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Islamic history in Sub-Saharan Africa
Researched 360° places of Islamic history across Sub-Saharan Africa — each with its date, location, and Sunni-sourced background.
12 places
Mali
The Great Mosque of Djenne
730 AH / c. 1330 CE
Djenne, inland Niger delta
Kilwa Sultanate
The Stone Town of Kilwa
c. 731 AH / 1331 CE
Kilwa Kisiwani, an island of the East African coast
Mogadishu Sultanate
The Port of Mogadishu
c. 741 AH / 1340 CE
Mogadishu (Maqdishu), on the coast of the Horn of Africa
Mali
The Court of Mali
753 AH / c. 1352-1353 CE
The capital of Mali, on the upper Niger (near Niani)
Swahili Coast
The Stone Town of Lamu
c. 772 AH / 1370 CE
Lamu, an island town of the East African coast
Songhai
The Sankore Mosque and Scholars of Timbuktu
c. 905 AH / 1500 CE
Sankore Mosque, Timbuktu
Adal Sultanate
Harar, City of the Adal Sultanate
957 AH / c. 1550 CE
Harar, in the highlands of the Horn of Africa (modern eastern Ethiopia)
Songhai
The Battle of Tondibi
999 AH / 1591 CE
Tondibi, on the Niger north of Gao, in the Songhai heartland (Mali)
Nations & States
The Auwal Mosque of the Cape
1208 AH / 1794 CE
Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, at the foot of Table Mountain
Sokoto
The Founding of the Sokoto Caliphate
1219 AH / 1804 CE
Hausaland, the Gudu and Sokoto country (northern Nigeria)
Sokoto
The Sokoto Caliphate Consolidated
c. 1230 AH / 1815 CE
Sokoto, Hausaland (northern Nigeria)
Nations & States
The Mahdist State at Omdurman
1307 AH / c. 1890 CE
Omdurman, at the Nile confluence, Sudan