List of ziyarat locations

This is a list of ziyarat locations, also known as Islamic pilgrimage sites, that are notable around the world.

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Afghanistan

The Blue Mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif

• Muhammad Jaunpuri shrine, Farah, Farah Province
• Khwaja 'Abd Allah Ansari shrine, Herat, Herat Province
• Shrine of Ali Karam Allah Wajho ("the Blue Mosque"), Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province
• Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa shrine, Balkh, Balkh Province
• Baba Hatim Ziyarat, Imam Sahib, Kunduz Province

India

Ajmer Sharif Dargah, Rajasthan

Gujarat

• Shrine of Ibrahim, Bhadresar, Kutch district
• Shrine of Shah-e-Alam's Roza in Ahmedabad
• Shrine Sarkhej Roza of Hazrat Ganj Ahmed Kahttu in Sarkhej, Ahmedabad
• Hazrat Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque in Vatwa, Ahmedabad
• Shrine of Sultan Ahmed Shah
• Shrine of Sultan Saiyad Sidi in Ahmedabad
• Shrine of Khwaja Jamaluddin Dana in Surat
• Shrine of Saiyad Ahmed Al Addrus in Bharuch
• Shrine of Baba Ghor near Jagadia
• Shrine of Baba Rustam shah near Tankaria
• Shrine of Pir Bukhari in Bhadiyad near Dholka
• Shrine of Haji Pir in Kutch.
• Shrine of Shah Vajihuddin Alvi Husayni in Ahmedabad
• Hazrat Saiyed Shah jalaluddin Chisty Nizami Hussaini Rehmatullah Alaih, savli Near Gothada, Vadodara
• Hazrat Saiyed Aalad (Alauddin) Al Hussaini Zaidi Ul wasti Rehmatullah Alaih, savli Near Gothada, Vadodara

Uttar Pradesh

• Hazrat Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, Delhi
• Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya , Delhi
• Hazrat Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi, Delhi
• Shrine of Mujaddid Ahmed Raza Khan, Bareilly Sharif Dargah, Bareilly, Bareilly district
• Hazrat Waris Ali Shah Dargah, Dewa, Barabanki district
• Sultan Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani Dargah, Ashrafpur Kichhauchha
• Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf Dargah, Ashrafpur Kichhauchha

Jammu & Kashmir

• Charari Sharief, Budgam district
• Dastgeer Sahib, Khanyar, Srinagar district
• Hazratbal Shrine, Hazratbal, Srinagar district
• Khanqah-e-Moula, Srinagar, Srinagar district
• Ziyarat Naqshband Sahab, Khanyar, Srinagar district

Kerala

Cheraman Juma Mosque

• Cheraman Juma Mosque, Methala, Kodungallur Taluk, Thrissur district
• Malik Dinar Mosque (Malik Deenar Grand Juma Masjid), Thalangara, Kasaragod district

Maharashtra

• Valley of Saints (shrines of several Sufi saints and the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb), Khuldabad, Aurangabad district

Rajasthan

• Ajmer Sharif Dargah (shrine to Moinuddin Chishti), Ajmer, Ajmer district

Tamil Nadu

Ervadi dargah, the tomb of Sultan Syed Ibrahim Shaheed Badusha

Syed Riyaz Ahmad Naqshbandi`s Shrine in Fatehpur

• Sultan Syed Ibrahim Shaheed Badusha Dargah, Erwadi, Ramanathapuram district
• Thiruparankundram Dargah (Sultan Sikandar Badushah Shaheed shrine), Thiruparankundram, Madurai district
• Nagore Shahul Hamid Badusha Dargah, Nagore, Nagapattinam district
• Madurai Maqbara (dargah of Mir Ahmad Ibrahim, Mir Amjad Ibrahim, and Abdus Salam Ibrahim), Madurai, Madurai district

Madhya Pradesh

• Khirala Sharif Dargah Khirala, district Khandwa

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.

• Wali Sanga whose tombs spread across Java
• Astana Giribangun
• Giriloyo
• Imogiri
• Kota Gede

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 Imamzadeh, or Imam were buried in Iran. Some of the more popular ones include:

• Fatima Masumeh Shrine, Qom. Tomb of Fātimah bint Mūsā (sister of eight Shia Twelver Imam Ali al-Ridha and the daughter of the seventh Shia Imam Musa al-Kadhim) and three daughters of the ninth Shia Twelver Imam, Muhammad al-Jawad.
• Jamkaran, Qom
• Imam Reza shrine – a large complex, developed on the burial site of the Eighth Shī`a Imām, 'Ali ar-Ridha, Mashad
• Shah-Abdol-Azim shrine. Tomb of: ‘Abdul ‘Adhīm ibn ‘Abdillāh al-Hasanī (aka. Shah Abdol Azim, a fifth generation descendant of Hasan ibn ‘Alī and a companion of the ninth Shī‘ah Twelver Imām, Muhammad al-Jawad). Adjacent to the shrine, within the complex, are the mausolea of Imamzadeh Tahir (son of the fourth Shī‘ah Twelver Imām Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin), and Imamzadeh Hamzeh (brother of the eighth Shī‘ah Twelver Imām Ali al-Ridha).
• Imamzadeh Saleh, Shemiran. Tomb of Sāleh (son of the seventh Shī‘ah Twelver Imām Musa al-Kadhim).

Iraq

Mosque of Ali in Najaf

• Imām ‘Alī Mosque in Najaf. Tomb of ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (First Shī‘ah Imām – Fourth Sunni Caliph), Adam (Shī‘ah belief), Noah (Shī‘ah belief).
• Imām Husayn Mosque in Karbala. Tomb of Husayn ibn ‘Alī (Third Shī‘ah Imām), ‘Ali Akbar ibn Husayn, ‘Ali Asghar ibn Husayn, Habīb ibn Madhāhir, All the martyrs of Karbalā, Ibrāhīm ibn Mūsā al-Kādhim.
• Al ‘Abbās Mosque in Karbala. Tomb of ‘Abbās ibn `Alī.
• Al Kādhimiya Mosque in Kadhimayn. Tomb of Seventh Twelver Shī‘ah Imām, Mūsā al-Kādhim; Ninth Twelver Shī‘ah Imām, Muhammad at-Taqī; Shaykh Mufīd; Shaykh Tūsī.
• Al ‘Askarī Mosque in Samarra. Tomb of Tenth Twelver Shī‘ah Imām, ‘Alī an-Naqī; Eleventh Twelver Shī‘ah Imām, Hasan al-‘Askarī; Hakimah Khātūn; Narjis Khātūn
• Abu Hanifa Mosque. Tomb of Abū Ḥanīfa (founder of the Sunni Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence.)
• Tomb of Ezekiel, Al-Nukhaliah Mosque, Al Kifl, Babil Governorate

Israel and Palestinian Territories

Masjid al-Aqsa

• Al-Aqsa Mosque, built over the spot where Muhammad is said to have prayed before he ascended to the heavens; Jerusalem
• Masjid Sakhra (Dome of the Rock), built over the rock from whence legend holds Muhammad is to have ascended to the heavens; Jerusalem
• Tomb of Moses, 16 km (10 mi) from Jerusalem
• Cave of the Patriarchs, Hebron
• Joseph's Tomb, outside Nablus
• Tomb of Lot, Bani Na'im
• Tomb of Tamim al-Dari, Bayt Jibrin
• Sayed al-Hashim Mosque – Muhammad's great grandfather, Gaza
• Tomb of Samuel, Nabi Samwil
• Sidna Ali Mosque, Herzliya – Tomb of Ibn Aleem which was a Muslim saint that fell during the Battle of Arsuf
• Nabi Rubin Mosque, Palmachim – the Muslim traditional burial site of Reuben. The shrine is abandoned.
• Nabi Yahya Mosque, Sebastia – tomb of John the Baptist
• Nebi Akasha Mosque, Jerusalem – tomb of Ukasha ibn al-Mihsan, a friend of Muhammad and also a burial place for some Muslim saints from Saladin's army. The shrine is abandoned. See also Expedition of Ukasha bin Al-Mihsan (Udhrah and Baliy).
• Tomb of Joshua (Shia Islam), Ramot Naftali – Shiite shrine of Nabi Yusha's (Joshua) tomb. The village which includes the shrine was Shiite and destroyed in 1948. The shrine is abandoned.
• Nabi Bulus, Beit Shemesh – the shrine of Paul the Apostle in the Muslim tradition (unlike the Christian one which is in Rome). The shrine is abandoned.
• Maqam Shihab al-Din, Nazareth – a small shrine and mosque on rooftop and the burial place of Shihab al-Din, Saladin's nephew that died at the Battle of Hattin near Tiberias. Located in front of the Basilica of the Annunciation.
• Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem – in front of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Omar prayed there after refusing to pray inside the church, it is also believed to be the place that David prayed.
• Jubb Yussef (Joseph's Well) – the well that Joseph was thrown to. Abandoned shrine.
• Tomb of Nabi Saleh, Ramla – Nabi Saleh mentioned seven times in the Quran as to prophet who told Mada'in Saleh residents to convert their religion to Islam, after they didn't listened to him the city was destroyed by god. His tomb locked near the White Mosque in the city of Ramla which is the biggest remains of early Islamic Mosque in Israel, any spring in year there is an annual pilgrimage celebrations in the shrine.
• Maqam al-Nabi Shu'ayb, Horns of Hattin – Ziyarat al-Nabi Shu'ayb is the biggest Druze Ziyarat
• Maqam al-Nabi Sabalan, Hurfeish

Jordan

• An-Nabi Yusha’ bin Noon (Joshua bin Nun), near the city of Al-Salt in Jordan – shrine of Nabi Yusha' (Prophet Joshua)[1][2]

Kazakhstan

• Aisha Bibi
• Turkistan, Mausoleum of Khoja Akhmet Yassawi

Kyrgyzstan

• Safed Bulan
• Sulayman-Too

Pakistan

• Darbar Bibi Pak Daman at Lahore, Punjab
• Shrine of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Bhit, Sindh
• Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Jamshoro District, Sindh
• Hazrat Sachal Sarmast Daraza, Dist.Khairpur Sindh
• Hazrat Syed Baba Mureed Ali Shah Mehrabpur Dist Naushahro froze sindh.
• Hazrat Pir Juman Shah Qurashi Padidan Naushahro Froze Sindh
• Hazrat Pir Shaikh Ahmed Kabir Qurashi Padidan Dist Naushahro froze sindh.
• Hazrat Syed Ibrahim Shah near Bhira Road Dist Naushahro froze sindh.
• Hazrat pir Wanhiyal Dist Naushahro froze sindh.
• Hazrat Abdullah Shah Gazi, Karachi Sindh
• Hazrat shah shams sabswāri multan pakistan
• Dargah of Syed Ali Miran Al Naqvi Bhakkari, Mona Syedan, Punjab
• Shrine of Hazrat Usman bin Ali al Ghaznavi Alias Data Ganj Bakhsh Ali Hajveri, Lahore, Punjab

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• Shrine of Hazrat Bulleh Shah (Abdullah), Kasur, Punjab
• Shrine of Pir Syed Meher Ali Shah, Golra Sharif, Golra, Islamabad.
• Peer Pathan (Tonsa Sharif) Punjab Pakistan, Dera Ghazi Khan
• Shrine of Pir Hadi Hassan Bux Shah Jilani, Duthro Sharif, Sanghar, Sindh

Saudi Arabia

• Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, Medina
• Maqbaratu l-Baqī' in Medina and the Fathima bint Muhammad Hasan ibn Ali, Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin, Muhammad al-Baqir, and Ja'far al-Sadiq are present here
• Jannatul Mualla, Makkah – graves of: Abd Manaf ibn Qusai, Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf, Abdul Mutallib, and Abu Talib ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, among others
• Hira, the cave where the angel Gabriel is said to have first visited Muhammad
• Quba Mosque, Medina
• Masjid al-Qiblatain, Medina

Syria

• Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque, the tomb of Zaynab bint Ali, daughter of Ali and Fatimah, Damascus
• Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque, the tomb of Sukayna bint Husayn, daughter of Husayn ibn Ali – the grandson of Muhammad, Damascus
• Bab Saghir Cemetery (also called Goristan-e-Ghariban), Damascus. Many famous historical figures, including Umm Kulthum bint Ali and Bilal ibn Ribah are buried here.
• Nabi Habeel Mosque, the tomb of Abel, son of Adam, Damascus
• Araq Tomb, Damascus, dedicated to Suhayb al-Rumi
• Bab al-Hadid, Aleppo
• Bab al-Nasr, Aleppo
• Bab Antakeya, Aleppo
• Hilaliyya Zawiya, Aleppo, mausoleum for Sheikh Mohammed Hilal Ram Hamdani
• Umayyad Mosque (Jaami al-Amawi), Damascus
• Salera Hill, Damascus

Turkmenistan

• Il Arslan Mausoleum (Kuhna Urgench)
• Sultan Sanjar mausoleum (Merv)

Uzbekistan

• Muhammad al-Bukhari mausoleum in Samarkand. He authored the hadith collection known as Sahih al-Bukhari, regarded by Sunni Muslims as one of the most authentic (sahih) hadith collections.
• Shah-i-Zinda necropolis. Tombs of Kusam ibn Abbas (cousin of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad); many different 9th–14th century tombs of scholars, poets, military men, etc.

See also

• Hajj

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

• Privratsky, Bruce G.(2001) Muslim Turkistan: Kazak Religion and Collective Memory. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon.
• Subtelny, M. E. (1989) The cult of holy places: religious practices among Soviet Muslims. Middle East Journal, 43(4): 593–604.

External links

• Some sites in Central Asia are described on the page Ancient Monuments of Karakalpakstan with links to named archeological sites and mausoleums (Najm al-Din Kubra, Sultan Uvays Bobo, etc.)
• Views held by The Shia on Ziyarat
• Archnet shrine directory, with pictures
• Book: Your Personal Guide to UMRA, HAJJ, and ZIYARAT (pdf file)
• Listing of ziyarat sites
• Ziyarat tourism in Uzbekistan