Wikipedia's first sentence called it “provincial heritage site in durban in the kwazulu-natal province of south africa”. Today it says “mosque”.
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Sunni mosque, mausoleum, and heritage site in Durban, South Africa 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 1895. 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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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Riverside Soofie Mosque and Mausoleum is a 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 Hajee Soofie, who immigrated to South Africa in 1895. 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. Hajee Soofie died in 1911 and his body lies interred in the octagonal mausoleum which he designed himself.
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Riverside Soofie Mosque and Mausoleum The Riverside Soofie Mosque and Mausoleum is a 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 Hajee Soofie, who immigrated to South Africa in 1895. 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. Hajee Soofie died in 1911 and his body lies interred in the octagonal mausoleum which he designed himself. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Riverside Soofie Mosque and Mausoleum .
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Heritage site in Durban, South Africa The Riverside Soofie Mosque and Mausoleum is a 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 1895. 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. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Riverside Soofie Mosque and Mausoleum .
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provincial heritage site in durban in the kwazulu-natal province of south africa
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mosque
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