Masjied Boorhaanol Islaam
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Creator(s)
architect: renovation and expansion by Hadjie Abduraghman Abrahams (South African, active 20th century)
Time period
creation date: established, 1884/1301 AH, other date: wooden minaret blown off, replaced by a concrete structure, late 1930s, alteration date: renovated and expanded, late 1940s-early 1950s
Location
Site: Cape Town (South Africa)
Cultural context
South African
Islamic
Description
193 Longmarket Street, Bo-Kaap, Cape Town. Established in 1884 as Pilgrim Mosque. Its wooden minaret was the first minaret to be constructed on a mosque in Cape Town. When it blew down during a storm in the late 1930s and was replaced by a concrete structure, it was decided to renovate and expand the entire mosque in the post-WWII years. The name was changed to Mosque Boorhaanol Islam in 1949 then to its current name in 1970. The mosque has been declared a national monument.
exterior, southwest elevation showing main entrance, 1986
Work type
Mosque
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Rights
(c) Mohgamat Phaldie Taliep 1986
Access rights
All rights reserved
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