Vabkent minaret
The Vobkent Minaret is a historical monument in the city of Vobkent, in the Bukhara region. It was built in 1198 by Abdulaziz Sadr, a ruler of the Qarakhanid dynasty. It is currently listed in the national register of immovable cultural heritage of Uzbekistan.Photo: Bobyrr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Mosque
- Description: minaret in Bukhara Region of Uzbekistan
- Also known as: “Vobkent minaret”, “Vobkent Minaret”, and “Vobkkent minorasi”
Vabkent minaret
- Categories: minaret, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
40.01979° or 40° 1′ 11″ northLongitude
64.51771° or 64° 31′ 4″ eastHeight
30 metres (98 feet)Open location code
8JG62G99+W3OpenStreetMap ID
way 310474363OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q4294010
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Vabkent minaret” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مئذنة فوبقند”
- Azerbaijani: “Vabkənd minarəsi”
- French: “minaret de Vobkent”
- French: “Minaret de Vobkent”
- German: “Minarett von Vabkent”
- German: “Minarett von Vobkent”
- Hebrew: “המינרט של וובקנט”
- Hungarian: “Vobkenti minaret”
- Indonesian: “Minaret Vobkent”
- Japanese: “ヴァブケントのミナレット”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Vabkent minarası”
- Polish: “Minaret w Vobkencie”
- Polish: “Minaret wabkencki”
- Russian: “Вабкентский минарет”
- Russian: “Минарет в Вабкенте”
- Russian: “Минарет Вабкента”
- Tatar: “Вабкәнт манарасы”
- Turkish: “Vobkent Minaresi”
- Urdu: “ووبکینٹ مینار”
- Uzbek: “Vobkent minorasi”
- Western Panjabi: “ووبکینٹ مینار”
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