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This is a list of the tallest minarets in the world. It ranks minarets by their height. The tallest minaret in the world is the minaret of the Djamaa el Djazaïr in Algiers, Algeria which stands at 265 metres (870 ft).
The mosque also has a 265 m (869 ft) tall minaret, the tallest in the world, which due to containing office space also meets the definition of a building, and was the tallest building in Africa until overtaken in 2024 by the Iconic Tower in Egypt's New Administrative Capital. [18]
Algeria: Algiers 265 metres 2019 2 Hassan II Mosque [1] Morocco: Casablanca: 210 metres: 1993: 3 Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque [2] Malaysia: Shah Alam: 142.3 metres: 1988: 106.7 metres high dome 4 Great Mosque of Mecca [3] Saudi Arabia: Mecca: 139 metres: 1570: 5 Grand Mosalla mosque of Tehran [4] Iran: Tehran: 136 metres: 2006 ...
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Minaret(s) 1 Djamaʽa el Djedid (الجامع الجديد), [ 2 ] [ 3 ] also rendered Djamaa al-Djedid , [ 2 ] or Jamaa El Jedid (meaning New Mosque) is a mosque in Algiers , the capital of Algeria . [ 4 ]
R. Name Height m (ft) Floors Year City Image Notes 1 Galaxie Oran Tower: 118 metres (387 ft) 30 2019 Oran: 2 Odéon Tower: 106 metres (348 ft) 28 2019
The tallest minaret of this era, the Minaret of Jam, in a remote area of present-day Afghanistan, was built c. 1175 by the Ghurids and features elaborate brick decoration and inscriptions. [39]: 333 The Qutb Minar in Delhi, the most monumental minaret in India, was built in 1199 and was designed on the same model as the Minaret of Jam. [3]
The minaret is made of brick and has a typical square floor plan, measuring 6.3 meters (21 feet) per side. It has a two-tiered shaft: the main shaft is 26.2 meters (86 feet) tall and a secondary lantern tower above this brings the total height to 29.15 meters (95.6 feet) meters. [ 8 ]