List of ziyarat locations

This is a list of notable Ziyarat locations around the world.

Sites by country

Afghanistan

The Blue Mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif

India

The Ziyarat sites in India are owned and maintained by the Waqf Boards of the respective states in which they are located.

Gujarat

Jammu & Kashmir

Kerala

Cheraman Juma Mosque

Maharashtra

Rajasthan

Ajmer Sharif Dargah, Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu

Uttar Pradesh

Syed Riyaz Ahmad Naqshbandi`s Shrine in Fatehpur

Indonesia

Kota Gede, royal tomb complex for the sultans of Java. It is built in the pre-Islamic, Hindu architectural style.

Many Indonesians visit the royal Javanese graves, or the cemeteries of former presidents and Muslim missionaries.

Iran

Imam Reza shrine, tomb of Ali al-Ridha (Eight Shia Twelver Imam)

Iran's Cultural Heritage Organization lists several hundred "ziyarat-gah" or places of pilgrimage in which a sage, Sufi, Imamzadeh, or Imam were buried in Iran. Some of the more popular ones include:

Iraq

Mosque of Ali in Najaf

Palestinian Territories

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Saudi Arabia

Sri Lanka

Syria

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

See also

Notes

  1. Mazar Hazrat Yusha’ bin Noon, on the website of the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada
  2. Tomb of Prophet Yusha' (photo of the tomb; Islamic view on Prophet Yusha'/Joshua)

Further reading

External links

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