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| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Sayyidna al-Hussein Mosque |
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The Mosque of Sayyidna al-Hussein. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Sayyidna al-Hussein Mosque |
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The mosque is Shia. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Street scene between the Sultan Hasan and al-Rifa mosques. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Sultan Hasan Mosque |
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The Sultan Hasan Mosque (1360) is one of the largest in the world. Its walls are 36m high. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Sultan Hasan Mosque |
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Mameluke stonework in the mosque. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Rifa Mosque |
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The al-Rifa Mosque contains a number of tombs including the last Shah of Iran. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque |
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The Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque is the largest in Cairo and dates from 879. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque |
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View over the mosque. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Facade of the Sultan Qalawyn Mosque (1285), named after a slave who became a sultan. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Hakem Mosque |
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Market outside the al-Hakem Mosque. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Hakem Mosque |
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The mosque was completed in 1013 and is popular with Shi'ite Indians. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Mosque of Amir ibn al-as |
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The Mosque of Amir ibn al-as is the oldest in Africa, founded in 641. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Mosque of Amir ibn al-as |
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Entrance to the mosque. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Mohammed |
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The Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Mohammed. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Mohammed |
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The mosque dates from 1338. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
City of the Dead |
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Former mosque. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
City of the Dead |
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Mosque and tombs sit side by side in the district. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
Citadel |
Mosque of Mohammed Ali |
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The Ottoman style Mosque of Mohammed Ali (1857) overlooks Cairo from the citadel. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
Citadel |
Mosque of Mohammed Ali |
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Detail of the mosque. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Cairo |
Citadel |
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The citadel with a French clocktower beyond the mosque of Mohammed Ali. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
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The Abu-i-Haggag Mosque was built in the 19th century but the smaller minaret dates from 1077. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
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View of the Abu-i-Haggag Mosque. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Aswan |
Elephantine Island |
|
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Mosque and mud bricks. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Aswan |
Elephantine Island |
|
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Nubian mosque. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Sinai |
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|
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Mosque. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Sinai |
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Mount Sinai |
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The summit (2285m) is topped by a small mosque. |
1986 |
| Egypt |
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Sinai |
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Mount Sinai |
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The summit has a small mosque. |
1986 |
| France |
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Paris |
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Orsay Museum |
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"Mosque During Arab Festival" by Pierre-August Renoir. |
2005 |
| France |
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Paris |
Latin Quarter |
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North African style mosque. |
1991 |
| France |
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Albi |
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Cathedral de Ste-Cecil |
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The early 1500s frescos reach the ceiling and resemble decoration in a mosque. |
2016 |
| Georgia |
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Tbilisi |
Old City |
Tbilisi Mosque |
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The mosque is the only one in the city to have survived the Russian occupation. |
2011 |
| Germany |
Berlin Post-Unification |
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Berlin |
Museum Island |
Pergamon Museum |
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 Prayer niche from the Maydan Mosque in Kashan, 1226. |
2022 |
| Germany |
Berlin Post-Unification |
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Berlin |
Museum Island |
Pergamon Museum |
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Detail of the Maydan Mosque prayer niche from Kashan, 1226. |
2022 |
| Germany |
Berlin Post-Unification |
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Berlin |
Museum Island |
Pergamon Museum |
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Niche from the Beyhekim Mosque in Konya (13th century Seljuk Turkey). |
2022 |
| Germany |
Berlin Post-Unification |
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Berlin |
Museum Island |
Pergamon Museum |
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Detail of the tile mosaics on the Beyhekim Mosque niche (Konya). |
2022 |
| Germany |
Berlin Post-Unification |
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Berlin |
Museum Island |
Pergamon Museum |
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Detail of the tile mosaics on the (Seljuk) Beyhekim Mosque niche (Konya). |
2022 |
| Germany |
Berlin Post-Unification |
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Berlin |
Museum Island |
Pergamon Museum |
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Mosque lamp from Iznik (Turkey, 1515). |
2022 |
| Germany |
Berlin Post-Unification |
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Berlin |
Museum Island |
Pergamon Museum |
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Detail of mosque lamp from Iznik (Turkey, 1515). Iznik is famed for its blue tile work. |
2022 |
| Greece |
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Thessaloniki |
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Rotunda |
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The Rotunda was converted to a mosque by the Ottomans who added a minaret. |
2014 |
| Greece |
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Kos |
Kos Town |
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The Ottoman style Kos Mosque. |
1986 |
| Greece |
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Athens |
Plaza Monastiraki |
Museum of Traditional Greece Ceramics |
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The museum is set in the Ottoman Mosque of Tzistarakis, built in 1759. |
2014 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
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Delhi |
Old Delhi |
Jami Masjid |
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The entrance to the Jami Masjid ("Friday Mosque"), the Great Mosque. |
1995 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
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Delhi |
Old Delhi |
Jami Masjid |
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The mosque was completed in 1658 by the fifth Moghul Emperor, Shah Jahan. |
1983 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
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Delhi |
Old Delhi |
Jami Masjid |
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The mosque is surrounded by a fort like wall. |
1995 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
|
Delhi |
Old Delhi |
Jami Masjid |
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The grounds hold 25,000 people making it the largest mosque in India. |
1995 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
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Delhi |
Old Delhi |
Jami Masjid |
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The mosque was built in 1658 by Moghul Emperor, Shah Jahan (who later built the Taj Mahal in Agra). |
1983 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
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Delhi |
Old Delhi |
Jami Masjid |
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View of the mosque from the minaret. |
1995 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
|
Delhi |
Old Delhi |
Jami Masjid |
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The mosque is a fine example of Moghul architecture. |
1995 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
|
Delhi |
Red Fort |
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The Pearl Mosque was built by the sixth Moghul Emperor, Aurangzeb. |
1983 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
|
Delhi |
Red Fort |
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The Pearl Mosque dates from 1659. |
1995 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
|
Delhi |
Lodhi Gardens |
|
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Bara Gumbad and Mosque. |
1983 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
|
Delhi |
Qutab Minar |
Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque |
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The Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque. |
1995 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
|
Delhi |
Qutab Minar |
Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque |
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The mosque is the first to be built in North India. |
1995 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
|
Delhi |
Qutab Minar |
Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque |
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The mosque was constructed in 1193 using columns from 27 Hindu and Jain temples. |
1995 |
| India |
Capital Territory |
|
Delhi |
Qutab Minar |
Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque |
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A couple at the mosque. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
Agra |
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Agra Fort |
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The Pearl Mosque dates from 1653. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Agra |
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Agra Fort |
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The Pearl Mosque is made of marble and was constructed by the fifth Moghul Emperor, Shah Jahan. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Agra |
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Taj Mahal |
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The Taj Mahal is flanked by a pair of sandstone mosques. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Agra |
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Taj Mahal |
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The Taj Mahal viewed from one of the two mosques that flank it. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Fatehpur Sikri |
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View of the Dargar Mosque. |
1995 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Fatehpur Sikri |
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|
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The Persian style Jami Masjid is said to be a copy of a mosque at Mecca. |
1983 |
| India |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Fatehpur Sikri |
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|
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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 |
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Ajmer |
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Dargah |
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The marble mosque was built by the Moghul Emperor, Shah Jahan. |
1983 |
| India |
Jammu and Kashmir |
|
Srinagar |
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Shah Hamdan Mosque |
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The wooden Shah Hamdan Mosque. |
1983 |
| India |
Jammu and Kashmir |
|
Srinagar |
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Shah Hamdan Mosque |
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The Shah Hamdan Mosque is made of wood. |
1983 |
| India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Tipu Sultan Mosque |
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The Tipu Sultan Mosque dates from 1842. |
1988 |
| India |
West Bengal |
|
Calcutta |
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Tipu Sultan Mosque |
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The mosque is next to a busy street. |
1988 |
| India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Nakhoda Mosque |
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The Moghul style Nakhoda Mosque in the heart of the Muslim Bazaar. |
1988 |
| India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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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 |
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Darjeeling |
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The main mosque. |
1988 |
| India |
Andhra Pradesh |
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Warangal |
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Entrance to a mosque. |
1988 |
| India |
Andhra Pradesh |
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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 |
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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 |
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Trivandrum |
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|
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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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|
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A typical mosque in Alleppey without a dome or minaret. |
1989 |
| India |
Kerala |
|
Cranganore |
|
Cheraman Mosque |
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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 |
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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 |
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|
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Mecca Mosque. |
1989 |
| India |
Karnataka |
|
Bijapur |
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|
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Houses close to abandoned tombs and mosques. |
1989 |
| India |
Karnataka |
|
Badami |
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|
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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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|
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Waterside mosque. |
1989 |
| India |
Maharashtra |
|
Aurangabad |
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|
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A mosque. |
1989 |
