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Sheikh Yusuf Kramat

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Alternative Title
Sheikh Yusuf Shrine
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/91198
Date
1927
Description
Abadin Tadia Tjoessoep, more commonly known as Sheikh Yusuf was born in Indonesia and exiled to the Cape of Good Hope in in 1693. He is credited by many with establishing the first Islamic community in South Africa. When he died in 1699 he was buried on a hill overlooking Macassar at Zandvlei, Faure.
 
distant view, view from Nurul Latief Masjid across village to shrine on hilltop, 1986
 
Type of Work
Shrine (structure)
Subject
Shrines, Religious architecture, Architecture, Islamic--South Africa, Faure (South Africa)
Rights
(c) 1986 Mohgamat Phaldie Taliep
Rights Statement
All rights reserved
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