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Mosque of the Companions versus Quba Mosque

Depending on when exactly this mosque was built, in the 620's or 630's,^[1] this could be older or younger than Quba Mosque in Medina. Leo1pard (talk) 13:37, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Belated comment here, but just a general note in anticipation of any future POV edits like this:
So far Reid 2012^[1] is the only scholarly source to suggest this dating. The author is a general historian, but not an archeologist or expert in Islamic architecture, and he mentions this only in passing and with no reference to other studies. I've struggled to find any other reference to the mosque in reliable sources. Per WP:CONTEXTMATTERS and per WP:EXCEPTIONAL, this isn't strong support. The claim of oldest mosque in Africa is also contradicted by different scholarly sources which claim (rightly or wrongly) that the Amr ibn al-As Mosque is the first (e.g. [1], [2], [3], [4]). It's unlikely there is a definitive answer with scholarly consensus on this either way. I've modified the wording deliberately to make this specific and limited support clear ([5], [6]). R Prazeres (talk) 22:08, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Fiona02: Please see the comment above and stop edit-warring, as you did here. R Prazeres (talk) 17:56, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ ^a ^b Reid, Richard J. (12 January 2012). "The Islamic Frontier in Eastern Africa". A History of Modern Africa: 1800 to the Present. John Wiley and Sons. p. 106. ISBN 0470658983. Retrieved 15 March 2015.

Actual name of the mosque?

Could someone confirm the actual name of this mosque? Despite this article's appearance, none of the cited sources actually name the mosque. (Note that the Madain website is not a reliable source and could even be a partly circular reference.) Reid 2012 (p.106) simply refers to a mosque in Massawa without naming it. Another reliable source, not cited in the article, seems to refer to this mosque but states that it is known as the "Ras Medre Mosque" (see [7]: "The sacred nature of Massawa is perhaps best embodied in the Ras Medr mosque, an open-air musalla believed to be the original landing place of the Prophet's companions." So what's the correct name? Is there more than one? R Prazeres (talk) 06:45, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I visited this place in 2017. There is a big sign close to the mosque and it says: "Sahaba Shrine founded in 615 AD the 1st islamic holy place in the world". The same text in Tigrinya and Arabic. In Arabic the name is written as مسجد الصحابة. best regards --Grullab (talk) 14:39, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[Reid2012Massawa-1] Reid, Richard J. (12 January 2012). "The Islamic Frontier in Eastern Africa". A History of Modern Africa: 1800 to the Present. John Wiley and Sons. p. 106. ISBN 0470658983. Retrieved 15 March 2015.

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