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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", [1] is a mosque in the city of Herat, in the Herat Province of north-western Afghanistan.
The complex ruins consist of the five Musallah Minarets of Herat, the Mir Ali Sher Navai mausoleum, the Gawhar Shad Mausoleum, and the ruins of a large mosque and a madrasa complex. Construction on the complex began in 1417 under Queen Gawharshad , the wife of Timurid ruler Shah Rukh , and ended in the late 1400s with the building of a madrassa ...
Great Mosque of Herat: Herat Province: Herat: 1446 The mosque was the city's first congregational mosque, built on the former site of two smaller Zoroastrian Fire temples destroyed by earthquake and fire. Shrine of Ali: Balkh Province: Mazar-i-Sharif? The largest mosque in the province, also referred to as the Great Blue Mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif.
Herat dates back to the Avestan times and was traditionally known for its wine. The city has a number of historic sites, including the Herat Citadel and the Musalla Complex. During the Middle Ages Herat became one of the important cities of Khorasan, as it was known as the Pearl of Khorasan. [3]
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a deadly shooting this week targeting members of the country’s minority Shiite community inside a mosque in western Afghanistan that killed ...
5 Musalla Minarets of Herat: Herat Afghanistan: South Asia: 55 180 1417 Endangered Only 5 of original 20 minarets remain. [10] [17] Menara Kudus Mosque Minaret Kudus Regency: Indonesia: Southeast Asia: 18 59 1549 [18] Great Mosque of Banten Minaret Serang: Indonesia Southeast Asia 24 78 1632 [19] Eger minaret: Eger Hungary: Central Europe: 40 ...
The Persian king, Shah Abbas the Great was born in Herat, and in Safavid texts, Herat is referred to as a'zam-i bilād-i īrān, meaning "the greatest of the cities of Iran". [41] In the 16th century, all future Safavid Persian rulers, from Tahmasp I to Abbas I, were governors of Herat in their youth.
The Qala Ikhtyaruddin (Pashto ; Dari: قلعه اختیارالدین), or Citadel of Herat (Pashto: سکندرۍ کلا ; Dari: ارگ هرات), is a fort located in the center of Herat in Afghanistan. It dates back to 330 BC, when Alexander the Great and his army arrived to Afghanistan after the Battle of Gaugamela. Many empires have used ...