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[Detail] Structure of the Heavens. Kashf al-Ghummah fi Nafa al-Ummah, (The Important Stars Among the Multitude of the Heavens), image 39.

[Detail] A mosque in the classic Malian style; such large mosques usually contained a university where the Koran, Islamic studies, history, law, and grammar were taught.