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'''Haji Piyada Mosque''' {{lang|fa-Latn|ḤĀJI PIĀDA}} or '''Noh Gonbad Mosque''' (''{{lang-fa|مسجد نُهگنبد}}'' "Mosque of Nine Cupolas"), a [[Samanid]]-style building in [[Balkh province]] of northern [[Afghanistan]]. Built in the 9th century, it is thought to be the earliest Islamic building in the country.<ref>[http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1928 City of Balkh (antique Bactria), UNESCO website]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1928|title=City of Balkh (antique Bactria) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre|first=UNESCO World Heritage|last=Centre|publisher=}}</ref> |
'''Haji Piyada Mosque''' {{lang|fa-Latn|ḤĀJI PIĀDA}} or '''Noh Gonbad Mosque''' (''{{lang-fa|مسجد نُهگنبد}}'' "Mosque of Nine Cupolas"), a [[Samanid]]-style building in [[Balkh province]] of northern [[Afghanistan]]. Built in the 9th century, it is thought to be the earliest Islamic building in the country.<ref>[http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1928 City of Balkh (antique Bactria), UNESCO website]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1928|title=City of Balkh (antique Bactria) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre|first=UNESCO World Heritage|last=Centre|publisher=}}</ref> |
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The site was listed on the [[World Monuments Fund]]'s 2006 World Monuments Watch list of 100 Most Endangered Sites.<ref>[http://wmf.org/watch_past.html World Monuments Fund's World Monuments Watch 1996-2006. – Retrieved on 12 November 2008.]</ref> |
The site was listed on the [[World Monuments Fund]]'s 2006 World Monuments Watch list of 100 Most Endangered Sites.<ref>[http://wmf.org/watch_past.html World Monuments Fund's World Monuments Watch 1996-2006. – Retrieved on 12 November 2008.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105182704/http://wmf.org/watch_past.html |date=5 January 2009 }}</ref> |
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== Tomb == |
== Tomb == |
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Revision as of 02:08, 28 October 2017
Persian: آرامگاه حاجى پياده بابا | |
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  Shown within Afghanistan | |
| Location | near Balkh, Balkh Province |
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| Coordinates | 36°43′47.1″N 66°53′7.1″E / 36.729750°N 66.885306°E |
| Type | ruin |
Haji Piyada Mosque ḤĀJI PIĀDA or Noh Gonbad Mosque (Persian: مسجد نُهگنبد "Mosque of Nine Cupolas"), a Samanid-style building in Balkh province of northern Afghanistan. Built in the 9th century, it is thought to be the earliest Islamic building in the country.[1][2]
The site was listed on the World Monuments Fund's 2006 World Monuments Watch list of 100 Most Endangered Sites.[3]
Tomb
The tomb measures 20×20 meters. The outside walls are of mud-brick construction. The interior is divided into nine bays, each originally covered by a dome. The columns and the arches that divide the bays are decorated in deeply carved stucco, depicting a wide variety of designs, stylistically comparable to Abbasid decoration in Mesopotamia.[4]
References
- ^ City of Balkh (antique Bactria), UNESCO website
- ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "City of Balkh (antique Bactria) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre".
- ^ World Monuments Fund's World Monuments Watch 1996-2006. – Retrieved on 12 November 2008. Archived 5 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Archaeological gazetteer of Afghanistan (Title in French: Catalogue des sites archeologiques d'Afghanistan), Warwick Ball, Volume I & II, Editions Recherche sur les civilisations, Paris, 1982.
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