to Abu Es Haq es Saheli, is...
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    is known for its ten-story unreinforced mud-brick buildings. The Djinguereber Mosque of Timbuktu, Mali, was first built at the start of the 14th century...
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  • age (i.e. 12th-16th centuries); the other two were Sidi Yahya Mosque and Djinguereber Mosque. By 1583 he was a promient enough leader that he served as de...
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    Fousseni Diawara, Nare Districts of Mali Djenné Djenné-Jeno Djimini Djinguereber Mosque Djoliba Athletic Club Dogon people Dogon blacksmiths Dogon languages...
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  • taking down four more sites with hoes and chisels at the cemetery of Djinguereber Mosque, including that of Cheikh el-Kebir, Sidi Elmety, Mahamane Elmety...
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    of higher learning in Timbuktu. The Mosque of Sankore, the Mosque of Sidi Yahya, and the Mosque of Djinguereber constitute what is referred to as the...
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    Songhai architecture (category Mosque architecture)
    buildings but the most famous is the university. The masajids (mosques) of Sankore, Djinguereber, and Sidi Yahya were the centres of learning in medieval Mali...
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    A plan of Timbuctoo around 1896, showing the house where Laing recuperated, between the Djinguereber and Sidi Yahya mosques...
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    Madrasah, Baghdad Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad, Baghdad Hawza of Najaf, Najaf Djinguereber Madrasa, Timbuktu Sidi Yahya Madrasa, Timbuktu Sankore Madrasah, Timbuktu...
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  • The Mosque of Sankore, the Mosque of Sidi Yahya, and the Mosque of Djinguereber constitute what is referred to as the University of Timbuktu. In a number...
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    achieve fame as a center of Islamic learning. The Sankore, Djinguereber and Sidi Yahya mosques are among Timbuktu's most famous religious and scholarly...
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    present-day Mali, which comprised three schools: the Mosque of Djinguereber, the Mosque of Sidi Yahya, and the Mosque of Sankore. During its zenith, the university...
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    The Mosque of Sankore, the Mosque of Sidi Yahya, and the Mosque of Djinguereber constitute what is referred to as the University of Timbuktu. Mali reached...
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