List of mausolea
This is a list of mausolea around the world.
Afghanistan [edit]
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The Shrine of Baba Wali near Kandahar
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Abdur Rahman Khan's Mausoleum in Kabul.Abdur Rehman Khan re-established the writ of the Afghan government in Kabul after the disarray that followed the second Anglo-Afghan war.
Algeria [edit]
Azerbaijan [edit]
- Pir-Hussein Mausoleum
- Nizami Mausoleum (Ganja)
- Mausoleum of Seyid Yahya Bakuvi in the Palace of the Shirvanshahs (Baku)
- Tomb of Shirvanshahs in the Palace of the Shirvanshahs (Baku)
- Momine Khatun Mausoleum (Nakhchivan)
- Yusif ibn Kuseyir Mausoleum (Nakhchivan)
- Huseyn Javid Mausoleum (Nakhchivan)
- Prophet Noah Mausoleum (Nakhchivan)
- Shamakhi mausoleum (Şamaxı)
- Seyyid Amin Mausoleum (Beylagan Rayon)
- Kerbalai Seyyid Agha Mausoleum (Beylagan Rayon)
- Sheikh Badraddin Mausoleum, Sheikh Mansur Mausoleum, Sheikh Mahomed Mausoleum (Həzrə, Qabala Rayon)
- Haji Mahmud Effendi Mausoleum or Blue mausoleum (Aslanbəyli, Qazakh Rayon)
- Mausoleum Mollaverdi (Goranboy Rayon)
- Sheikh Zayed and Seyyid Khalife Mausoleums (Lankaran Rayon)
- Yeddi Gumbez Mausoleum (Şamaxı)
- Naimi Mausoleum (Xanəgah, Julfa Rayon)
- Garabaghlar Mausoleum (Qarabağlar, Kangarli Rayon)
- Çalxanqala Mausoleum (Çalxanqala, Kangarli Rayon)
- Javad Khan Mausoleum (Ganja)
- Diri Baba Mausoleum (Qobustan)
- Vagif Mausoleum (Shusha)
- Mirza Adigezal bey Mausoleum (Rəhimli, Goranboy Rayon)
- Yahya ibn Muhammad al-Haj Mausoleum (Məmmədbəyli, Zangilan Rayon)
- Barda Mausoleum (Barda)
- Akhsatan Baba Mausoleum (Barda Rayon)
- Heydar Almazov Mausoleum (Neftchala Rayon)
- Siradzhaddin Agha Mausoleum (Samukh Rayon)
- Anagid Mausoleum (Çaykənd, Goygol Rayon)
- Sheikh Yusif Mausoleum (Şıxlar, Khachmaz Rayon)
- Kələxana Mausoleums (Shamakhi Rayon)
- Pirmərdəkan Mausoleum (Göylər, Shamakhi Rayon)
- Baba Samad Mausoleum (Rüdəkənar, Masally Rayon)
- Gharib Seyyid Mausoleum (Şatıroba, Masally Rayon)
- Baba Amir Mausoleum (Masally Rayon)
- Khalil Mausoleum (Siyəzən)
- Subaby Mausoleum (Alpan, Quba Rayon)
- Dilim Baba Mausoleum (Hapıt, Quba Rayon)
- Qaqash Huseyn Mausoleum (Şivlə, Lerik Rayon)
- Sumakhi Mausoleum (Digah, Absheron Rayon)
- Ahmad ibn Karim Mausoleum (Maşxan, Astara Rayon)
- Sheikh Ahmadli Mausoleum (Xəlilli, Agsu Rayon)
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Seyyid Yahya Bakuvi's Mausoleum in the Palace of the Shirvanshahs, Baku
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Yusuf ibn Kuseir Mausoleum, Nakhchivan
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Huseyn Javid Mausoleum, Nakhchivan
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Prophet Noah Mausoleum, Nakhchivan
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Yeddi Gumbez Mausoleum, Şamaxı
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Javad Khan Mausoleum, Ganja
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Diri Baba Mausoleum, Qobustan
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Yahya ibn Muhammad al-Haj Mausoleum, Məmmədbəyli
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Tomb of shirvanshahs, Baku
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Bangladesh [edit]
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Known as Suhrawardy Udyan after Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy it is the burial place of three prominent leaders namely Sher-e-Bangla A.K. Fazlul Huq, Khwaja Nazimuddin and Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy.
Bosnia and Herzegovina [edit]
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Alija Izetbegović's Mausoleum in Sarajevo
Brunei [edit]
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Sultan Sharif Ali's Mausoleum, 3rd Sultan,(1425 CE - 1432 CE),Near Kota Batu
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The Mausoleum of Sultan Bolkiah, fifth Sultan of Brunei
Bulgaria [edit]
- Battenberg Mausoleum, Sofia (1897)
- Georgi Dimitrov Mausoleum, Sofia (1949; demolished in 1999)
- St George the Conqueror Chapel Mausoleum, Pleven (1907)
- Mausoleum of the Liberators, Razgrad
- Mausoleum of Antim I, Vidin (1934)
China [edit]
- Ancient Tombs at Longtou Mountain
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, Xi'an
- Thirteen Imperial Mausoleums of Ming Dynasty Emperors, Beijing
- Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, Nanjing
- Zhao Mausoleum, Jiuzong mountain, Shaanxi province
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The Mausoleum of Abakh Khoja, Kashgar
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The Mausoleum of Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan, the first Muslim khan of Kara-Khanid Khanate, in Artush, Xinjiang
Colombia [edit]
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Cuba [edit]
Cyprus [edit]
Czech Republic [edit]
England [edit]
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Sassoon Mausoleum, 2008.
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Montefiore Synagogue and tomb.
- Frogmore Mausoleum, burial place of Victoria and Albert
- Highgate Cemetery, London, has an impressive collection of Victorian mausoleums
- Castle Howard Mausoleum, in Yorkshire, by the noted architect Hawksmoor, and ancestral resting place of the Howard family. Inaccessible to the public save by prior appointment.
- Kensal Green Cemetery, London, the oldest English cemetery of its type still in operation, has many elaborate Victorian mausoleums, including that of Anthony Trollope.
- Museum of Garden History, holds Captain Bligh’s monument moulded from Coade stone.
- West Norwood Cemetery, London includes listed buildings with unusual materials that include wood, pottery (Doulton and Tate) and cast iron (Berens), and many classical mausoleums in its Greek Orthodox area.
- Ralph Adam Mausoleum (c.1766, restored 1965), Claverton, Somerset
Estonia [edit]
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Barclay de Tolly mausoleum in Jõgeveste. It is the burial place of Russian field marshal Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly and his wife Helene Auguste Eleonore.
France [edit]
- Père Lachaise Cemetery contains many notable examples from the classic and Ancient Egyptian-inspired memorials to Napoleon's marshals through to the modernist such as Oscar Wilde's
Finland [edit]
Germany [edit]
- The Carstanjen Mausoleum, a Grecian rotunda at Haus Carstanjen, Bonn
- Floratempel, mausoleum of Carl Duisberg, Leverkusen
Hungary [edit]
India [edit]
- Main: Mausoleums in India
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Emperor Humayun's Mausoleum, Nizamuddin east, New Delhi.
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The Taj Mahal is a Mausoleum of Emperor Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal, Agra.
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Safdarjung's Tomb is a garden tomb in a marble mausoleum.
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Bibi Ka Maqbara or Mausoleum of the Lady is the resting place of Dilras Bano Begam wife of Emperor Aurangzeb in Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
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The mausoleum housing Tippu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali at Srirangapatna.
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Gol Gumbaz, is the mausoleum of Mohammed Adil Shah. It has the second largest pre-modern dome in the world after the Byzantine Hagia Sophia.
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Mauoleum of Chand Bibi defender of Ahmednagar against the Mughal forces of Emperor Akbar.
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Mausoleum of Mohammed Shah in the Lodhi Gardens, New Delhi.
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Sikandar Lodhi's Mausoleum at Lodhi Gardens, New Delhi.
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Hazira Maqbara Mausoleum of Qutbuddin Muhammad Khan and his son Naurang Khan generals and administrators of Gujarat province of the Mughal Empire during Emperor Akbar the Great's reign in the city of Vadodara.
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Ataga Khan’s Tomb near Chausath Khamba.
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Barakhamba is a 14th century tomb building from the Lodi period.
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Adham Khan's Tomb, which also house the tomb of his mother, Maham Anga, Mehrauli, Delhi.
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Moinuddin Chishti's Mausoleum in Ajmer.
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Mausoleum of Mughal Empire's Vizier Allama Afzal Khan built in 1635 C.E. by Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan in Agra.
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Mausoleum of Bu Ali Shah Qalandar, Mughal General Mahabat Khan, Hakim Mukaram Khan and Urdu Poet Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali, Panipat.
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Mausoleum of Sultan Ghari
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Mausoleum of Sultan Ghiyath-ud-Din Balban (1200 – 1287 C.E.) Turkic ruler of the Delhi Sultanate
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Mausoleum of Sultan Sher Shah Suri at Sasaram in Bihar.
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Mausoleum of Isa Khan Niazi a renowned general of Sher Shah Suri near the Mughal Emperor Humayun's Tomb complex in Delhi 1547-1548 CE.An inscription on a red sandstone slab says Masnad Ali Isa Khan, son of Niaz Aghwan, the Chief chamberlain.
Indonesia [edit]
- Imogiri, in Java where Sultan Agung's Mausoleum has extended into a complex of descendants graves.
Iran [edit]
Iran's Cultural Heritage Organization lists several hundred mausoleums in Iran. (See Ferdowsi and Ziyarat articles for some examples).
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Cyrus the Great's Mausoleum lies in the ruins of Pasargadae, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Imam Reza shrine, Mausoleum of:
*Eighth Twelver Shī`a Imām, ‘Alī ar-Ridhā
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Fātimah al-Ma‘sūmah Mosque, Mausoleum of:
*Fātimah al-Ma‘sūmah (sister of ‘Alī ar-Ridhā)
One of Iran's holiest places. The shrine complex includes dozens of seminaries and religious schools
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Naqsh-e Rustam where lie The Achaemenid tombs of Darius I (r. 522-486 BCE). Xerxes I(r. 486-465 BCE), Artaxerxes I (r. 465-424 BCE), and Darius II (r. 423-404 BCE). A fifth unfinished one might be that of Artaxerxes III, but is more likely that of Darius III
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Mausoleum of Omar Khayyám, Nishapur
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Mausoleum of Abdol-samad, built in 1304AD in Natanz.
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Mausoleum of Abu-Lu'lu'ah, the assassin of Islam's second caliph, Omar ibn al-Khattab, Kashan.
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Mausoleum of Bayazid Bastami in Bistam
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Al-Ghazali Mausoleum in Tus
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Saadi (poet) Mausoleum in Shiraz
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Farid-al-Din Attar's Mausoleum in Nishapur
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Imamzadeh Mahruq mausoleum
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Mazare Shahmir
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Shazdeh Hosein shrine, Qazvin
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Imamzadeh Hamzeh, Mahshahr-Hendijan, Khuzestan
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Sheikh Safi's Mausoleum, Ardabil
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Imamzadeh Saleh Mausoleum in Tehran
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Mausoleum of Nadir Shah, Mashad
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Tomb of Daniel the writer of Book of Daniel, Susa
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Ruhollah Khomeini's Mausoleum at Behesht-e Zahra in Tehran
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Maqbaratoshoara or Maqbarat al-Shu'ara' is a Mausoleum for many famous poets in Tabriz
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Shah Cheragh is a tomb of two brothers Amir Ahmad and Mir Muhammad, both of whom were brothers of Imam Reza in Shiraz
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Inside Shah Cheragh
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Mongol Ilkhan Emperor Öljaitü's Mausoleum in Soltaniyeh
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The Kharāghān twin towers,are mausoleums built in 1053 CE, Qazvin Province
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The blue turquoise conical dome of the Mausoleum of Hamdollah Mostowfi "the explorer" in Qazvin
Iraq [edit]
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Imām `Alī Mosque, Mausoleum of:
*`Alī ibn Abī Tālib
*Adam (Shī`ah belief)
*Noah (Shī`ah belief)
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Imām Husayn Mosque, Mausoleum of:
*Husayn ibn `Alī
*‘Ali Akbar ibn Husayn
*‘Ali Asghar ibn Husayn
*Habīb ibn Madhāhir
*All the martyrs of Karbalā
*Ibrāhīm ibn Musā al-Kādhim
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Al ‘Abbās Mosque, Mausoleum of:
*‘Abbās ibn `Alī
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Al Kadhimiya Mosque, Mausoleum of:
*Seventh, Twelver Shī`a Imām, Musā al-Kādhim
*Ninth, Twelver Shī`a Imām, Muhammad at-Taqī
*Shaykh Mufīd
*Shaykh Tūsi
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Al `Askarī Mosque, Mosoleum of:
*Tenth, Twelver Shī`a Imām, `Alī an-Naqī
*Eleventh, Twelver Shī`a Imām, Hasan al-`Askarī
*Hakimah Khātūn
*Narjis Khātūn
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Mausoleum of Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir at Lalish is a focal point of Yazidi pilgrimage.
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Israel and the Palestinian territories [edit]
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Rachel's Tomb located on the outskirts of Bethlehem. The present sanctuary was built during the Ottoman period.
Italy [edit]
Jordan [edit]
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Tomb of Abu Ubaidah ibn al Jarrah in Balqa Governorate, Jordan.
Kazakhstan [edit]
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The restored mausoleum of Ayshah bibi near Taraz.
Kyrgyzstan [edit]
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11-12th century Karakhanid mausolea in Uzgen, Kyrgyzstan.
Mali [edit]
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Mausoleum of Askia Mohammad I in Gao,Mali
Mongolia [edit]
Morocco [edit]
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Mohammed V of Morocco's tomb inside his mausoleum at Rabat, with Hassan II's tomb in the background
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Saadian Tombs in Marrakech. The mausoleum comprises the corpses of about sixty members of the Saadi Dynasty including the Sultan Ahmad I al-Mansur Saadi
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Mausoleum of Idris I (green structure bottom left) in Moulay Idriss
North Korea [edit]
Northern Ireland [edit]
- Templeton Mausoleum of Castle Upton, Templepatrick, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
- Stephenson Family Mausoleum (1837), Ballyclare, County Antrim
Norway [edit]
- The Mausoleum located under the ground floor of Akershus Festning in Oslo contains the bodies of Olav V and Haakon VII of Norway. Queen Maud of Norway and Crown Princess Märtha of Norway
Pakistan [edit]
- Abdullah Shah Ghazi Mazar (mausoleum of Karachi's sufi saint), Karachi
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Mausoleum of Muhammad Ali Jinnah also called Mazar-e-Quaid, Karachi.
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Mausoleum of Jahangir(Ruler of Mughal Empire), Lahore.
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Mausoleum of Nur Jehan, Shahdara Bagh, Lahore.
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Mausoleum of Shah Rukn-e-Alam, one of many notable mausoleums of Multan.
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Tomb of Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah and Pir Syed Amin Shah in Allo Mahar, Sialkot.
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Mausoleum of Hazrat Bahawal Haleem, Uch Sharif.
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Mausoleum of Bibi Pak Daman, Lahore.
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Abdul Hasan Asaf Khan's decrepit Timurid-style Mausoleum at Shahdara Bagh, Lahore,He was the brother of Empress Nur Jehan and father of Empress Mumtaz Mahal.
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Khwaja Ghulam Farid's Mausoleum at Kot Mithan.
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Chaukhandi tombs,25 km east of Karachi on N-5 National Highway
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Shrine of Daud Bandagi Kirmani in Shergarh,Pakistan completed in 1590 C.E. by Ustad Baazid
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Baha-ud-din Zakariya's Mausoleum in Multan
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Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi's Mausoleum in Kotri Sharif, Gohar Shahi was the founder of International Spiritual Movement Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam
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Bhutto family Mausoleum in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh.It is the burial place of two former Prime Ministers of Pakistan;Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and his daughter Benazir Bhutto.
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Mausoleum of Mir Muhammad better known as Mian Mir in Lahore;he was the spiritual instructor of Mughal Prince Dara Shikoh.
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Mausoleum of Sohni Mahiwal in Shahdadpur, Sindh
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Philippines [edit]
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Quezon Memorial, in Quezon City, final resting place of President Manuel Quezon and his wife, Aurora.
- Marcos Museum and Mausoleum in Batac City, Ilocos Norte, the mausoleum houses the remains of Former Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos.
Poland [edit]
- Mausoleum of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order, Ordensburg Marienburg in Malbork, Poland
Romania [edit]
Russia [edit]
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Shahghali of Kazan's Mausoleum, Kasimov
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Mausoleums in Bolghar
Saudi Arabia [edit]
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Masjidun Nabawi, Mausoleum of:
*The Islāmic Prophet Muhammad
( Madinah )
Scotland [edit]
- Hamilton Mausoleum, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire. One of the largest mausolea in the world, the building was started by David Hamilton in 1842 and completed by David Bryce and Alexander Richie in 1858.External link
Serbia [edit]
- Kuća cveća (House of the Flowers) Where comrade Marshal Josip Broz Tito was laid to rest in Belgrade.
- Oplenac, mausoleum of the Serbian Karađorđević Royal Family.
Spain [edit]
Sudan [edit]
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Mausoleum of Muhammad Ahmad a.k.a. The Mahdi in Omdurman.
Syria [edit]
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Nabi Habeel Mosque, Mausoleum of:
*Abel (Arabic:Hābeel) son of Adam
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Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque, Mausoleum of:
*Zaynab bint ‘Alī
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Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque, Mausoleum of:
*Fātimah bint Husayn ibn ‘Alī (aka. "Ruqayya" or "Sukayna")
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Great Mosque of Aleppo, Mausoleum of:
*Zechariah (Arabic: Zakariyya) father of John the Baptist
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Umayyad Mosque,
Mausoleum of:
*John the Baptist (Arabic: Yahya)
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Mausoleum of Sultan Saladin near the northwestern corner of the Umayyad Mosque, in Damascus
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Khalid ibn al-Walid Mausoleum and Mosque, in Homs
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Tomb of Khalid ibn al-Walid, inside the Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque, Homs.
Taiwan [edit]
- The Cihu Presidential Burial Place, burial place of President Chiang Kai-shek, in Cihu
Turkmenistan [edit]
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Mausoleum of Shah of Khwarezm, Ala-al-Din Tekish ibn Il-Arslan in Konye-Urgench.
Turkey [edit]
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Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Kemal Atatürk, in Ankara, Turkey
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İsmet İnönü's Mausoleum
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Ruins of the Mausoleum of Maussollos, one of the seven wonders of the world,Bodrum
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Xanthos Tombs, Kınık, Turkey. Also known as the Nereid Monument
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Lycian tombs at Simena, Üçağız
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Hierapolis the large necropolis is filled with sarcophagi,about 1200 tombs
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Mevlana Museum is the mausoleum of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, a Sufi mystic also known as Mevlâna or Rumi in Konya
Ukraine [edit]
- Nikolay Pirogov's mausoleum (Vinnitsa)
- Grigory Kotovsky's mausoleum (destroyed in 1941 by Romanian troops).
United Kingdom [edit]
See under England, Scotland and Wales
United States [edit]
See also List of pyramid mausoleums in North America.
- Glover Mausoleum
- Grant's Tomb
- Mausoleum of Henry and Arabella Huntington
- Miles Mausoleum
- Mount Holly Mausoleum
- Queen of Heaven Mausoleum
- Stanford Mausoleum
- Tacoma Mausoleum
- Tombs of the Uga mascots in Sanford Stadium
Uzbekistan [edit]
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Dorussiadat mausoleum of Jehangir, Timur’s eldest and favorite son, Shahrisabz
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The Mausoleum of Sheikh Hovendi at-Tahur (Sheihantaur)in Tashkent
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Saif ed-Din Bokharzi Mausoleum,Bukhara
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Bayan-Quli Khan Mausoleum,Bukhara (Saif ed-Din Bokharzi & Bayan-Quli Khan Mausoleums)
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Shah-i-Zinda (meaning "The Living King"), Samarkand
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Bibi-Khanym Mausoleum in Samarkand
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Muhammad al-Bukhari mausoleum near Samarkand
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Mausoleum of Amir Ismail Samani in Bukhara
Venezuela [edit]
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Vietnam [edit]
See also [edit]
External links [edit]
- List of twelve mousoleums of Khiva
- [1] European-influenced mausolea in New Orleans
