“Mogadiscio – Moschea Scek Ibraim”
Where is it located? Possibly somewhere near or in between the old El Gab market and Xamar Weyne. Please post your suggestions below using the Comment feature.
The same mosque appears in this older postcard below. Taken from the same angle, you can see the same well in front of the mosque..
Inscription at the entrance to the Fakhr al-Din mosque
Can anyone translate the inscription? Click on the photo, twice, to enlarge it to a more readable size. Post your Comments below
Location: Lat: 2°02’00.6″N Long: 45°20’34.6″E
2nd World War period – British occupation
Text on back says “Late Fascist Headquarters. Now Troop Headquarters, Mogadishu”
Lat and Long: 2°02’18.9″N 45°20’29.6″E
2.038593, 45.341569
This became the home of the Parliament, post independence. What was its use before then?
Text on back says “Another view of the Mosque, Mogadishu. From further up the beach”
Where is this?
Text on the back says “A well on the outskirts of Mogadishu”
Is this Mosque Sheik Sufi in the background? Your comments below please?
Text on the back says “Mosque on the seashore, Mogadishu”
Where is this? Leave your comments below
Text on the back says “Another view of the high school in the centre of the town, Mogadishu”
Where is this exactly?
Jama mosque, circa 1880
From “Voyage Chez Les Benadirs, Les Comalis et les Bayouns, par M.G. Revoil en 1882 et 1883″
Published in Le Tour du Monde. Noveau Journal des Voyages. XLIX, 1255 Liv, page 61
Location in Xamar Weyne, courtesy of Google Maps. Minara is visible within the red circle
Lat and Long: 2°01’56.8″N 45°20’31.6″E
2.032442, 45.342114
Cabdul Aziz mosque, circa 1880
From “Voyage Chez Les Benadirs, Les Comalis et les Bayouns, par M.G. Revoil en 1882 et 1883″
Published in Le Tour du Monde. Noveau Journal des Voyages. XLIX, 1254 Liv, page 46
Revoil and his colleague are in this scene, wearing turbans, located to the left of the camera on the tripod
Location as shown by Google Maps. Given the location of mosque relative to minara, it seems that the above drawing was based on a location to the south east of the minara
Lat and Long: 2°02’13.3″N 45°21’12.3″E
2.037035, 45.353426
Alas, it is no more, after being damaged by fighting between Al Shabab and OAU forces a few years ago, and then in 2013 demolished by order of the current government, with a promise of being “rebuilt” by Turkey
Here are some photos of inscriptions inside of the adjacent mosque (also damaged during the fighting), taken by Mary Harper before its demolition
Located at the back of the mihrab?
Old inscription or simply recent text written in chalk?
Location unknown…any ideas?
Fakhr al-Din mosque, circa 1882
From “Voyage Chez Les Benadirs, Les Comalis et les Bayouns, par M.G. Revoil en 1882 et 1883”
Published in Le Tour du Monde. Noveau Journal des Voyages. XLIX, 1255 Liv, page 51
More engravings from the same source:
For more information about the marbles, see
Lambourn, E.(1999) ‘The decoration of the Fakhr al-Dīn mosque in Mogadishu and other pieces of Gujarati marble carving on the East African coast‘, Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 34: 1, 61 — 86 To link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/00672709909511472 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00672709909511472. The first paragraph, showb below, suggests that the marbles shown above may not longer be in place:
The following photos are included in the above paper
Is this four layered inscription above the arch the same as marble incriptions photographed by Revoil and shown above (but in the proper vertical order)?
Mosque Sheikh Sufi
Sheik Sufi mosque
Where is this? Leave your comment
Thanks for the comments below, based on those comments this seems to be the location…(Correct me if I am wrong)
Lat and Long: 2°02’17.7″N 45°20’11.3″E
2.038251, 45.336476
“Mogadiscio – Mercato indigeno”
Mogadishu – indigenous market. Post card poisted 20/11/1924
Possibly with Sheik Sufi mosque in the far left
Where do you think this is? Leave your comment below
Mogadishu: Images from the Past 
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