Haji Yakub Mosque
The Haji Yakub Mosque (tj. Маcҷиди Ҳоҷӣ Яъқуб, English Haji Yakoub Mosque / Hoji Yakub Mosque / etc.) is the central mosque of the capital of Tajikistan , the city of Dushanbe . It was named after Haji Yakub , a Tajik religious leader who fled to Afghanistan.
The mosque was founded 200 years ago and can hold up to 3000 people. Attached to it is a madrasa .
Web links
- Dushanbe's Haji Yakub Mosque
- metaltraveller.com: Haji Yakoub Mosque
- Iskander Alexander: trip from Tashkent to Dushanbe and back - ferghana.ru (Ferhana.ru news agency) (Russian)
- In Dushanbe, started building the biggest mosque in the CIS
Video
- Haji Yakoub Mosque - youtube.com
References and footnotes
- ↑ And is visited on state visits, see z. B. ots.at: Public press appointments of Federal President Dr. Heinz Fischer from 11th to 17th March 2013 ( visit to the "Hoji Yakub" mosque )
- ↑ lonelyplanet.com (with location map)
- ↑ metaltraveller.com: Haji Yakoub Mosque - An even larger mosque, the largest in Central Asia , should be completed in 2014. ( news.bbc.co.uk: Tajikistan begins Central Asia's biggest mosque )
Coordinates: 38 ° 35 '16 " N , 68 ° 47' 2.5" E