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Merv Oasis
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Merv Oasis

Mary, Mary Region, Turkmenistan

Once the largest city in the world, Merv stands in Turkmenistan's Karakum Desert as the most completely preserved of the Silk Road's ancient oases....

Mausoleum of Sidi Shaykh
Islam

Mausoleum of Sidi Shaykh

El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh, El Bayadh, Algeria

Rising from the Saharan Atlas since the 16th century, the Mausoleum of Sidi Shaykh draws thousands of pilgrims each year to receive baraka from one of Algeria's most...

Diri Baba Mausoleum, Qobustan Maraza
Islam

Diri Baba Mausoleum, Qobustan Maraza

Gobustan Maraza, Azerbaijan

Rising from a cliff face in Azerbaijan's Gobustan region, the Diri Baba Mausoleum honors a Sufi mystic whose body was believed incorruptible for three centuries....

Bahauddin Naqshband Memorial Complex
Islam

Bahauddin Naqshband Memorial Complex

Bukhara, Bukhara Province, Uzbekistan

In a village outside Bukhara, pilgrims have gathered for six centuries at the tomb of Baha-ud-Din Naqshband, founder of one of the largest Sufi orders in the world....

Mausoleum of Imam al-Hasan of Basra
Islam

Mausoleum of Imam al-Hasan of Basra

Az Zubayr, Al-Basra Governorate, Iraq

In the ancient cemetery of Zubayr, near Basra, lies the mausoleum of Hasan al-Basri, one of Islam's most revered spiritual teachers....

Mausoleum of Abbas (brother of Imam Hussein), Karbala
Islam

Mausoleum of Abbas (brother of Imam Hussein), Karbala

Karbala, Karbala, Iraq

Across the Bayn al-Haramayn plaza from the Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala stands the gleaming golden tomb of al-Abbas ibn Ali, the flag-bearer and water-bearer who fell on...

Mausoleum of Maytham Altammar, Kufa, Najaf
Islam

Mausoleum of Maytham Altammar, Kufa, Najaf

Al Kufa, Al-Najaf Governorate, Iraq

Just west of the Great Mosque of Kufa stands the shrine of Maytham al-Tammar, a freed slave and date merchant who became one of Imam Ali's most loyal companions....

Mausoleums of 10th Imam Ali Alhadi and 11th Imam Hasan Alaskari, Samarra
Islam

Mausoleums of 10th Imam Ali Alhadi and 11th Imam Hasan Alaskari, Samarra

Samarra, Saladin Governorate, Iraq

In Samarra rises the al-Askari Shrine, holding the tombs of the tenth and eleventh Twelver Imams and, beside them, the sardab from which the awaited twelfth Imam is...

Mausoleum of Imam Hussein, Karbala
Islam

Mausoleum of Imam Hussein, Karbala

Karbala, Karbala, Iraq

On the plain of Karbala, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad was killed on the tenth of Muharram in the year 61 of the Hijra....

Mausoleums of Muslim bin Aqil, Hani bin Urwa and Almukhtar, Kufa Mosque, Najaf
Islam

Mausoleums of Muslim bin Aqil, Hani bin Urwa and Almukhtar, Kufa Mosque, Najaf

Al Kufa, Al-Najaf Governorate, Iraq

In the old garrison city of Kufa stands one of the earliest mosques in Islam, and one of the holiest in Shia tradition....

Mausoleums of 7th Imam Musa Alkadhim and 9th Imam Muhammad Aljawad, Baghdad
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Mausoleums of 7th Imam Musa Alkadhim and 9th Imam Muhammad Aljawad, Baghdad

Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq

In the Kadhimiya district of northern Baghdad, twin golden domes rise over the tombs of two of the Twelve Imams: Musa al-Kadhim, model of patience under persecution, and...

Mausoleum of 1st Imam Ali bin Abu Talib, Najaf
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Mausoleum of 1st Imam Ali bin Abu Talib, Najaf

Al-Najaf Governorate, Iraq

In Najaf rises a golden dome over the burial place of ʿAli ibn Abi Talib — cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet, first Imam of Shiʿism, and the figure most Sufi lineages...

Imamzadeh Mausoleum, Ganja
Islam

Imamzadeh Mausoleum, Ganja

Ganja City, Azerbaijan

In Ganja, Azerbaijan's second largest city, a pilgrimage complex holds the grave of Imamzadeh Ibrahim — son of the fifth Shia Imam, who fled Umayyad persecution in the 8th...

Mausoleum (Zawiya) of Sidi Abdul-Salam Al-Asmar Al-Fituri, Zliten, Libya
Islam

Mausoleum (Zawiya) of Sidi Abdul-Salam Al-Asmar Al-Fituri, Zliten, Libya

Zliten, Bani Walid, Libya

On the Libyan coast at Zliten stands the tomb and zawiya of Sidi Abd al-Salam al-Asmar, founder-figure of the Arusiyya-Shadhili Sufi order....

Mausoleum of Abd Alqadir Gilani, Baghdad
Islam

Mausoleum of Abd Alqadir Gilani, Baghdad

Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq

In the Bab al-Sheikh quarter of Baghdad rests Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, the 12th-century Hanbali scholar and Sufi revered as Ghawth al-Azam, the Greatest Helper....

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