Religious structure, Islamic

Bagerhat
Bagerhat, the historical Khalifatabad, is a lost city dating from the 15th century. It was founded by Khan Jahan, an Islamic preacher probably of Turkic origin.
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Bukhara
Bukhara is the most complete and unspoiled example of a medieval central Asian town, which urban layout and buildings have had great influence on town planning in Central Asia.
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Damascus
Damascus is often referred to as the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. Damascus has a wealth of historical sites dating back to many different periods of the city's history.
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Divrigi
In 1228-29, while Divriði was under the rule of the Bey of Mengücek Emir Ahmed Shah, he commissioned a mosque which stands fully intact.
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Djenné
Djenné is situated on an island in the Bani-river, in central Mali. It was a prospering city from the 14th til the 16th century, when it acted as an important station on the Trans-Sahara route.
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Historic Cairo
Cairo was founded in AD 969 as the royal enclosure for the Fatimid caliphs. Historic Cairo encompasses Coptic Cairo and its many old churches and ruins of Roman fortifications.
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Itchan Kala
Itchan Kala is the inner town of Khiva, the last halting place for caravans before the desert in Iran.
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Kairouan
Kairouan is a holy city for many Muslims, and many Sunni Muslims consider it the fourth holiest city of Islam, after Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem, and the holiest city of the Maghreb.
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Kunya-Urgench
Kunya-Urgench is the heart of ancient Khorezm. Several outstanding architectural monuments have been preserved in Kunya-Urgench (Old Urgench).
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Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
Khodja Ahmed Yasawi is the most prominent religious figure in the history of Sufism (a mystic movement in Islam).
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Meidan Emam, Esfahan
Meidan Emam or Naghsh-i Jahan Square, situated at the center of Isfahan city, Iran, is one of the largest city squares in the world.
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Minaret of Jam
The Minaret of Jam is located in western Afghanistan. The 65 metre high minaret, surrounded by mountains that reach up to 2400 meters, is built entirely of baked-bricks.
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Qutb Minar
This site just south of Delhi is an ensemble of three monuments: the rust-free iron pillar, the Quwwatu'l-Islam mosque and the Qutb Minar (minaret).
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Samarra
Samarra Archaeological City is the site of a powerful Islamic capital city which ruled over the provinces of the Abbasid empire extending from Tunisia to Central Asia for a century.
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Soltaniyeh
The mausoleum of Oljaytu was constructed in 1302-12 in the city of Soltaniyeh, the capital of the Ilkhanid dynasty, which was founded by the Mongols.
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Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal dates from the 17th century, as tomb for the favourite wife of Moghul-emperor Shah Jahan.
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Timbuktu
The inscription actually narrows down to the three large mosques and sixteen cemeteries and mausoleums of Timbuktu.
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