| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Dubai
City / Town : Dubai
District : Bur Dubai
|
 |
Modern mosque near the Textile Souq.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Dubai
City / Town : Dubai
District : Bur Dubai
Site / Event : Al Ghubaiba
|
 |
The Diwan and its mosque.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Dubai
City / Town : Dubai
District : Bur Dubai
Site / Event : Grand Bur Dubai Mosque
|
 |
Grand Bur Dubai Mosque.
|
2008 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Dubai
City / Town : Dubai
District : Bur Dubai
Site / Event : Grand Bur Dubai Mosque
|
 |
The mosque from the front.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Dubai
City / Town : Dubai
District : Bur Dubai
Site / Event : Grand Bur Dubai Mosque
|
 |
The mosque and the Al-Fahaidi Fort.
|
2008 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Dubai
City / Town : Dubai
Site / Event : Marina
|
 |
The Marina mosque.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Abu Dar Alghafari Mosque
|
 |
The Abu Dar Alghafari Mosque.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Al Maghfirah Mosque
|
 |
The golden domed Al Maghfirah Mosque.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
District : Creek
|
 |
View of the Al Maghfirah Mosque along the Creek.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
District : Creek
|
 |
The Al Maghfirah Mosque dominates the Creek.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
|
 |
City centre mosque.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
District : Rolla Square
|
 |
Mosque in the square.
|
2008 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Painting of Maydan Mosque in Baghdad (Abd al-Qadar, Iraq, 1910).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Map of the Great Mosque at Mecca (Rashid Umar Sunbul, 1950).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Curtain used to cover the Kaaba in the Great Mosque at Mecca.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
1930 photograph of the Great Mosque at Mecca.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
1931 photograph of the exterior of the Great Mosque at Mecca.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
1880 photograph of the Kaaba in the Great Mosque at Mecca.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Drawing of the Kaaba in the Great Mosque of Mecca by the artist, Nao (1882).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Abu Dhabi
City / Town : Abu Dhabi
|
 |
 A unique mosque.
|
2025 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Abu Dhabi
City / Town : Abu Dhabi
Site / Event : Heritage Village
|
 |
Traditional desert mosque.
|
2025 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Abu Dhabi
City / Town : Abu Dhabi
Site / Event : Grand Mosque
|
 |
The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.
|
2025 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Abu Dhabi
City / Town : Abu Dhabi
Site / Event : Grand Mosque
|
 |
The grounds of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.
|
2025 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Abu Dhabi
City / Town : Abu Dhabi
Site / Event : Grand Mosque
|
 |
The mosque has 80 domes.
|
2025 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : New York
City / Town : New York City
Site / Event : Metropolitan Museum of Art
|
 |
"Prayer in the Mosque" (1871) by French artist, Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904). The subject is the 7th century Mosque of Amr in Cairo.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : New York
City / Town : New York City
Site / Event : Metropolitan Museum of Art
|
 |
Box with lid used by Muhammad al-Hamawi, time keeper of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus (Mamluk era, Syria, 15th century).
|
2024 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Samarkand
District : Registan
Site / Event : Tilla Kari Medressa
|
 |
The gate to the medressa, which also contains a mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Samarkand
District : Registan
Site / Event : Tilla Kari Medressa
|
 |
The entrance to the mosque from the medressa courtyard.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Samarkand
District : Registan
Site / Event : Tilla Kari Medressa
|
 |
The interior of the mosque attached to the medressa.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Samarkand
District : Registan
Site / Event : Tilla Kari Medressa
|
 |
The celing of the mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Samarkand
Site / Event : Bibi-Khanym Mosque
|
 |
The Bibi-Khanym Mosque dates from the early 15th century.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Samarkand
Site / Event : Bibi-Khanym Mosque
|
 |
The 35m high gate of the mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Samarkand
Site / Event : Bibi-Khanym Mosque
|
 |
The mosque is named after the Chinese wife of Timur and was built in 1404.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Samarkand
Site / Event : Bibi-Khanym Mosque
|
 |
Opposite the mosque is the 14th century Tomb of Bibi-Khanym.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Kok-Gumbaz Mosque
|
 |
The Kok-Gumbaz Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Kok-Gumbaz Mosque
|
 |
The Kok-Gumbaz Mosque was completed by Ulugbek in 1437.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Kok-Gumbaz Mosque
|
 |
Gate in the courtyard of the mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Kok-Gumbaz Mosque
|
 |
Tilework on the mosque gate.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Shakhrisabz
Site / Event : Kok-Gumbaz Mosque
|
 |
Paintings inside the mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Maghoki Attar Mosque
|
 |
The 9th century Maghoki Attar Mosque is the oldest surving mosque in Central Asia.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Maghoki Attar Mosque
|
 |
The mosque was built on the site of a 5th century Zoroastrian temple, itself built on the site of a Buddhist temple.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Kalon Mosque
|
 |
The minaret stands in front of the younger walled Kalon Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Kalon Mosque
|
 |
The 16th century mosque holds up to 10,000 people.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Kalon Mosque
|
 |
The minaret from the courtyard of the mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : The Ark
|
 |
The 17th century Juma Mosque has wooden columns and roof.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : The Ark
|
 |
Carved wooden pillar from the Juma Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : The Ark
|
 |
Colourful wooden ceiling in the Juma Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Bolo-Hauz Mosque
|
 |
The Bolo-Hauz Mosque was built in 1718.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Bolo-Hauz Mosque
|
 |
Detail from the carved and painted wooden ceiling of the Khan's personal mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Bolo-Hauz Mosque
|
 |
The mosque is fronted by a series of columns.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Bakhautdin Naqshband Shrine
|
 |
One of three mosques at the tomb and shrine of Sufi saint, Naqshband Bakhautdin (died 1389).
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Bakhautdin Naqshband Shrine
|
 |
Mosque with fat minaret.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
Site / Event : Bakhautdin Naqshband Shrine
|
 |
Mosque with ribbed dome.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Chor Bakr
|
 |
Chor Bakr is dominated by a mosque and a Sufi hall with a minaret between them.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Chor Bakr
|
 |
The Juma Mosque dates from the 16th century.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Bukhara
District : Chor Bakr
|
 |
The Juma Mosque minaret.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
The 19th century Summer Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
Intense blue tiling at the Summer Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
Detail of the tiles in the Summer Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
District : The Ark
|
 |
Painted celing of the Summer Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
Site / Event : Juma Mosque
|
 |
The 47m high minaret of the Juma Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
Site / Event : Juma Mosque
|
 |
The mosque contains 218 wooden columns, some dating from the 10th century.
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Khiva
|
 |
Aq Mosque (1657).
|
2008 |
| Uzbekistan |
City / Town : Tashkent
|
 |
The 15th century Juma Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Vietnam |
City / Town : Ho Chi Minh City
District : Saigon
Site / Event : Central Mosque
|
 |
The Central Mosque.
|
1992 |
| Vietnam |
City / Town : Ho Chi Minh City
District : Saigon
Site / Event : Central Mosque
|
 |
Two Cham men at the mosque.
|
1992 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
 |
Every minaret in Sanaa is unique. This is the minaret of the Az-Zumur Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
 |
Houses and mosques.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
 |
Minaret of the Salah ad-Din Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
 |
Mosque Bab-al-Yemen.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
 |
The Ali Mosque has the tallest minaret in the old city.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
 |
Minaret of the Dawood Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
 |
Cars parked near a mosque.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
 |
The large Ali Mosque.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
 |
The Qubbat al-Bakiriyah Mosque is over 1400 years old.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
 |
The mosque below the fort.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
 |
The dome of the mosque.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
 |
The minaret of the mosque.
|
2008 |
