Is thought by some to have been one of the old capitals of the island. Traces of on old shirazian settlement, praying to be saved from his enemies, disappeared in a rock which opened and shut behind him. Near the walled enclosure is an ancient archaeological research, which may be entered with permission and provided the visitors shoes, are first removed, the most interesting part of the mosque is the ornate MIHRAB (corresponding to the altar in a Christian church) and the north wall, along which there is a frieze of passages from the koran.
An inscription in kufic characters on the left of the MIHRAB given the date of the building of the mosque at A.H 500 (A.D.1107) nearby there is another inscription (in Arabic) which states at the mosque was repaired In A.H...1184 (A.D 1770) the mosque which is thought to be the only one on the East African coast where so much kufic exists. Has been the subject of a monograph by professor flurry of Cairo (the kufic inscriptions of kizimkazi mosque, Zanzibar AH 500(A.D 1107). The mosque is still in use to date. Outside is a well and graves of sheriffs (descendants of the prophet)
