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  • Thumbnail for Great Mosque of Herat
    The Great Mosque of Herat (Pashto: د هرات لوی جومات ; Dari: مسجد جامع هرات, romanized: Masjid-i Jāmi‘-i Herāt) or "Jami Masjid of Herat", is a mosque in...
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    Herāt (/hɛˈrɑːt/; Pashto, Dari: هرات) is an oasis city and the third-largest city in Afghanistan. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 574,276,...
    71 KB (7,089 words) - 08:00, 19 March 2024
  • Netherlands Great Mosque of Herat, Afghanistan Hazrat Ali Mazar, also known as Blue Mosque, Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan Ajdarbey Mosque, Baku, Azerbaijan...
    695 bytes (105 words) - 05:33, 18 November 2023
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    The Jāmeh Mosque of Isfahān or Jāme' Mosque of Isfahān (Persian: مسجد جامع اصفهان Masjid-e-Jāmeh Isfahān), also known as the Atiq Mosque (مسجد عتیق) and...
    19 KB (2,218 words) - 05:09, 20 January 2024
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    Po-i-Kalyan (redirect from Kalyan Mosque)
    Mosque in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, and the Great Mosque of Herat, Afghanistan. Both the Kalan Mosque and Minaret were initially commissioned by Arslan Khan...
    15 KB (1,958 words) - 17:52, 30 November 2023
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    Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra (category Mosques in India)
    Commissioned by Qutb-ud-Din-Aibak in 1192 CE and designed by Abu Bakr of Herat, the mosque is an example of early Indo-Islamic architecture. The structure was...
    23 KB (2,673 words) - 01:34, 13 March 2024
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    Herat (Persian: هرات) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the western part of the country. Together with Badghis, Farah, and...
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  • famous mosques around the world. Islamic architecture Lists of mosques List of largest mosques List of the oldest mosques in the world List of mosques that...
    45 KB (410 words) - 22:11, 12 April 2024
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    also collapsed. Parts of rooftop of the Great Mosque of Herat fell and scattered debris into the floor; the Herat Citadel was also damaged. The earthquake...
    81 KB (6,691 words) - 05:59, 6 April 2024
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    The Shah Mosque (Persian: مسجد شاه) is a mosque located in Isfahan, Iran. It is located on the south side of Naghsh-e Jahan Square. It was built during...
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    Below are some notable tourist sites in Herat Province: Gawhar Shad Mausoleum Great Mosque of Herat Herat Citadel Islam Qala (border town near the Afghanistan–Iran...
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  • mosques by country or region. Great Mosque of Herat Jama Masjid of Balkh – ruins, located in Balkh, Afghanistan Great Mosque of Durrës Great Mosque of...
    14 KB (1,394 words) - 12:59, 24 April 2024
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    Ahnaf ibn Qais. He settled in Herat and his family remained there until 1526. The prominent Hanbali scholar from Herat, Abdullah Ansari was descended...
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    Borujerd, Great Mosque of Herat as well as Bibi Shahr Banu Shrine near Tehran. The conversion of non-Islamic religious buildings into mosques during the first...
    37 KB (3,630 words) - 23:59, 11 April 2024
  • towers in the world. The oldest minaret still surviving is that of the Great Mosque of Kairouan in Tunisia. It was constructed in 836 AD and is considered...
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    Twelverism. It is the largest mosque in the world by area. Also contained within the complex are the Goharshad Mosque, a museum, a library, four seminaries...
    33 KB (2,783 words) - 07:54, 9 April 2024
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    incomplete list of large mosques in Afghanistan: Look up Mosque in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Islam in Afghanistan Lists of mosques "Afghanistan: Islamic...
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    The nominal governorship of Herat was handed over to Abbas. At first, Tahmasp intended to make Hamza the governor of Herat, but Khayr al-Nisa Begum was...
    100 KB (11,823 words) - 19:45, 25 April 2024
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    including Samarkand, Bukhara, Herat, and Mashhad. Timur's own monuments are distinguished by their size; notably, the Bibi Khanum Mosque and the Gur-i Amir Mausoleum...
    80 KB (9,083 words) - 20:58, 19 April 2024
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    rejuvenate the engineering program at the University of Herat. Theodore Sawruk, who travelled to Herat as one of the lead figures of the endeavor, noted that...
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