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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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    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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    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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    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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  • A grand mosque, or congregational mosque, Friday mosque, great mosque or jama masjid, is a type of mosque which is the main mosque of a certain area that...
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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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    settlement is being considered for merging. › Kano (Ajami: كَنُواْ) is a city in northern Nigeria and the capital of Kano State. It is the second largest city...
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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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    mosque, that shares similarities with the zaure of Gidan Makama in Kano. The structures were constructed between 1850 and 1860, during the reign of Ibrahima...
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