Great Mosque, Kilwa

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Illustration

Mark Cartwright
by Richard Mortel
published on 27 March 2019

The ruins of the Great Mosque of Kilwa on the Swahili Coast (modern Tanzania). Constructed during the reign of al Hasan ibn Suleiman (r. 1320-1333 CE).

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