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ubuddiyah mosque..kuala kangsar, perak, Malaysia....one of the most beautiful mosque in this country
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The Blue Mosque in Istanbul, also known as the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey.
The mosque that is just to the west of the Taj Mahal. There is a mirror image of this mosque to the East of the Taj Mahal. This second building faces the wrong way to be used as a mosque. It is there soley to preserve the symmetry.
Agra, India, February 2006
Tenuous Link: Christian --> Muslim
Remains of the First Mosque of The Sub Continent. Its in Sindh Pakistan, and that why Sindh is known as "Babul Islam - The Gate of Islam".
the town around the fort and mosque have been completely destroyed with time but the mosque still stands in good shape
Egypt's Famous Al-Azhar Mosque and its administration.
Al-Azhar institution is considered one of Egypt's as the Islamic World's oldest Islamic Institution. Al-Azhar Mosque is considered from the oldest and most important Mosques in the history of Egypt. Located in the heart of Islamic Cairo , Al-Azhar Mosque played and is still playing a critical and important role , not only in Egypt but the Muslim world.
More about Al-Azhar Mosque and its history from Wikipedia.
The Great Mosque at Kairouan, Tunisia, built by the Aghlabids in the 9th century, is the holiest mosque in North Africa and is the reason Kairouan is sometimes cited as the fourth holiest city in Islam.
Çarshia Mosque - The ‘market mosque’ is Pristina’s oldest building, constructed in the 15th century by Turkish Sultan Bajazit to commemorate the 1389 victory. Now no longer part of the old bazaar complex and no longer in posession of a mausoleum, the one-room mosque is marooned in front of the Kosovo Museum.
Muslims are the most populous religious group in Kosova.
Prishtina Kosova May 2010
La Grande Mosquée du Sultan Qaboos, située à l'Ouest de Mascate, près de Bawshar, est la principale mosquée d'Oman. Financée et commandée par le sultan Qabus ibn Said, elle a été commencée en 1995 et inaugurée le 4 mai 20011. Elle est particulièrement connue pour avoir le plus grand tapis fait main d'une seule pièce (70 x 60 mètres) et le plus grand chandelier du monde, serti d'or 24 carats.
The streets of Alexandria in Egypt. Had to take these photos through a bus window as we were travelling. It was that or no photo at all. I was amazed at the sites of the people and the streets.
Süleymaniye Mosque was built on one of the seven beautiful hills of Istanbul for Kanuni Sultan Süleyman (the magnificent) by Mimar (the architect) Sinan in 1557. It was built in seven years (1550- 1557). Within its building complex are found medreses, a hospital, a hospice, a Turkish bath etc.
The magnificent Süleymaniye that is considered the greatest mosque of Istanbul was built with its complex on an area nearly 63.000 sqm. The building is conspicuous for its simple construction, acoustics, colorful stained glass windows, very precious granite columns, soot room, şadırvan (water- tank with a fountain), four minarets and ten şerefe (minaret balcony). Its inside area is 3.422 m2.
The diameter of its dome is 27.25 m. and the height of the dome is 48.5 m.
The building cost of the mosque and its complex was 59,760,180 akçes (700,000 gold dukas) and 3523 craftsmen worked on its construction. Its corner stone was set by Şeyhülislam Ebussuud Efendi and its door was opened to pray by Mimar Sinan.
The was a wakf (a fund) that supported the mosque. It had 271 properties that included 2 islands and 217 villages. The wages of 275 personnel of the mosque and 311 personnel of the other buildings in the complex were paid by that wakf.
The magnificent temple was damaged from a fire in 1660 and then it was restored. In the reign of Sultan Abdülmecid (1839-1860) all columns were covered with cement and oil paint. In 1956, the paints were scraped off and the minarets, the dome and the vaults were restored.
An Islamic Mosque in Kosovo near Gate 3 Feb. 3, 2005. Photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Lee Roberts
Baiturrahman Grand Mosque is a Mosque located in the center of Banda Aceh city, Aceh Province, Indonesia.
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Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque (Strength of Islam) (also known as the Qutub Mosque or the Great Mosque of Delhi) was built by Qutb-ud-din Aibak, founder of the Mamluk or Slave dynasty. It was the first mosque built in Delhi after the Islamic conquest of India and the oldest surviving example of Ghurids architecture in Indian subcontinent. The construction of this Jami Masjid (Friday Mosque), started in the year 1193 AD, when Aibak was the commander of Muhammad Ghori's garrison that occupied Delhi.