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Aramgah e Qazi Yunus ( , called now as Hajji Piadah Baba ḤĀJI PIĀDA pilgrimage to Mecca on foot ) is a grave of the judge Yunus .1The grave is on the edge of the Masjid e No Gonbad ( Mosque of Nine Cupolas ), a Samanid -style building in Balkh province of northern Afghanistan .2Built in the 9th century, it is thought to be the earliest Islamic building in the country.3In the Sassanid Dynasty was here Akashdadah e Naubahar ( Fire Temple of Naubahar). In the Kushan Empire was a common meditation center, the Barmarkiden their ornaments because of Islamic conquests - have expanded Hindu-Buddhist and Zoroastrian pattern (Mithra cult like sun, flowers, lily) painted over with plaster and the Samanids with nine DOMES, the first Mosque in Bactra . As the hidden ornaments have appeared, they have been destroyed again from Islamic religious considerations. The grave of Judge Yunus it does not fit to the complex, although a pilgrimage on foot to Mecca undertook. It measures 20×20 meters. The outside walls are of mud-brick construction. The interior is divided into nine bays, each originally covered by a dome. The columns and the arches that divide the bays are exquisitely decorated in deeply carved stucco , depicting a wide wariety of design, stylistically comparable to Abbasid decoration in Mesopotamia .4
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The Haji Piyada Mosque is a mosque in the Balkh province of northern Afghanistan . Built in in the ninth century A.D., it is thought to be the earliest Islamic building in the country. It measures 20 by 20 meters. The site was listed on the World Monuments Fund 's 2006 World Monuments Watch list of 100 Most Endangered Sites.
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Haji Piyada Mosque ḤĀJI PIĀDA or Noh Gonbad Mosque ( "Mosque of Nine Cupolas"), a Samanid -style building in Balkh province of northern Afghanistan . Built in the 9th century, it is thought to be the earliest Islamic building in the country. Carbon dating conducted in early 2017, together with historical sources, suggest it could have been built as early as the year 794.It was built on the remains of a Buddhist monastery.The site was listed on the World Monuments Fund 's 2006 World Monuments Watch list of 100 Most Endangered Sites.
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Haji Piyada Mosque ḤĀJI PIĀDA or Noh Gonbad Mosque ( "Mosque of Nine Cupolas") is a Samanid -style building in Balkh province of northern Afghanistan . Built in the 9th century, it is thought to be the earliest Islamic building in the country. Carbon dating conducted in early 2017, together with historical sources, suggest it could have been built as early as the year 794. It was built on the remains of a Buddhist monastery. The site was listed on the World Monuments Fund 's 2006 World Monuments Watch list of 100 Most Endangered Sites. "The mysterious, ancient Nine Domes Mosque of northern Afghanistan" . 8 January 2018.
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Historic mosque in Afghanistan Haji Piyada Mosque ( ḤĀJI PIĀDA ) or Noh Gonbad Mosque ( Persian : مسجد نُهگنبد "Mosque of Nine Cupolas") is a historic building in Balkh province of northern Afghanistan .It is thought to be the oldest Islamic building in Afghanistan, dating to the 9th century or possibly to the late 8th century.Dictionary of Islamic Architecture .Un chef d'oeuvre de Fazl le Barmacide construit en 178-179/794-795 ?" .
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mosque in the balkh province of northern afghanistan
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historic former mosque
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