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| Turkey |
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Antalya |
Old City |
Yivli Mosque |
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The domes of the mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Antalya |
Old City |
|
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Kesik Minare is a topless minaret from a mosque dating from the 1500s. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Antalya |
Old City |
|
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Ruins of a 2nd century Roman temple converted to a Byzantine church (6th century) and into a Seljuk mosque (13th century) and a Cypriot church (1361). |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Antalya |
Old City |
|
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Sitting in a square at the Tekeli Pasha Mosque. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Antalya |
Old City |
|
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Metal worker with a mosque decoration. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Antalya |
Old City |
|
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Two minarets, a mosque, a Byzantine church and a clock tower over the old city. |
2006 |
| Turkey |
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Konya |
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The minaret of the Oplikci Mosque, Konya's oldest dating from 1202. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Konya |
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Aziziye Mosque |
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The Aziziye Mosque (1874) is one of many mosques in Konya. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Konya |
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Sahip Ata Mosque |
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The Sahip Ata Mosque dates from 1283. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Konya |
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Sahip Ata Mosque |
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The mosque is Seljuk with Persian influences. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Konya |
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Alaettin Mosque |
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The Alaettin Mosque dates from 1221 and is built with a mixture of Arab and Persian styles. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Konya |
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Ince Mosque |
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The Ince Mosque is the most beautiful in the city and dates from 1258. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Konya |
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Ince Mosque |
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Elaborate decoration over the entrance of the mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Konya |
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The city has many mosques of different ages and styles. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Konya |
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Ottoman style mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Konya |
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Shemsi Tabrizi Mosque |
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The Mosque of Shemsi Tabrizi dates from 1242. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Cappadocia |
Zelve |
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|
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Mosque and houses. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Cappadocia |
Uchisar |
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|
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Mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
|
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Kayseri |
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Kursunlu Mosque |
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The entrance to the Kersunlu Mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Kayseri |
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Kursunlu Mosque |
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The Ottoman style mosque dates from 1585 and is overlooked by Mount Erciyes. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Kayseri |
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Ulu Cami |
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The Great Mosque (Ulu Cami) dates from 1205. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Kayseri |
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Huant Hatun Mosque |
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The Huant Hatun Mosque dates from 1228. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
|
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Ankara |
Old City |
|
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The minaret of the Aslanhane Mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Ankara |
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The Haji Bayram Mosque was built over a Byzantine church. The church was built on the site of a Phrygian temple. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
|
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Amasaya |
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Gokmedresse Mosque |
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The Gokmedresse Mosque and school date from 1276. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Amasaya |
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Gokmedresse Mosque |
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View from the roof of the mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Amasaya |
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Gokmedresse Mosque |
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Three boys on the mosque roof. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
|
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Amasaya |
Old City |
Sultan Beyazit Mosque |
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The Sultan Beyazit Mosque is the largest in the old city. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Amasaya |
Old City |
Sultan Beyazit Mosque |
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The mosque dates from 1486. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Amasaya |
Old City |
Sultan Beyazit Mosque |
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The mosque is overlooked by Pontic tombs. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Amasaya |
Old City |
|
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Mosque by the cliffs. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Amasaya |
Old City |
Beyazit Pasha Mosque |
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The Beyazit Pasha Mosque is in Bursa style. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Amasaya |
Old City |
Beyazit Pasha Mosque |
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The mosque dates from 1419. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Trabzon |
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Friday prayer at the 16th century Gulbahar Mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Trabzon |
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Aghia Sophia Church |
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Aghia Sophia is a 13th century Greek church that was later turned into a mosque. |
1986 |
| 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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Walled mosque. |
1986 |
| Turkey |
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Lake Van |
Bitlis |
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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 |
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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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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 |
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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 |
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Gadaffi Mosque |
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The domes of the mosque from the minaret. |
2013 |
| Uganda |
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Kampala |
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Gadaffi Mosque |
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The entrance to the mosque. |
2013 |
| Uganda |
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Kampala |
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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 |
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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 |
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Dubai |
Bur Dubai |
Diwan Mosque |
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The Diwan Mosque. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Dubai |
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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 |
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Dubai |
Bur Dubai |
Imam Ali Mosque |
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The mosque is Persian. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Dubai |
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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 |
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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 |
|
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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|
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 A unique mosque. |
2025 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Abu Dhabi |
|
Abu Dhabi |
|
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 |
