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Tomb of Emir Nur ibn Mujahid

Who rests here

Saints · died 974 AH · Harar

Emir Nur ibn Mujahid was the ruler who built Harar's famous five-gated defensive wall (the Jugol) in the 1550s and is venerated locally as a saint. He died in 1567 (c. 974 AH) during a typhus epidemic that struck Harar.

Full biography of Emir Nur ibn Mujahid →(the text above is quoted from the person's record)

How to get there

Located in: Harar

Coordinates: 9.31122, 42.13774

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Permanent ID: EA-Y-000462 · this address reaches the same record even if its name changes; use it when citing.