Blue Mosque
The Mausoleum of Ali, also known as the Shrine of Hazrat Ali and the Great Blue Mosque, is a mausoleum and mosque complex located in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital and largest city of Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque and mausoleum in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Hazrat Ali Mazar”, “Mausoleum of Imam Ali”, “Mausoleum of Imam Ali, Mazar-i-Sharif”, “Rawze-e-Sharif”, “Shrine of Ali, Mazar-i-Sharif”, “Shrine of Hazrat Ali, Mazar-i-Sharif”, and “Shrine of Imam Ali, Mazar-i-Sharif”
Blue Mosque
- Categories: mazar, shrine, mausoleum, pilgrimage site, building, tourism, tomb, tourist attraction, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Mazar-e Sharif, Balkh, Northwest Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
36.70896° or 36° 42′ 32″ northLongitude
67.1109° or 67° 6′ 39″ eastInception
15th centuryOpen location code
8J89P456+H9OpenStreetMap ID
way 633376524OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=mosqueOpenStreetMap feature
historic=tombOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q138388
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Blue Mosque” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Xhamia Blu (Mezar-i Sherif)”
- Albanian: “Xhamia Blu”
- Arabic: “المسجد الأزرق”
- Azerbaijani: “Göy məscid (Məzari-Şərif)”
- Azerbaijani: “Göy məscid”
- Bashkir: “Мазари-Шәриф күк мәсете”
- Basque: “Hazrat Ali Mazar”
- Bengali: “নীল মসজিদ (মাজার-ই-শরীফ)”
- Bengali: “নীল মসজিদ”
- Catalan: “Mesquita Blava (Mazar-e Sarif)”
- Catalan: “Mesquita Blava”
- Chinese: “藍色清真寺”
- Chinese: “马扎里沙里夫清真寺”
- Czech: “Mauzoleum imáma Alího”
- Dutch: “Blauwe moskee van Mazar-i-Sharif”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المسجد الازرق”
- Esperanto: “Maŭzoleo de Hazrat Ali”
- Finnish: “Hazrat Alin moskeija”
- French: “Rawze-i-Sharif”
- German: “Ali-Mausoleum”
- German: “Blaue Moschee (Masar-e Scharif)”
- German: “Rauza”
- Greek: “Μπλε Τζαμί”
- Hebrew: “המסגד הכחול”
- Hungarian: “Ali ibn Abi Tálib mecset”
- Hungarian: “Kék mecset”
- Indonesian: “Mausoleum Imam Ali”
- Italian: “Santuario di Hazrat Ali”
- Japanese: “イマーム・アリー・モスク”
- Korean: “알리 사당”
- Korean: “이맘 알리 영묘”
- Latvian: “Mazārešarīfas Zilā mošeja”
- Macedonian: “Светилиште на Хазарат Али”
- Malay: “Rawze-e-Sharif”
- Marathi: “हजरत अली दर्गा”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Den blå moské i Mazar e-Sharif”
- Norwegian: “Den blå moské i Mazar e-Sharif”
- Ossetian: “Æрвцъæх мæзджыт”
- Persian: “مسجد کبود”
- Portuguese: “Hazrat Ali Mazar (mesquita)”
- Portuguese: “Mausoléu do Imame Ali”
- Pushto: “شین جومات (مزار شریف)”
- Pushto: “شین جومات”
- Russian: “Голубая мечеть”
- Slovenian: “Mavzolej imama Alija”
- Spanish: “Mezquita Azul (Mazar-i-Sharif)”
- Spanish: “Mezquita Azul”
- Swedish: “Blå moskén, Mazar-e Sharif”
- Tatar: “Күк мәчет”
- Thai: “ฮัซรัต อะลี มะซาร์”
- Turkish: “Mavi Cami, Afganistan”
- Turkish: “Mavi Cami”
- Ukrainian: “Блакитна мечеть (Мазарі-Шариф)”
- Ukrainian: “Блакитна мечеть”
- Urdu: “hazrat ali”
- Urdu: “مسجد ازرق، مزار شریف”
- Uzbek: “Moviy masjid”
- Western Frisian: “Blauwe moskee fan Mazar-e-Sharif”
- Western Frisian: “Blauwe Moskee fan Mazar-e-Sharif”
- Western Panjabi: “مسجد ازرق، مزار شریف”
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