The Egyptian Tourism Ministry provides an illustrated history and description of the oldest mosque in Egypt, founded in 642 AD and rebuilt several times subsequently.
Great Buildings Online provides images and information on famous mosques in Turkey, Syria and North Africa.
Photographs and brief history of this mosque built in 1935 by Indian Muslim traders.
Adnan Alavi presents photographs of mosques around the world, with a few historical notes.
Tore Kjeilen explains the significance of the mosque to Muslims, its history, development and use, in an article for the Encyclopaedia of the Orient.
Chuck Newman's photographs of his tour around the mosques designed by the famed 16th-century architect.
Information on the world's largest mud-brick building, in Mali. Sections on its history, design and significance, plus pictures.
IslamiCity presents photographs of outstanding mosques, both historic and modern, arranged by continent.
Illustrated history and description from the online collaborative encyclopedia of this grand mosque in Istanbul, built on the order of Suleiman I to a design by Sinan which reflected the nearby Hagia Sophia.
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