One of the world’s largest squares, framed by the tiled masterpieces of Safavid Isfahan.
The world's largest car-free old city.
The Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa on the platform holiest to Judaism and third-holiest to Islam.
Restored gateway fortress and madrasas on the old road west of Dushanbe.
Medieval minaret and mausoleums.
Vast mosque of the Mouride brotherhood, goal of the Grand Magal pilgrimage.
Faded Ottoman-Italian Red Sea port.
Kuwait’s largest mosque, with a 26-metre dome, Andalusian-style tiling and space for 10,000 worshippers.
Coral-stone lanes and the Old Friday Mosque on the Indian Ocean.
Living Silk Road museum-city.
A skyline of 2,500-year-old gingerbread tower houses with white gypsum trim, one of the oldest cities in the world.
An avenue of turquoise-tiled mausoleums in Samarkand, the finest tilework in Central Asia.
A walled Silk Road city preserved whole — minarets, madrasas and mud walls glowing at dusk.
Oman's vast, serene grand mosque.
Landmark museum of Islamic treasures.
Tiny island of coral-stone colonial buildings that named the country.
Three grand madrasas on one square.
One of the world's largest mosques.
Al-Balad’s coral-stone merchant houses with carved wooden balconies, a UNESCO gateway for centuries of Mecca pilgrims.
Pyramidal earthen tomb of the Songhai emperor, bristling with wooden stakes.
Ninth-century mosque with the spiralling Malwiya minaret.
Great Mud Mosque town, UNESCO-listed.
Swahili island town of donkeys, dhows and carved doorways.
One of Islam’s oldest and grandest mosques, glittering with gold mosaics.
Labyrinthine Swahili trading town of carved doors and spice bazaars.
Ancient fortified towns of the Mzab.
15th-century mosque at Bagerhat, UNESCO-listed.
Eighty-two white marble domes, the world’s largest hand-knotted carpet and reflective pools — Abu Dhabi’s masterpiece.
The "Pink Mosque", famous for the kaleidoscope its stained glass throws at dawn.
Remote 65-metre brick minaret, alone in a river gorge since the 12th century.
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