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The Bibi-Khanym Mosque (Uzbek: Bibixonim masjidi; Persian: مسجد بی بی خانم; also variously spelled as Khanum, Khanom, Hanum, Hanim) is one of the most important monuments of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. In the 15th century, it was one of the largest and most magnificent mosques in the Islamic world.
Saray Mulk Khanum was born a princess of Moghulistan in c. 1341 to Qazan Khan ibn Yasaur, [5] [6] the last Khan of the Chagatai Khanate.Saray's grandfather was Khan Yasa'ur, her father's predecessor and a great-great-grandson of Chagatai Khan.
Bibi Ka Maqbara or Mausoleum of the Lady is the resting place of Dilras Bano Begam wife of Emperor Aurangzeb in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Bahauddin Makbara , mausoleum of the Wazir of Junagadh , Mahabat Maqbara .
Bibi-Khanym Mosque, a large mosque in Samarkand, Uzbekistan This page was last edited on 9 June 2022, at 13:57 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Islamic Society of Greater Houston (ISGH) headquarters (Eastside Main Center) As of 2012, the city of Houston has the largest Muslim population in Texas and the largest Muslim population in the Southern United States. That year, Kate Shellnut of the Houston Chronicle wrote that "Some estimate that Muslims make up 1.2 percent of the city's ...
Bibi-Khanym Friday Mosque, 1399–1404. Ibn Battuta, who visited in 1333, called Samarkand "one of the greatest and finest of cities, and most perfect of them in beauty." He also noted that the orchards were supplied water via norias. [48] In 1365, a revolt against Chagatai Mongol control occurred in Samarkand. [49]
Location Year/century Remarks Ak Mosque: Khiva: 1838-1842: Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Itchan Kala. [1] Baland Mosque: Bukhara: 16th-century: Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Bukhara. [2] Bibi-Khanym Mosque: Samarkand: 1404: Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Samarkand – Crossroads of Culture. [3] Bolo Haouz Mosque ...
Near the southern and main entrance of the bazaar are the Bibi-Khanum mosque and the mausoleum of the same name. The Shahi Zinda mausoleum ensemble and the Khazret-Khizr mosque are located 500 meters east of the bazaar. Afrasiab is also located two kilometers north of the bazaar.