Malindi Mosque

Malindi Mosque
Malindi Mosque
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Location	Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania
	Shown within Tanzania
Geographic coordinates	6°09′33″S 39°11′29″E / 6.1592356°S 39.191476°E
Architecture
Type	mosque

Malindi Mosque is a mosque in Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania, located near the port.^[1] It stems from the 1830s but was possibly built on the site of an elder mosque that might have dated back to the 17th century or earlier.^[2] Some travel guides claim an origin in the 15th century.^[3]

The present mosque was built in 1834-1835/1250 AH by Muhammad ben Abdulkadir al-Mansaby from the Benadir coast in Somalia. He was a rich merchant in Zanzibar from the 1820s to the 1840s. The building was enlarged twice in 1841 and 1890.^[4]

It has some unusual architectural features, including a cone-shaped minaret (one of just three minarets of this shape in East Africa) and a square platform.

References

^ McIntyre, Chris; McIntyre, Susan (2009). Zanzibar: Pemba, Mafia : the Bardt Travel Guide. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-84162-254-5. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
^ Mnara Mosque Zanzibar, Tanzania, Web of archnet (information on architecture in Islamic societies, run by Agha Khan Trust), lookup in March 2021
^ Briggs, Philip (2009). Tanzania: With Zanzibar, Pemba and Mafia. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 547. ISBN 978-1-84162-288-0. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
^ archnet.org