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Date: 1881 : 1907 Type: Mosque Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°55'11.77" S 18°24'57.32" E Alt: 46m

"Transfer of land taken by Gouwaida, and she allowed the erection of the mosque on her property. First mosque [in Cape Town] to be constructed with a Minaret. The wooden Minaret was replaced with concrete in the 1930’s. In 1940, the name was changed from Pilgrim Mosque to Masjid Boorhaanol Islam." (Boorhaanol Islam) It was declared a National Monument in 1966. After the passing of the National Heritage Resources Act, Act 25 of 1999, it became a Provincial Heritage Site. (Pryce-Lewis list 7 973 – alterations 1907) References: Townsend, Lesley & Townsend, Stephen . 1977. Bokaap ... Faces and Facades . Cape Town: HB Timmins. pg 44-45