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Region: Persia & Central Asia
Identifiers: Wikidata
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Overview

The Great Bazaar of Isfahan around the Naqsh-e Jahan square; its covered lanes stretch for kilometres from the square to the old mosque. ¹

Legacy

The heart of Safavid trade; it still bustles with coppersmiths, weavers and sellers of miniatures. ¹

People and things also explored

Abu Dulaf Mosque, Samarra· Great Mosque of Adana· Ahi Çelebi Mosque, Istanbul· al-Aqmar Mosque, Cairo· al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez· Great Mosque of Samarra· al-Janad Mosque, Ta'izz· al-Mansur Mosque (Kasbah Mosque), Marrakesh

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islam.museum contributors. “Grand Bazaar of Isfahan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/bazaar-isfahan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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