List of the oldest mosques
Africa

List of the oldest mosques

Section Title: Africa
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Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes

Mosque of the Companions, Massawa	-	Massawa	Eritrea	610-620 (approximate)	Believed to be the first mosque on the African continent and the first mosque in the world built by Muhammad and his companions in the 7th century.

Negash Amedin Mesgid	-	Negash	Ethiopia	620-630	Built in the 7th century in Negash, the mosque in Negash, by tradition burial site of several followers of Mohammad who, during his lifetime, fled to the Aksumite Kingdom to escape persecution in Mecca.

Masjid al-Qiblatayn	-	Zeila	Somalia	620-630	Built in the 7th century in Zeila, shortly after the hijrah; known to be among the oldest mosques.

Mosque of Amr ibn al-As	-	Cairo	Egypt	641	Named after 'Amr ibn al-'As, commander of the Muslim conquest of Egypt, by order of Caliph Umar. Built as the centre of Fustat (the newly founded capital of Egypt) in 673–642 CE, and rebuilt in 1179 and in 1875.

Mosque of Ibn Tulun	-	Cairo	Egypt	879

Al-Hakim Mosque	-	Cairo	Egypt	928

Al-Azhar Mosque	Cairo - Islamic district - Al Azhar Mosque and University.JPG	Cairo	Egypt	972	Sunni

Arba'a Rukun Mosque	-	Mogadishu	Somalia	1268/9	Sunni

Fakr ad-Din Mosque	-	Mogadishu	Somalia	1269	Sunni	Mosque built by Sultan Fakr ad-Din of the Sultanate of Mogadishu (10th Century – 16th Century).

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Eritrea built the first African mosque, that is the Mosque of the Companions, Massawa.

final_sentence: Eritrea built the first African mosque, that is the Mosque of the Companions, Massawa.