The Sankore mosque at Timbuktu

جامع سنكرة بتمبكتو

c. 1330 CE · 730 AH – c. 1330 CE · c. 730 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Timbuktu

The Sankore mosque at Timbuktu was raised about 730/1330 in the city's golden age as capital of Mali — one of the great schools of learning in the Sudan 1.

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The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
West Africa & Sahel
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132013301340 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Timbuktu

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Djinguereber mosque built at Timbuktu· Mansa Musa takes the throne of Mali· Sonni Ali takes Timbuktu· Timbuktu· Timbuktu

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Islam — Hasan Ibrahim Hasan
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Djinguereber mosque built at Timbuktu

On Mansa Musa's return from the hajj the Andalusian architect Abu Ishaq al-Sahili came with him and built the Djinguereber mosque at Timbuktu about 1327.