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The building is largely in ruins. This is due to repeated diggings as well as exposure of the foundations of the structure, without any conservation efforts protecting the site. In 2007, George Abungu produced a report of the site as part of a
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Only one mihrab, oriented northward, was visible. The remains of another structure nearby are visible, possibly indicating that the mosque underwent two different phases of construction. It also contains the tomb of a
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At present, scholarly dates for the Islamicization of the region are uncertain and may be as late as the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, though others suggest a possibly earlier but unknown date.
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The oldest remains on site are undated and further archeological investigation is needed to understand them. According to local tradition, the
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in the early seventh century and constructed the mosque thereafter.
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Masjid al-Qiblatayn (Somalia)
Masjid al-Qiblatayn
Somali
Arabic

Affiliation
Islam
Horn of Africa
Zeila
Awdal
Somaliland
Masjid al-Qiblatayn, Zeila is located in Awdal
Masjid al-Qiblatayn, Zeila is located in Somaliland
Geographic coordinates
11°21′14″N 43°28′26″E / 11.35389°N 43.47389°E / 11.35389; 43.47389
mosque
Minaret
Somali
lit.
Qiblas
Arabic
mosque
Zeila
Awdal
Somaliland
Mecca
Muhammad
migrated to Abyssinia
qiblahs
mihrabs

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