Top 100 Islamic historical and holy places

Top 100 Islamic historical and holy places around the world. I’ll begin with the most iconic and sacred ones, then branch out to include significant mosques, tombs, historic cities, and cultural landmarks.




???? The Most Sacred Sites (Top 10)




  1. Masjid al-Haramecca, Saudi Arabia



  2. Masjid an-Nabawi – Medina, Saudi Arabiamasjid

  3. Al-Aqsa Mosque – Jerusalem, Palestine

  4. Dome of the Rock – Jerusalem, Palestine

  5. Masjid Quba Medina, Saudi Arabia (first mosque in Islam)

  6. Masjid al-QiblatainBedina, Saudi Arabia (where qibla changed to Mecca)

  7. Cave of Hira – Mecca, Saudi Arabia

  8. Cave of Thawr – Mecca, Saudi Arabia

  9. Jannat al-Baqi Cemetery – Medina, Saudi Arabia

  10. Jannat al-Mu’alla Cemetery – Mecca, Saudi Arabia






???? Significant Mosques (Global)



  1. Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque) – Istanbul, Turkey

  2. Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya Mosque) – Istanbul, Turkey

  3. Umayyad Mosque – Damascus, Syria

  4. Al-Nuri Mosque – Mosul, Iraq

  5. Great Mosque of Kairouan – Tunisia

  6. Great Mosque of Córdoba – Spain

  7. Faisal Mosque – Islamabad, Pakistan

  8. Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque – Abu Dhabi, UAE

  9. Badshahi Mosque – Lahore, Pakistan

  10. Suleymaniye Mosque – Istanbul, Turkey






???? Islamic Sites by Region


Middle East & North Africa



  1. Al-Hussein Mosque – Cairo, Egypt

  2. Al-Azhar Mosque – Cairo, Egypt

  3. Great Mosque of Algiers – Algeria

  4. Karbala (Imam Husayn Shrine) – Iraq

  5. Najaf (Imam Ali Shrine) – Iraq

  6. Mosque of the Prophet Yunus – Mosul, Iraq

  7. Quba Mosque – Medina, Saudi Arabia

  8. Qasr Amra – Jordan

  9. Mosque of Ibn Tulun – Cairo, Egypt

  10. Tomb of Saladin – Damascus, Syria


South Asia



  1. Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah – Delhi, India

  2. Jama Masjid – Delhi, India

  3. Ajmer Sharif Dargah – Rajasthan, India

  4. Gol Gumbaz – Karnataka, India

  5. Charminar Mosque – Hyderabad, India

  6. Bibi Ka Maqbara – Maharashtra, India

  7. Shah Jahan Mosque – Thatta, Pakistan

  8. Data Darbar – Lahore, Pakistan

  9. Shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi – Karachi, Pakistan

  10. Bara Imambara – Lucknow, India


Central Asia



  1. Registan – Samarkand, Uzbekistan

  2. Bibi-Khanym Mosque – Samarkand, Uzbekistan

  3. Shah-i-Zinda Complex – Uzbekistan

  4. Tomb of Imam Bukhari – Uzbekistan

  5. Hazrat Sultan Mosque – Kazakhstan

  6. Khoja Ahmed Yasawi Mausoleum – Kazakhstan

  7. Great Mosque of Herat – Afghanistan

  8. Blue Mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif – Afghanistan

  9. Tomb of Ali – Balkh, Afghanistan

  10. Minaret of Jam – Afghanistan


 

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