Friday Mosque at Zaria

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Creator(s)

patron: Sarkin Abdulkarim (Nigerian, reigned 1835-1847), builder: Mallam Mikhaila (Nigerian, 19th century)

Time period

creation date: late 1830s-early 1840s, alteration date: exterior redesign, 1970s

Location

Site: Zaria (Kaduna state, Nigeria)

Cultural context

Nigerian

Islamic

Description

interior, two sets of embedded piers surrounding a doorway in the north wall, with decorated soffits on the twin bakuna, November 1980

Work type

Mosque

Medium

cement

mud

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