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Meaning: Commemorative Edition
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25:The oldest minaret still surviving is that of the
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1297:"Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi"
1143:"7 must-see minarets in Central Asia"
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893:List of tallest minarets
147:Great Mosque of Kairouan
27:Great Mosque of Kairouan
1008:tourstoturkmenistan.com
898:List of tallest mosques
191:Great Mosque of Samarra
60:List of oldest minarets
1347:"Eger Minaret website"
1004:"Kutlug Timur minaret"
66:Minaret § Origins
1613:Historic preservation
1090:. Brill. p. 28.
1084:Kuban, Doğan (1974).
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1057:"The Uzgen Minaret"
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502:Khosrogerd Minaret
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480:Central Asia
393:Western Asia
348:Central Asia
302:Central Asia
280:Burana Tower
257:Central Asia
252:Turkmenistan
212:Western Asia
129:Height (ft)
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1488:Evangelical
1172:silkadv.com
840:Endangered
763:Endangered
745:Afghanistan
684:Qutub Minar
626:Endangered
608:Afghanistan
452:Endangered
434:Afghanistan
371:Ali minaret
292:Chuy Valley
132:Year Built
126:Height (m)
1592:Categories
1443:Synagogues
1301:unesco.org
1225:unesco.org
1197:unesco.org
909:References
807:Preserved
750:South Asia
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475:Uzbekistan
439:South Asia
406:preserved
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315:Preserved
297:Kyrgyzstan
225:Preserved
181:Preserved
97:April 2023
86:incomplete
64:See also:
1326:rferl.org
1250:bbc.co.uk
976:"Minaret"
825:Pakistan
653:Marrakesh
470:Jarkurgan
117:Location
1598:Minarets
1566:Minarets
1549:Churches
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852:See also
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514:Sabzevar
400:171-177
193:Minaret
160:Kairouan
149:Minaret
120:Country
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1542:Tallest
1526:Longest
1500:Mosques
1476:Largest
1469:By size
1431:Mosques
1119:wmf.org
888:Minaret
789:Hungary
658:Morocco
558:Bukhara
383:Isfahan
204:Samarra
165:Tunisia
135:Status
123:Region
50:Khanate
46:muezzin
31:Tunisia
20:minaret
1603:Towers
1448:Canada
1419:Mexico
1407:Oldest
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429:Ghazni
397:52-54
138:Notes
114:Image
38:mosque
828:Asia
785:Eger
760:1417
716:1311
710:72.5
701:India
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671:1195
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578:1127
572:45.6
534:1112
490:1108
484:21.6
352:27.5
338:Uzgen
267:1011
208:Iraq
172:31.5
141:Ref.
111:Name
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1358:2018
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