Zanzibar - Dimbani Mosque, Tanzania

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Dimbani Mosque lies 3km northwest of Kizimkazi in a smaller settlement called Dimbani. This mosque is thought to be the oldest Islamic building on the Eastern Coast of Africa. More recently, the mosque has been modified in an unsympathetic fashion making it appear less old, with a new East wall and a corrugated iron roof supposedly to protect it. Outside the mosque are several old tombs with inscriptions that bear witness to nobility buried within, most notably Sheikh Ali bin Omar, who had only one arm and one leg. Some are decorated with pillars, and one covered in a small thatched roof. Tied to the edge of the tomb are prayer flags.

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