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The minaret and tiled dome of a mosque rise above the old city of Khiva. The dome is covered in Khiva's hallmark green ceramic tiles.
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The Kalta Minaret. Mohammed Amin Khan meant this to be the tallest building in the Muslim world. Construction began in 1851 but after the khan died in 1855,his heir aborted the project. Nonetheless it has some of the city's most extravagant tiling (heavily restored) in blue,white,red and Khiv's hallmark green.
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Gur-e-Mir,a mausoleum commissioned by Timur and completed in 1404AD for his grandson and heir Muhammed Sultan who died campaigning. A year later,Timur died and was interred alongside Muhammed.
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The Kalan minaret. Built in 1121-22AD during the reign of the Kharakhanid ruler Arslan Khan Muhammed,the minaret collapsed destroying a large section of the mosque. It was rebuilt during Arslan Khan Muhammed's life-time. Almost 50 m tall it so impressed Genghis Khan,he ordered that it be spared when Bukhara was pillaged in 1220AD.
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The Kalan minaret. Built in 1121-22AD during the reign of the Kharakhanid ruler Arslan Khan Muhammed,the minaret collapsed destroying a large section of the mosque. It was rebuilt during Arslan Khan Muhammed's life-time. Almost 50 m tall it so impressed Genghis Khan,he ordered that it be spared when Bukhara was pillaged in 1220AD.
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The Kalan Mosque. Built in 1121-22AD during the reign of the Kharakhanid ruler Arslan Khan Muhammed.
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Uzbek men sit outside The Kalan Mosque. Built in 1121-22AD during the reign of the Kharakhanid ruler Arslan Khan Muhammed.
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The Kalan complex,the minaret dates to 1127 AD. Built during the reign of the Kharakhanid ruler Arslan Khan Muhammed.
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Minaret at Gurganj (Kunja Urgench) former capital of Khorezm. Seven times destroyed and seven times rebuilt is the legend attached to Gurganj. Gurganj was the name given to the town by the Mongols,the Arabs called it Jurjanya and after 1646 it was known as Kunya Urgench. During its heyday it covered 1000 hectares.
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Elaborately carved wooden columns in the main hall of the Jame (Friday) mosque which dates between the 10th to 18th Century
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The Registan Square, built in 15th to 17th century.The oldest of the three structures is the Ulugh Beg Madrassah, built around 1420. The massive front portal is flanked by a pair of minarets and is decorated with marble panels around the base and mosaic of coloured tiles above.
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The Shah I Zandah Necropolis, built on the southern slopes of Afrasaib Hill over a period of 900 years from 11th to 19th centuries. It developed around the tomb of Kusam ibn Abbas, a cousin and companion of the Prophet who was with the first Arab armies in Transoxiana and died at Samarkand in 677.
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Sultan Takash Mausoleum at Gurganj (Kunja Urgench) completed circa 1200AD. Seven times destroyed and seven times rebuilt is the legend attached to Gurganj. Gurganj was the name given to the town by the Mongols,the Arabs called it Jurjanya and after 1646 it was known as Kunya Urgench. During its heyday it covered 1000 hectares.
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Uzbek families wander round the street market in front of The West Gate to the Ichan Kala,the old city of Khiva.
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Chor Minar,the gatehouse of a long-gone medrassah built in 1807. The name (Chor Minar in Tajik means Four Minarets) is misleading,they arent minarets but ornamentation. There are now only 3 as one collapsed in 1995.
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The Burana Minaret. The minaret once stood about 45 metres in height but lost its top section during an earthquake. The stone circles in the foreground are millstones gathered from other parts of the country and brought to the site for safekeeping.
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This finely decorated brick minaret is a part of Shibam's most impressive mosque. Shibam is an ancient town in the governorate of Al-Mahwit. It was built at the foot of the Tabal Kawkaban,a large flat-topped mountain where the town's residents took refuge in times of conflict. The steep 1,100-foot ascent to the summit starts just behind the town.
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Turkey, Central Anatolia, Sivas, Twin minarets of Cifte minare medressah and Kale camii
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Turkey, Central Anatolia, Sivas, Twin minarets of Cifte minare medressah and Kale camii
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Turkey, Central Anatolia, Ankara, Kocatepe Camii mosque and Anit Kabir Ataturk mausoleum
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Turkey, Central Anatolia, Safranbolu, Unesco World Heritage site, old Ottoman town houses and Izzet Pasar Cami mosque
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Turkey, Central Anatolia, Safranbolu, Unesco World Heritage site, old Ottoman town houses and Izzet Pasar Cami mosque
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Turkey, Central Anatolia, Safranbolu, Unesco World Heritage site, old Ottoman town houses and Izzet Pasar Cami mosque
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Turkey, Central Anatolia, Safranbolu, Unesco World Heritage site, old Ottoman town houses and Izzet Pasar Cami mosque
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Turkey, Central Anatolia, Safranbolu, Unesco World Heritage site, old Ottoman town houses and Izzet Pasar Cami mosque
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Turkey, Central Anatolia, Safranbolu, Unesco World Heritage site, old Ottoman town houses and Izzet Pasar Cami mosque
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Turkey, Central Anatolia, Safranbolu, Unesco World Heritage site, old Ottoman town houses and Izzet Pasar Cami mosque
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Turkey, Central Anatolia, Safranbolu, Unesco World Heritage site, old Ottoman town houses and Izzet Pasar Cami mosque
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The Burana Minaret. The minaret once stood about 45 metres in height but lost its top section during an earthquake. The stone circles in the foreground are millstones gathered from other parts of the country and brought to the site for safekeeping.
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The domes and cupolas of the 17th-century Badshahi Mosque enliven the Lahore skyline.
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Completed in 1676 AD by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb,Badshahi Mosque can accommodate 60,000 worshippers in its courtyard. Four minarets sour above the mosque's corners.
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Turabeg Khanum Mausoleum built circa 1370 AD. the entrance portal is 25 metres high and leads to an inner chamber topped by a dome,the underside if which is decorated win tilework with 365 geometric designs,each representing a day of the year.
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The 70m high minaret of the Koutoubia dominates the skyline of Marrakech. Built in the 12th century by Yakoub el-Mansour.
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The minaret of Ben Salah Mosque,Marrakech. The mosque was built between 1318 and 1321 by Merenid Sultan Abu Said Uthman.
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South East Asia, Kingdom of Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan, Jame'asr Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque
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South East Asia, Kingdom of Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan, Jame'asr Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque
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South East Asia, Kingdom of Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan, Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque
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South East Asia, Kingdom of Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan, Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque
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Turkey, Eastern Anatolia, Dogubayazit, Ishak Pacha Palace (Ishak Pasa Sarayi), UNESCO site
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Turkey, Eastern Anatolia, Sanliurfa Urfa, Golbasi, Balikli Gol sacred carp pool, Rizvaniye Mosque
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Turkey, Eastern Anatolia, Sanliurfa Urfa, Golbasi, Balikli Gol sacred carp pool, Rizvaniye Mosque
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Turkey, Eastern Anatolia, Sanliurfa Urfa, Golbasi, Balikli Gol sacred carp pool, Rizvaniye Mosque
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An Uzbek man drives his donkey cart along the road beside the commanding East Walls of the Ichan Kala,the old city of Khiva.
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The Sultan Said bin Taimour Mosque in the Al Khuwair district of Muscat.
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The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the third largest in the world after those at Mecca and Medina, and its minaret, at 210m, is the tallest of all.It was built to commemorate former king Hassan IIs 60th birthday in 1993.
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The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the third largest in the world after those at Mecca and Medina, and its minaret, at 210m, is the tallest of all.It was built to commemorate former king Hassan IIs 60th birthday in 1993.
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The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the third largest in the world after those at Mecca and Medina, and its minaret, at 210m, is the tallest of all.It was built to commemorate former king Hassan IIs 60th birthday in 1993.
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Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, Kara Balta.A Local Mosque.Originally, Bishkek was called Pishpek.In 1926, Pishpek became the capital of the Kirghiz Autonomous Republic.In 1936, as the capital of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic, Pishpek was renamed Frunze in honor of a major political organizer of the Civil War era.
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Turkey, Central Anatolia, Amasya, Sultan Beyazit II Camii mosque and Tombs of the Pontic Kings
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Turkey, Central Anatolia, Amasya, Sultan Beyazit II Camii mosque and Tombs of the Pontic Kings
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Turkey, Thrace, Edirne, Selimiye Camii mosque and Tunca Koprosu stone arched bridge
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Completed in 1676 AD by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb,Badshahi Mosque can accommodate 60,000 worshippers in its courtyard. Four minarets sour above the mosque's corners.
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The Sultan Said bin Taimour Mosque in the Al Khuwair district of Muscat.
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