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Wete-Pemba is in the sister-island of Zanzibar, Tanzania. Besides Wete-Pemba Jamatkhana there was another Jamatkhana…
The Jamat Khana in Arusha after a fresh coat of paint. Courtesy Sultan Jessa …
Historical Photos of Upanga Jamatkhana in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,
Source: Kamrudin A. Rashid. Toronto, Ontario, Canada These pictures were taken by the author when…
On April 9, 1956, Prince Aly Khan laid the foundation stone for a new awe-inspiring jamatkhana in whose architecture he took personal interest. Unfortunately, he would not live to see it constructed.
A rare 1954 photograph of Prince Karim and Prince Amyn in Dodoma, Tanganyika (now Tanzania).…
Photo Amira Dhalla via https://flic.kr/p/qS7CoP – https://flic.kr/p/qzHqsq
Excerpts from Professor Karim F. Hirji’s “Growing up with Tanzania: Memories, Musings and Maths”: At…
Upanga Jamatkhana, Dar es Salam, Tanzania. This Jamatkhana was built upon the same site where…
The first Nizari Ismaili Jamatkhana in Zanzibar was established in the 1830s, with the appointments…
The Jamatkhana We lastly come to the grandest building – a land mark of Tanga.…
Photo credit: Nizar Hassam Jivraj at Panoramio.
The historic Upanga Jamatkhana in Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania, built upon the very site of the Diamond…
Excerpt: Fridays, however were different, because, apart from the kiosks, which closed in the afternoons,…
A Beacon for Heritage Every two years since 1996, the World Monuments Watch is a…