Djinguereber Mosque

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Home of the prestigious Koranic Sankore University and other madrasas, Timbuktu was an intellectual and spiritual capital and a centre for the propagation of Islam throughout Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its three great mosques, Djingareyber, Sankore and Sidi Yahia, recall Timbuktu's golden age. Although continuously restored, these monuments are today under threat from desertification.

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Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu, Mali

Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu, Mali is a famous learning center of Mali built in 1327, and cited as Djingareyber or Djingarey Ber in various languages. Its design is accredited to Abu Es Haq es Saheli who was paid 200 kg of gold by Musa I of Mali, emperor of the Mali Empire. According to Ibn Khaldun, one of the best known sources for 14th century Mali, says al-Sahili was given 12,000 mithkals of gold dust for his designing and building of the djinguereber in Timbuktu.

Except for a small part of the northern facade, which was reinforced in the 1960s in alhore (limestone blocks, also widely used in the rest of the town), and the minaret, also built in limestone and rendered with mud, the Djingareyber Mosque is made entirely of earth plus organic materials such as fibre, straw and wood. It has three inner courts, two minarets and twenty-five rows of pillars aligned in an east-west direction and prayer space for 2,000 people.

Djinguereber is one of three madrassas composing the University of Timbuktu. It was inscribed on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1988, and in 1990 was considered to be in danger due to sand encroachment. A four-year project towards the restoration and rehabilitation of the Mosque began in June 2006, and is being conducted and financed by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture.

On the 26th February, 2010, during Mawlid (festival to mark the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad), a stampede at the mosque killed around 26 people and injured at least 55 others- mostly women and children.
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The Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu, Mali is a famous learning center of Mali built in 1327, and cited as Djingareyber or Djingarey Ber in various languages.Its design is accredited to Abu Es Haq es Saheli who was paid 200 kg of gold by Musa I of Mali, emperor of the Mali Empire.According to Ibn Khaldun, one of the best known sources for 14th century Mali, says al-Sahili was given 12,000 mithkals of gold dust for his designing and building of the djinguereber in Timbuktu.But more reasoned analysis suggests that his role, if any, was quite limited.

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Mansa Musa was An African Muslim Emperor. He is The Richest Man on Earth in History. He urbanized the city of Timbuktu by building schools, mosques, and a major university. He also built the legendary Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu. In Cairo, he spent so much gold to the poor. He had hundred of camels loaded Gold.
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Dyingerey Ber Mosque

The Djinguereber Mosque (Masjid) in Timbuktu, Mali is a famous learning center of Mali built in 1327, and cited as Djingareyber or Djingarey Ber in various languages. Its design is accredited to Abu Es Haq es Saheli who was paid 200 kg (40,000 mithqals) of gold by Musa I of Mali, emperor of the Mali Empire. According to Ibn Khaldun, one of the best known sources for 14th century Mali, says al-Sahili was given 12,000 mithkals of gold dust for his designing and building of the djinguereber in Timbuktu. But more reasoned analysis suggests that his role, if any, was quite limited. the architectural crafts in Granada had reached their zenith by the fourteenth century, and its extremely unlikely that a cultured and wealthy poet would have had anything more than a dilettante's knowledge of the intricacies of contemporary architectural practice. [1] more info visit:

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Timbuktu's disappearing gold

Timbuktu, a city classed as a world heritage site since only 1988, was founded around a thousand years ago by Tuareg nomads. Later it became part of the Mali Empire. Its illustrious mosques and shrines - Djinguereber, Sidi Yahya and Sankore - are among the treasures of Timbuktu.

What has happened to this repository of historic knowledge, or will happen, is very worrying to guardians of scholarship the world over.

When the Ansar Dine Islamists took control of the city last year, they destroyed tombs of Sufi saints which the hardliners condemned as structures of idolatry.

Shortly before this, UNESCO had warned against it, yet to no avail. It sounded the alarm over the sack of Timbuktu.

Last July, UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova said: We are very concerned about what happens in Mali. We are extremely concerned about the destruction; it's a World Heritage Site. There are mausoleums, mosques and manuscripts which represent an enormous value for humanity.

Estimates of the number of manuscripts vary, but some sources say as many as 700,000 were collected in Timbuktu over centuries - Islamic and pre-Islamic - kept by families over many generations, and covering a vast variety of knowledge, including astronomy, law, medicine, mathematics and religion.

Twenty kilometres north of the River Niger on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, Timbuktu thrived on salt, spices, gold, ivory and slave trading routes.

While priceless cargoes were caravanned to and from all points of the compass, little by little the inestimable records of culture concentrated.

Ali Ould Sidi of the Timbuktu Cultural Mission in 2008 said: The nomads had moving libraries. When a camp struck, they buried manuscripts in leather sacks, and the people went on their way. Coming back months later, they knew the land and would dig up their library again. Some of them still have them, but in pitiful condition.

Humidity and parasites are age-old enemies of the ancient writings, and now war. Army sources say fleeing militants targeted a building housing manuscripts and set in on fire.

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1. GRAND MOSQUE,DJENNE (UNESCO) 13°54'18.90N 4°33'19.79W
2. PRESIDENTIAL PALACE,BAMAKO 12°39'37.42N 8° 0'23.57W
3. HI RESOLUTION ALONE MAN 15°41'47.05N 2°21'39.44W
4. HI RESOLUTION PEOPLE LOOKING CAMERA 14°40'28.73N 1°57'0.03W
5. LOULU GOLD 13° 3'30.27N 11°23'47.28W
6. HI RESOLUTION PEOPLE LOOKING UP IN VILLAGE 15° 9'24.78N 2°19'18.95W
7. MONUMENTO A LA PAZ 12°37'52.93N 8° 0'38.56W
8. DJINGUEREBER MOSUE,TIMBUKTU 16°46'18.36N 3° 0'36.22W
9. HI RESOLUTION BIRD IN FLY 15°42'32.78N 2°18'54.48W
10. TIMBUKTU (UNESCO) 16°46'22.45N 3° 0'15.54W
11. HI RESOLUTION COW SKULL 15°29'39.32N 1°37'2.70W
12. SANKORE MOSQUE,TIMBUKTU 16°46'35.98N 3° 0'20.32W
13. LYCÉE BAH AMINATA DIALO 12°39'22.98N 7°59'54.17W
14. HI RESOLUTION PEOPLE LOOKING AT CAMERA 15°38'36.61N 2° 9'16.70W
15. HI RESOLUTION ALONE MAN 15°39'52.76N 2°11'21.01W
16. HI RESOLUTION HUTS,COWS,GOATS UTENSILS 15°38'43.21N 2° 9'23.86W
17. HI RESOLUTION PEOPLE & COWS NEAR POND 15°16'13.61N 2°28'28.52W
18. HI RESOLUTION TWO GOATS 15°38'41.23N 2° 9'21.90W
19. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 12°38'54.00N 7°59'38.80W
20. HI RESOLUTION POND TREES 15°42'30.19N 2°19'0.89W
21. MOUNT HOMBORI 15°15'23.86N 1°40'16.28W
22. HI RESOLUTION VILLAGE 15°38'39.01N 2° 9'19.16W
23. MUD HOUSE BY TON VAN DER LEE, DJENNÉ 13°52'41.36N 4°31'11.85W

Restored mosque unveiled in Timbuktu

Malian authorities have unveiled an ancient mosque restored to its former glory. The mosque was destroyed by jihadists. The doors of the revered 15th-century Sidi Yahia mosque were unveiled in the ancient city of Timbuktu.city. Around 100 of Mali's political and religious leaders, and representatives from world heritage body UNESCO attended. Sidi Yahia was among several sites in Timbuktu attacked by Al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine in 2012. The group considered the city's mausoleums idolatrous according under Sharia law.

Timbuktu tourism slumps amid security concerns

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Tourism once supported much of Timbuktu's population.
But since 2008, kidnappings and attacks on tourists led Western nations to warn their nationals to avoid the fabled-desert city.
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The mud-built Djinguereber mosque in Timbuktu is a UNESCO world heritage site.
Inside, the muezzin diligently lays out prayer mats and carpets.
But where once the building would have been buzzing with tourists and visitors, now there is next to no one.
Along with the rest of northern Mali, Timbuktu was occupied by Islamic radicals following a military coup in March 2012.
The al-Qaida-linked extremists were driven out of cities in the north following French military intervention.
But five years on, the UN peacekeeping mission is now the deadliest of all the UN's 15 global peacekeeping operations.
Dozens of troops have been killed since 2013.
Three peacekeepers died last month (October) in an attack on a logistic convoy.
No wonder foreign tourists are not rushing to return.
The city may be a world heritage site, known for its pretty mud-built mosques, its proverbial remoteness and its romantically imagined deserts.
But visitors to Timbuktu have all but dried up.
For tour guides like Bouya Baby, this tourism shortage is having a disastrous effect on his livelihood.
I have a wife and two children. I'm in a really complicated situation because since the tourists stopped coming I've not been earning enough to meet our needs, especially the day to day costs.
He has since been forced to look for odd jobs but says that they still aren't enough to support him and his family.
He handles logistics for a local NGO in Timbuktu, earning 250,000 CFA (West African franc, around 500 US dollars) a month - a quarter of his former income.
A few trinket and art shops also struggle on, hoping for better days.
A parchment of Quranic verse is sold now and again to the UN peacekeepers based here hailing from all over the world.
Calligrapher Mahamane Cisse says that he used to make a good trade with the tourists.
They paid for my art. Often, if they didn't have the money, we would just exchange objects, it was a really good atmosphere. Today, nothing works. It's all just collapsed.
This house once accommodated 19th century French explorer, Rene Caillie - notably the first Westerner to return from Timbuktu alive.
Head of the Timbuktu tour guide association, Seydou Baba Kounta, says the closure of the building is indicative of the current tourism crisis.
This house was rehabilitated by the Timbuktu local authorities in 2008. They built 12 bedrooms, with toilets and a bar, a terrace on which to spend the evening. But with the events of 2012, the guesthouse is now dilapidated. There's nothing left. It was all built, but heavy rains destroyed it all. We are very sad this house is closed. Its just one of the factors, because there are no tourists in Timbuktu.
Timbuktu once boasted 15 hotels.
Now only three remain open, with one serving visiting officials and aid workers - the other two are entirely hired out by the UN mission.
Northern and central Mali remain unstable despite the French-led intervention in 2013 that drove extremists from strongholds.
The threat posed by Islamist militant groups in the region is ever present, with roadside bombs and suicide attacks targeting Malian troops and international peacekeepers.
Until they cease, tourists are unlikely to experience the sites of Timbuktu.


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The Empire of Mali - Mansa Musa - Extra History - #3

Mansa Musa is remembered as the richest person in the entire history of the world, but he also worked hard to establish the empire of Mali as a political and even religious superpower. However, his excessive wealth started creating bigger problems... EDIT: at 6:30 we accidentally used a photo of the Great Mosque of Djenne to represent Djinguereber Mosque.
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Mali unveils restored mosque nearly destroyed by jihadists

The doors of a revered 15th-century mosque hacked apart by jihadists in Mali’s ancient city of Timbuktu four years ago were unveiled on Monday, after they were restored to their former glory.

The “secret door” of the Sidi Yahia mosque in the fabled caravan city fell victim to a spree of destruction in 2012 by Al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine, one of several radical Islamist groups which seized key northern cities that year.

“This is a very important day,” said the mosque’s imam, Alphadi Wandara. “Si…
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