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Djinguereber Mosque
مسجد جينجيربر
Mosquée de Djinguereber
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Branch/traditionSunni
Location
LocationTimbuktu, Mali
Djinguereber Mosque is located in Mali
Djinguereber Mosque
Shown within Mali
Geographic coordinates16°46′17″N 3°0′36″W / 16.77139°N 3.01000°W / 16.77139; -3.01000
Architecture
Typemosque
Completed1327
Outside the mosque
Postcard published by Edmond Fortier showing the mosque in 1905-1906

The Djinguereber Mosque (Arabic: مسجد دجينجيربر; French: Mosquée de Djinguereber; from Koyra Chiini jiŋgar-ey beer 'grand mosque'[1]), also known as Djingareyber or Djingarey Ber, is a famous learning center in Timbuktu, Mali. Built in 1327, it is one of three madrassas composing the University of Timbuktu. It was inscribed on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1988.[2]

  1. ^ Heath, Jeffrey (1998). Koyra Chiini. (Dictionnaire songhay-anglais-français, I.). Paris: L'Harmattan. p. 146. ISBN 2-7384-6726-1.
  2. ^ Report of the World Heritage Committee, Twelfth Session, Brasilia: UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage, 23 December 1988, pp. 17–18, SC-88/CONF.001/13, retrieved 9 April 2007

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