Hazrat Khizr Mosque
The Hazrat Khizr Mosque is a historical monument in Samarkand, Uzbekistan; associated with the name of the legendary Islamic prophet Khizr. The building was erected on the site of an ancient mosque.Photo: Akhemen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: BeshevI, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Mosque
- Denomination: Sunni
- Description: mosque in Samarkand
- Also known as: “Hazrat-Hyzr Mosque”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bibi Khanym and Siyab Bazar.
Bibi Khanym
Mosque
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
The Bibi-Khanym Mosque is one of the most important monuments of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. In the 15th century, it was one of the largest and most magnificent mosques in the Islamic world. Bibi Khanym is situated 410 metres southwest of Hazrat Khizr Mosque.
Siyab Bazar
Marketplace
Photo: Yoshi Canopus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Siyob Bazaar, also called Siab Bazaar, is the largest bazaar in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The building is built in the shape of a dome, under which there are several pavilions with a large number of shopping arcades. Siyab Bazar is situated 250 metres west of Hazrat Khizr Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jewish mahalla and Samarkand.
Samarkand
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Samarkand is the city that is the bejewelled crown of the Silk Road, a rhapsody of ornate Islamic architecture with turquoise domes and soaring tiled minarets.
Hazrat Khizr Mosque
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.66344° or 39° 39′ 48″ northLongitude
66.98332° or 66° 58′ 60″ eastOpen location code
8JF8MX7M+98OpenStreetMap ID
way 614044909OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=mosqueOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=sunniWikidata ID
Q4292369
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Hazrat Khizr Mosque” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد حضرة الخضر”
- Arabic: “مسجد حضرة خضر”
- Azerbaijani: “Həzrət-Hızr məscidi”
- Belarusian: “Мячэт прарока Хызра”
- Belarusian: “мячэць Хазрэт-Хызр”
- Bengali: “হযরত খিজির মসজিদ”
- Chinese: “沙赫靜達陵園”
- French: “Mosquée Hazrat Khizr”
- French: “Mosquée Khazret Khyzr”
- German: “Chidr-Moschee (Samarkand)”
- German: “Chidr-Moschee”
- Italian: “moschea di Hazrat-Hizr”
- Italian: “Moschea di Hazrat-Hizr”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Házireti-Xizr meshiti”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hazrati Xizr-moskeen”
- Persian: “مسجد خضر سمرقند”
- Russian: “Мечеть Хазрат Хизр”
- Russian: “мечеть Хазрет-Хызр”
- Russian: “Мечеть Хазрет-Хызр”
- Tajik: “Масчиди Ҳазрати Хизр”
- Tajik: “Масҷиди Ҳазрати Хизр”
- Tatar: “Хәзрәт-Хызр мәчете”
- Ukrainian: “Мечеть Хазрат-Хізр”
- Uzbek: “Hazrati Xizr masjidi”
- Uzbek: “Hazrati-Xizr masjidi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Shodiyona Shopping Centre and Shah-i-Zinda park.
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