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Kalan Mosque

Mosque in Bukhara, Uzbekistan

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Kalan Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque, is a mosque and architectural monument in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. It is counted among the city's large mosques and stands within the Historic Centre of Bukhara.

The building is registered as an object of tangible cultural heritage of Uzbekistan. An Arabic-language source dates its construction to 1514.

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According to an Arabic-language source, the mosque was built in 1514. The available material gives no further details on its construction or later restorations.

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Kalan Mosque (Persian: مسجد کلان, romanized: masjed-e kalân, lit. 'big mosque') is an architectural monument located in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. It was considered one of the largest mosques built on the place of Jame' Mosque. Its current appearance was built in 1514 during the reign of Shaybani Ubaidullah Khan of Bukhara.

Currently, the mosque is included in the national list of estate real objects of material and cultural heritage of Uzbekistan.

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