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Riverside Soofie Mosque and Mausoleum

Durban, ZA

Riverside Soofie Mosque and Mausoleum

The Riverside Soofie Mosque and Mausoleum is a mosque, mausoleum, and provincial heritage site in Durban, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. In 1980 it was described in the Government Gazette as This mosque was erected by the celebrated Soofie Saheb, who immigrated to South Africa in 189

5. He was responsible for the construction of 11 other mosques, the establishment of 13 madresas and the laying out of a large number of cemeteries. Soofie Saheb passed away on the 29th June 1911 and his body lies interred in the octagonal mausoleum which he had originally built for his spiritual master. They are two of the holiest Muslim shrines in South Africa. The octagonal mausoleum was declared a National Monument on 17 October 1980.

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