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    The Great Mosque of Kano (Arabic: الجامع الكبير في كانو) is a general Jumaat mosque in Kano, the capital city of Kano State and the second most populous...
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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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    the Emir of Kano himself had recently consulted Christian Igbo engineers to work on the Great Mosque of Kano in the 1950s. On the matter of the Sawaba...
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    influenced by their Hausa neighbours, as noted by T.L. Hodgkin "The great advantage of Kano is that commerce and manufactures go hand in hand, and that almost...
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  • mosques in the world can refer to the oldest, surviving building or to the oldest mosque congregation. There is also a distinction between old mosque...
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    Kano (Ajami: كَنُواْ) is a city in northern Nigeria and the capital of Kano State. It is the second largest city in Nigeria after Lagos, with over ten...
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  • Abuja National Mosque in Abuja, FCT Great Mosque of Kano Lagos Central Mosque in Lagos, Lagos State Grand Mosque of Dakar Great Mosque of Touba Jama'a Xamar...
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  • Abdullahi dan Fodio (category Year of birth uncertain)
    Ramadan in 1807. Furthermore, he set the qiblah (direction of prayer) for the Great Mosque of Kano, which was located near the emir's palace. In October 1807...
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    Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (category Emirs of Kano)
    Shehu of Borno and Emir of Gwandu. In November 2014, after Sanusi urged his followers to fight Boko Haram, the Great Mosque of Kano was bombed, with over...
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    that world". The Kano Emirate was a prominent part of the Sokoto caliphate, centred around Kano, a medieval walled city, terminus of the caravan trade...
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