History of Muslims in South Africa: 1804 - 1899 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Uitenhage Masjid: fourth oldest in South Africa 32 On May 04, 1846 the "Malay Corps" of 250 Cape Muslim volunteers left … a piece of land for this masjid was acquired on September 03, 1859 by Imam Hadjie [d 1869 in Makkah], acting as a … Durban] on board H M S Briton from Zanzibar on August 04, 1873. They numbered 113, a large majority of whom were …