Bibi-Khanym Mosque

جامع بيبي خانم

Timur's great mosque in Samarkand (1404) — among the largest of the Islamic world in its day.

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At a glance

Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
Identifiers
Wikidata
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In time

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

Architecture

Overview

The great mosque of Timur in Samarkand (1404), which he intended to be the greatest mosque in the world; its gate and two minarets remain among the most massive monuments of the Timurid age. 1

Legacy

The people of Samarkand say its dome was the dome of heaven; parts of it collapsed and it was restored in the twentieth century. 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

Sources

  1. Wikidata
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islam.museum contributors. “Bibi-Khanym Mosque”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/bibi-khanum-mosque/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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