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
The Historic Centre of 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
Divrigi Great Mosque and Hospital is an ornately decorated mosque and medical complex built in 1299. Emir Ahmed Shah commissioned this 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
Historic Cairo encompasses Coptic Cairo and its many old churches and ruins of Roman fortifications.
Cairo was founded in AD 969 as the royal enclosure for the Fatimid caliphs.
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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
The mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi is an unfinished mausoleum, commissioned in 1389 by Timur. 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 and Archaeological Remains of Jam represent the artistic creativity and mastery of structural engineering of the Ghurid civilization (1000–1220).
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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 ancient city of Soltaniyeh was the capital of the Ilkhanid dynasty (13th and 14th centuries), which was founded by the Mongols.
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Sulamain-Too
Sulamain-Too Sacred Mountain is an Islamic and pre-Islamic sacred mountain. The mountains has a height of ca.
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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
Timbuktu became famous in the 15th century because of the booming gold and salt trade in the Sahara region at that time.
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