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Masjidul Mieftaagh

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Name

175243_sv.jpg

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3.8 MB

Format

JPEG

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916167e6731058dbccd490f05e49ef24

Creator(s)
South African, Islamic
Time period
creation date: ca. 1986/1406 AH
Location
Site: Cape Town (South Africa)
Cultural context
South African
Islamic
Description
Corner of Marguerite Street and A Z Berman Drive, Lentegeur, Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town. In an area developed in the 1970s as a coloured area, to provide housing to those removed from their homes by the Group Areas Act. Many families from District Six relocated here when their community was razed.
exterior, northeast elevation, with partially-constructed minarets (note church at right), 1986
Work type
Mosque
Keywords
Type
Image
Rights
(c) 1986 Mohgamat Phaldie Taliep
Access rights
All rights reserved
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