Djinguereber Mosque: Then and Now

Mud-brick mosque of Timbuktu built in 1327 after Mansa Musa's pilgrimage, and a centre of learning ever since.

Key facts

Country today	Mali
Status	Standing
Date	1327
Nearest city on the map	Gao (about 330 km)
Location	16.771° N, 3.008° W

Map showing Djinguereber Mosque in 1300 — Border map for 1300. See the world in 1300.

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Who ruled this place

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

Period	State
500 BC–101 BC	Saharan pastoral nomads
100 BC–699	Unclaimed / no data
700–799	Saharan Nomadic Tribes
800–899	Unclaimed / no data
900–999	Berbers
1000–1199	Unclaimed / no data
1200–1299	Berber Tribes
1300–1491	Mali
1492–1649	Songhai
1650–1782	Morocco
1783–1814	Segu
1815–1913	Unclaimed / no data
1914–1944	French West Africa
1945–today	Mali

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