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| Turkey |
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Erzurum |
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Yakutiye Mosque |
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The octagonal Yakutiye Mosque dates from 1310. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Erzurum |
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Yakutiye Mosque |
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The mosque was built by the Mongols. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Erzurum |
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Cifte Minareli Medresi |
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The Cifti Minareli Medresi is a mosque and school. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
|
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Dogubeyazit |
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Isak Pasa Serai |
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The Complex contains a mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Dogubeyazit |
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Isak Pasa Serai |
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Small settlement and mosque at 1520m from Isak Pasa Serai. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Lake Van |
Van |
Van Fort |
Tushpa |
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Kaleici Mosque (left), the ruins of Ulu Mosque (1390) and Kayachelebi Mosque (1592) on the right. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Lake Van |
Van |
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Tushpa |
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Kayachelebi Mosque (1592). |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Lake Van |
Van |
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Tushpa |
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Kaleici Mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Lake Van |
Ahlat |
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|
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Walled mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Lake Van |
Bitlis |
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|
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Abandoned Seljuk style mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Diyabakir |
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Ulu Mosque |
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The Ulu (Grand) Mosque with its distinctive minaret. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Diyabakir |
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Ulu Mosque |
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The mosque is the oldest in Anatolia, dating from 639. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Diyabakir |
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Ulu Mosque |
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The mosque was once St Thomas's Church and was converted by the Arabs. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
|
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Diyabakir |
|
Safa Mosque |
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The upper part of the minaret of the Safa Mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
|
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Diyabakir |
|
Safa Mosque |
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The ornate minaret of the Safa Mosque (1532). |
1986 |
| Turkey |
|
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Diyabakir |
|
|
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The Nebi Mosque has an Arabic style square minaret. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
|
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Diyabakir |
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Melak Ahmed Mosque |
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The Arabic style Melak Ahmed Mosque dates from the 16th century. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
|
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Diyabakir |
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|
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The Behram Pasha Mosque dates from 1572. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
|
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Diyabakir |
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|
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The four pillared minaret of the Dort Ayakli Mosque has a stork's nest on top. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
|
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Urfa |
Halil-ur-Rahman Mosque |
|
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The Arabic style Halil-ur-Rahman Mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Urfa |
Halil-ur-Rahman Mosque |
|
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The Mosque has a sacred pool where Muslims believe that Abraham was saved by God when he was attacked by Nimrod. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Urfa |
Halil-ur-Rahman Mosque |
|
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The mosque was built by Kurdish Ayyubids in 1211. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Urfa |
Halil-ur-Rahman Mosque |
|
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The mosque is an important pilgrimage site. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
|
|
Urfa |
Halil-ur-Rahman Mosque |
Mevlid-i Halil |
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The Mevlid-i Halil Mosque is traditionally on the site of the tomb of Abraham. |
1986 |
| Uganda |
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Kampala |
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Gadaffi Mosque |
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The copper domed Gadaffi Mosque. |
2013 |
| Uganda |
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Kampala |
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Gadaffi Mosque |
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The Gadaffi Mosque is set on top of one of the city's many hills. |
2013 |
| Uganda |
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Kampala |
|
Gadaffi Mosque |
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The domes of the mosque from the minaret. |
2013 |
| Uganda |
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Kampala |
|
Gadaffi Mosque |
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The entrance to the mosque. |
2013 |
| Uganda |
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Kampala |
|
Gadaffi Mosque |
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The interior of the mosque. |
2013 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Dubai |
|
Dubai |
Deira |
|
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Mosque at night. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Dubai |
|
Dubai |
Deira |
|
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Futtaim Mosque. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Dubai |
|
Dubai |
The Creek |
|
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Bur Dubai and the Diwan Mosque. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Dubai |
|
Dubai |
The Creek |
|
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The Diwan (the offices of the Emir) and its mosque. |
2008 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Dubai |
|
Dubai |
The Creek |
|
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The Diwan Mosque. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Dubai |
|
Dubai |
Bur Dubai |
Diwan Mosque |
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The Diwan Mosque. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Dubai |
|
Dubai |
Bur Dubai |
Diwan Mosque |
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Screen from the Diwan Mosque. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Dubai |
|
Dubai |
Bur Dubai |
Imam Ali Mosque |
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The Imam Ali Mosque. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Dubai |
|
Dubai |
Bur Dubai |
Imam Ali Mosque |
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The mosque is Persian. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Dubai |
|
Dubai |
Bur Dubai |
Persian Mosque |
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The Persian Mosque is Iranian. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Dubai |
|
Dubai |
Bur Dubai |
|
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Modern mosque near the Textile Souq. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Dubai |
|
Dubai |
Bur Dubai |
Al Ghubaiba |
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The Diwan and its mosque. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Dubai |
|
Dubai |
Bur Dubai |
Grand Bur Dubai Mosque |
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Grand Bur Dubai Mosque. |
2008 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Dubai |
|
Dubai |
Bur Dubai |
Grand Bur Dubai Mosque |
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The mosque from the front. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Dubai |
|
Dubai |
Bur Dubai |
Grand Bur Dubai Mosque |
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The mosque and the Al-Fahaidi Fort. |
2008 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Dubai |
|
Dubai |
|
Marina |
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The Marina mosque. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
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Abu Dar Alghafari Mosque |
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The Abu Dar Alghafari Mosque. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Al Maghfirah Mosque |
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The golden domed Al Maghfirah Mosque. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
Creek |
|
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View of the Al Maghfirah Mosque along the Creek. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
Creek |
|
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The Al Maghfirah Mosque dominates the Creek. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
|
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City centre mosque. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
Rolla Square |
|
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Mosque in the square. |
2008 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Painting of Maydan Mosque in Baghdad (Abd al-Qadar, Iraq, 1910). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Map of the Great Mosque at Mecca (Rashid Umar Sunbul, 1950). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Curtain used to cover the Kaaba in the Great Mosque at Mecca. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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1930 photograph of the Great Mosque at Mecca. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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1931 photograph of the exterior of the Great Mosque at Mecca. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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1880 photograph of the Kaaba in the Great Mosque at Mecca. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Drawing of the Kaaba in the Great Mosque of Mecca by the artist, Nao (1882). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Abu Dhabi |
|
Abu Dhabi |
|
|
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 A unique mosque. |
2025 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Abu Dhabi |
|
Abu Dhabi |
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Heritage Village |
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Traditional desert mosque. |
2025 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Abu Dhabi |
|
Abu Dhabi |
|
Grand Mosque |
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The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. |
2025 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Abu Dhabi |
|
Abu Dhabi |
|
Grand Mosque |
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The grounds of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. |
2025 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Abu Dhabi |
|
Abu Dhabi |
|
Grand Mosque |
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The mosque has 80 domes. |
2025 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
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Samarkand |
Registan |
Tilla Kari Medressa |
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The gate to the medressa, which also contains a mosque. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
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Samarkand |
Registan |
Tilla Kari Medressa |
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The entrance to the mosque from the medressa courtyard. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
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Samarkand |
Registan |
Tilla Kari Medressa |
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The interior of the mosque attached to the medressa. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
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Samarkand |
Registan |
Tilla Kari Medressa |
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The celing of the mosque. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
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Samarkand |
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Bibi-Khanym Mosque |
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The Bibi-Khanym Mosque dates from the early 15th century. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
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Samarkand |
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Bibi-Khanym Mosque |
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The 35m high gate of the mosque. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
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Samarkand |
|
Bibi-Khanym Mosque |
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The mosque is named after the Chinese wife of Timur and was built in 1404. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
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Samarkand |
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Bibi-Khanym Mosque |
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Opposite the mosque is the 14th century Tomb of Bibi-Khanym. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
|
Shakhrisabz |
|
Kok-Gumbaz Mosque |
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The Kok-Gumbaz Mosque. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
|
Shakhrisabz |
|
Kok-Gumbaz Mosque |
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The Kok-Gumbaz Mosque was completed by Ulugbek in 1437. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
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Shakhrisabz |
|
Kok-Gumbaz Mosque |
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Gate in the courtyard of the mosque. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
|
Shakhrisabz |
|
Kok-Gumbaz Mosque |
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Tilework on the mosque gate. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
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Shakhrisabz |
|
Kok-Gumbaz Mosque |
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Paintings inside the mosque. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
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Bukhara |
|
Maghoki Attar Mosque |
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The 9th century Maghoki Attar Mosque is the oldest surving mosque in Central Asia. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
|
Bukhara |
|
Maghoki Attar Mosque |
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The mosque was built on the site of a 5th century Zoroastrian temple, itself built on the site of a Buddhist temple. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
|
Bukhara |
|
Kalon Mosque |
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The minaret stands in front of the younger walled Kalon Mosque. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
|
Bukhara |
|
Kalon Mosque |
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The 16th century mosque holds up to 10,000 people. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
|
Bukhara |
|
Kalon Mosque |
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The minaret from the courtyard of the mosque. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
|
Bukhara |
The Ark |
|
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The 17th century Juma Mosque has wooden columns and roof. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
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Bukhara |
The Ark |
|
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Carved wooden pillar from the Juma Mosque. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
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Bukhara |
The Ark |
|
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Colourful wooden ceiling in the Juma Mosque. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
|
Bukhara |
|
Bolo-Hauz Mosque |
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The Bolo-Hauz Mosque was built in 1718. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
|
Bukhara |
|
Bolo-Hauz Mosque |
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Detail from the carved and painted wooden ceiling of the Khan's personal mosque. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
|
Bukhara |
|
Bolo-Hauz Mosque |
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The mosque is fronted by a series of columns. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
|
Bukhara |
|
Bakhautdin Naqshband Shrine |
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One of three mosques at the tomb and shrine of Sufi saint, Naqshband Bakhautdin (died 1389). |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
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Bukhara |
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Bakhautdin Naqshband Shrine |
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Mosque with fat minaret. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
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Bukhara |
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Bakhautdin Naqshband Shrine |
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Mosque with ribbed dome. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
|
Bukhara |
Chor Bakr |
|
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Chor Bakr is dominated by a mosque and a Sufi hall with a minaret between them. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
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Bukhara |
Chor Bakr |
|
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The Juma Mosque dates from the 16th century. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
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Bukhara |
Chor Bakr |
|
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The Juma Mosque minaret. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
|
Khiva |
The Ark |
|
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The 19th century Summer Mosque. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
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Khiva |
The Ark |
|
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Intense blue tiling at the Summer Mosque. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
|
Khiva |
The Ark |
|
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Detail of the tiles in the Summer Mosque. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
|
Khiva |
The Ark |
|
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Painted celing of the Summer Mosque. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
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Khiva |
|
Juma Mosque |
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The 47m high minaret of the Juma Mosque. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
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Khiva |
|
Juma Mosque |
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The mosque contains 218 wooden columns, some dating from the 10th century. |
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
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Khiva |
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|
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Aq Mosque (1657). |
2008 |
