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| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Fatehpur Sikri |
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The stone cutters' mosque. |
1983 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
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Ajmer |
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Jain School and Mosque |
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A Jain school converted into a mosque by the addition of a Persian style gate. |
1983 |
| India |
Rajasthan |
|
Ajmer |
|
Dargah |
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The marble mosque was built by the Moghul Emperor, Shah Jahan. |
1983 |
| India |
Jammu and Kashmir |
|
Srinagar |
|
Shah Hamdan Mosque |
 |
The wooden Shah Hamdan Mosque. |
1983 |
| India |
Jammu and Kashmir |
|
Srinagar |
|
Shah Hamdan Mosque |
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The Shah Hamdan Mosque is made of wood. |
1983 |
| India |
West Bengal |
|
Calcutta |
|
Tipu Sultan Mosque |
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The Tipu Sultan Mosque dates from 1842. |
1988 |
| India |
West Bengal |
|
Calcutta |
|
Tipu Sultan Mosque |
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The mosque is next to a busy street. |
1988 |
| India |
West Bengal |
|
Calcutta |
|
Nakhoda Mosque |
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The Moghul style Nakhoda Mosque in the heart of the Muslim Bazaar. |
1988 |
| India |
West Bengal |
|
Calcutta |
|
Nakhoda Mosque |
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The mosque is set in the narrow streets of the bazaar and dates from 1926. |
1988 |
| India |
West Bengal |
|
Darjeeling |
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|
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The main mosque. |
1988 |
| India |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
Warangal |
|
|
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Entrance to a mosque. |
1988 |
| India |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
Hyderabad |
|
|
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Typical Hyderabadi mosque. |
1988 |
| India |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
Hyderabad |
|
|
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Shops overlooked by a mosque. |
1988 |
| India |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
Hyderabad |
|
Mecca Mosque |
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The Mecca Mosque was completed in 1687. |
1988 |
| India |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
Hyderabad |
|
Mecca Mosque |
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The mosque is made from granite hauled 11km by a team of 1400 bullocks. |
1988 |
| India |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
Hyderabad |
|
Mecca Mosque |
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The mosque has a capacity of ten thousand. |
1988 |
| India |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
Hyderabad |
|
Mecca Mosque |
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Moghul Emperor Aurangzeb added to the mosque in 1693. |
1988 |
| India |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
Hyderabad |
|
Mecca Mosque |
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The mosque took 70 years to build by the Qutb Shah Nizams. |
1988 |
| India |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
Hyderabad |
|
Bazaar |
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Small Hindu shrine next to a mosque. |
1988 |
| India |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
Hyderabad |
Golconda Fort |
Ibrahim Mosque |
 |
The Ibrahim Mosque. |
1988 |
| India |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
Hyderabad |
Golconda Fort |
Ibrahim Mosque |
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View from the mosque. |
1988 |
| India |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
Hyderabad |
Golconda Fort |
Citadel |
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View to the Ibrahim Mosque. |
1988 |
| India |
Kerala |
|
Trivandrum |
|
|
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A typical mosque. Trivandrum has a population that is a third Muslim. |
1989 |
| India |
Kerala |
Backwaters |
Alleppey |
|
|
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A typical mosque in Alleppey without a dome or minaret. |
1989 |
| India |
Kerala |
|
Cranganore |
|
Cheraman Mosque |
 |
The Cheraman Mosque. |
1989 |
| India |
Kerala |
|
Cranganore |
|
Cheraman Mosque |
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The mosque is the oldest in India (built 629). The rear part is original. |
1989 |
| India |
Karnataka |
|
Srirangapatnam |
Fort |
Masjid-e-Ala |
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Masjid-e-Ala is a mosque built by Tipu Sultan, the last ruler of the city. |
1989 |
| India |
Karnataka |
|
Gulbarga |
Gulbarga Fort |
Great Mosque |
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Dominating the Fort is the Great Mosque. |
1989 |
| India |
Karnataka |
|
Gulbarga |
Gulbarga Fort |
Great Mosque |
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The mosque dates from the 14th century. |
1989 |
| India |
Karnataka |
|
Gulbarga |
Gulbarga Fort |
Great Mosque |
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The mosque was built by a Moorish architect in imitation of the mosque in Cordoba, Spain. |
1989 |
| India |
Karnataka |
|
Bijapur |
|
Great Mosque |
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The Great Mosque is the largest in Bijapur. |
1989 |
| India |
Karnataka |
|
Bijapur |
|
Great Mosque |
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The Great Mosque was built in 1557. |
1989 |
| India |
Karnataka |
|
Bijapur |
|
|
 |
Mecca Mosque. |
1989 |
| India |
Karnataka |
|
Bijapur |
|
|
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Houses close to abandoned tombs and mosques. |
1989 |
| India |
Karnataka |
|
Badami |
|
|
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A small mosque. |
1989 |
| India |
Goa |
|
Ponda |
|
Safe Mosque |
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The Safe Mosque has no minaret and is next to a water tank. |
1989 |
| India |
Goa |
|
Ponda |
|
Safe Mosque |
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The Safe Mosque (1560). |
1989 |
| India |
Goa |
|
Vasco de Gama |
|
|
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Waterside mosque. |
1989 |
| India |
Maharashtra |
|
Aurangabad |
|
|
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A mosque. |
1989 |
| India |
Maharashtra |
|
Daulatabad |
|
Hindu Temple |
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A Hindu temple that became a mosque with the addition of a dome and then returned to being a Hindu temple. |
1989 |
| India |
Maharashtra |
|
Daulatabad |
|
Hindu Temple |
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A Hindu statue in the mihrab (prayer niche) of a mosque that was originally converted from a Hindu temple. |
1989 |
| India |
Maharashtra |
|
Khuldabad |
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|
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Mosque behind houses. |
1989 |
| India |
Maharashtra |
|
Khuldabad |
|
|
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Blue coloured mosque. |
1989 |
| India |
Maharashtra |
|
Khuldabad |
|
|
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Mosque. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Bhopal |
|
Taj ul Masjid |
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The Taj ul Masjid is India's largest mosque and one of the largest in Asia. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Bhopal |
|
Taj ul Masjid |
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The mosque was begun in the 19th century but never completed. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Bhopal |
|
Jama Masjid |
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Entrance to the mosque. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Bhopal |
|
Jama Masjid |
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The mosque was built by one of the female rulers, Kudsia Begum. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Bhopal |
|
Jama Masjid |
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The decorated marble interior of the mosque. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
|
Dilawar Khan Mosque |
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The Dilawar Khan Mosque dates from 1405. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
|
Dilawar Khan Mosque |
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The mosque was built from the ruins of Hindu temples. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
|
Great Mosque |
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The Great Mosque is the largest building in Mandu. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
|
Great Mosque |
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The mosque dates from 1454. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
|
Great Mosque |
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The mosque has 59 domes of all sizes. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
|
Malik Mughith Mosque |
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The Malik Mughith Mosque was built in 1432. |
1989 |
| India |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Mandu |
|
Malik Mughith Mosque |
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The mosque was constructed from destroyed Hindu temples. |
1989 |
| Indonesia |
Sumatra |
|
Medan |
|
Raya Mosque |
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The Raya Mosque dates from 1906. |
1992 |
| Indonesia |
Sumatra |
|
Brastagi |
|
|
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Mosque. |
1992 |
| Indonesia |
Sumatra |
|
Bukittinggi |
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|
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Traditional mosque. |
1992 |
| Indonesia |
Sumatra |
|
Bukittinggi |
Lawang Top |
|
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A mosque. The Minangkabau are Muslim but matriarchial. |
1992 |
| Indonesia |
Java |
|
Jakarta |
|
Istiqal Mosque |
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The modern Istiqal Mosque. |
1983 |
| Indonesia |
Java |
|
Jakarta |
|
Istiqal Mosque |
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The mosque is set in a large garden. |
1983 |
| Indonesia |
Java |
|
Jakarta |
|
Istiqal Mosque |
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Mosque guards. |
1983 |
| Indonesia |
Java |
|
Bandung |
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|
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The Central Mosque. |
1992 |
| Indonesia |
Java |
|
Cirebon |
|
|
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Cirebon Mosque. |
1992 |
| Indonesia |
Java |
|
Jogjakarta |
|
Taram Sari |
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Underground mosque. |
1992 |
| Indonesia |
Java |
|
Surakarta |
|
Kraton |
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The sultan's mosque. |
1983 |
| Indonesia |
Java |
|
Surakarta |
|
Kraton |
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The minaret of the palace mosque. |
1983 |
| Indonesia |
Java |
|
Malang |
|
|
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Java style mosque. |
1992 |
| Indonesia |
Bali |
|
Amlapura |
|
|
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Small mosque. |
1983 |
| Indonesia |
Sulawesi |
|
Makassar |
|
|
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Upper storey mosque. |
2016 |
| Indonesia |
Sulawesi |
|
Makassar |
Paotere Harbour |
|
 |
Mosque. |
2016 |
| Indonesia |
Sulawesi |
|
Makassar |
|
Balla Lompoa |
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A mosque in the palace grounds. |
2016 |
| Indonesia |
Sulawesi |
Tana Toraja |
Rantepao |
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|
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Mosque in the centre. |
2016 |
| Indonesia |
Sulawesi |
Tana Toraja |
Rantepao |
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|
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The mosque has traditional Toraja elements. |
2016 |
| Indonesia |
Sulawesi |
Tana Toraja |
Rantepao |
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|
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Detail of the mosque. |
2016 |
| Indonesia |
Sulawesi |
Masamba |
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|
|
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Mosque with golden domes. |
2016 |
| Indonesia |
Sulawesi |
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Tentena |
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|
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Mosque. |
2016 |
| Indonesia |
Sulawesi |
East Peninsula |
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|
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Mosque at Pancoma. |
2016 |
| Indonesia |
Sulawesi |
East Peninsula |
|
|
|
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Mosque at Podi. |
2016 |
| Indonesia |
Sulawesi |
East Peninsula |
|
|
|
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Mosque near Morowo. |
2016 |
| Indonesia |
Sulawesi |
East Peninsula |
|
|
|
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Small roadside mosque. |
2016 |
| Indonesia |
Sulawesi |
East Peninsula |
|
|
|
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The mosque at Banano. |
2016 |
| Indonesia |
Sulawesi |
|
Ampana |
|
|
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One of the many mosques in the town. |
2016 |
| Indonesia |
Sulawesi |
|
Ampana |
|
|
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Green mosque. |
2016 |
| Iran |
|
|
Tehran |
Bazaar |
Imam Khomeini Mosque |
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The entrance to the Imam Khomeini Mosque dates from the early 18th century. |
2010 |
| Iran |
|
|
Tehran |
Bazaar |
Imam Khomeini Mosque |
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The interior of the mosque. |
2010 |
| Iran |
|
|
Kashan |
|
Agha Bozorg Mosque |
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The Agha Bozorg Mosque dates from the 19th century. |
2010 |
| Iran |
|
|
Kashan |
|
Agha Bozorg Mosque |
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The entrance to the mosque has a pair of wind towers, used since ancient times for air conditioning. |
2010 |
| Iran |
|
|
Kashan |
|
Agha Bozorg Mosque |
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The mosque has a sunken courtyard used as an Islamic school. |
2010 |
| Iran |
|
|
Esfahan |
Naqsh-e Jahan Square |
|
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The southern end of the square is dominated by the spectacular Imam Mosque. |
2010 |
| Iran |
|
|
Esfahan |
Naqsh-e Jahan Square |
Imam Mosque |
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The 30m high entrance portal of the Imam Mosque. |
2010 |
| Iran |
|
|
Esfahan |
Naqsh-e Jahan Square |
Imam Mosque |
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Detail of the tilework on the entrance portal of the mosque. |
2010 |
| Iran |
|
|
Esfahan |
Naqsh-e Jahan Square |
Imam Mosque |
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The Imam Mosque is famous for its blue and yellow tiles that decorate all areas. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful mosques in the world. |
2010 |
| Iran |
|
|
Esfahan |
Naqsh-e Jahan Square |
Imam Mosque |
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The western iwan (gate) is one of four gates surrounding the large inner courtyard of the mosque. All are highly decorated with tiles and each gate has a different design. |
2010 |
| Iran |
|
|
Esfahan |
Naqsh-e Jahan Square |
Imam Mosque |
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Couple by the ablutions fountain in the central courtyard of the mosque. |
2010 |
| Iran |
|
|
Esfahan |
Naqsh-e Jahan Square |
Imam Mosque |
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The northern gate is assymetric because the entrance portal is aligned with Naqsh-e Jahan Square while the mosque itself is aligned with Mecca. |
2010 |
| Iran |
|
|
Esfahan |
Naqsh-e Jahan Square |
Imam Mosque |
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Young family visiting the mosque. |
2010 |
| Iran |
|
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Esfahan |
Naqsh-e Jahan Square |
Imam Mosque |
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The Imam Mosque is completely covered with beautiful tiles. |
2010 |
| Iran |
|
|
Esfahan |
Naqsh-e Jahan Square |
Ali Qapu Palace |
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The five storey palace was once home to Shah Abbas who created Naqsh-e Jahan Square and its mosques and palaces. |
2010 |
were added from 1 February 2025.