AFGHANISTAN Balkh Mother of Cities No Gonbad Mosque Mosque of Nine Cupolas
Also known as Khoja Piada or Masjid e Haji Piyada Mosque of the Walking Pilgrim Dates to the early 9th Century A D Earliest Islamic monument identified in Afghanistan has influences from the Achaemenid Graeco Bactrain and Kushano Sasanian periods few dateable examples of mosque architecture exist anywhere in the world form this early periodes
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