List of tallest minarets

This is a list of the tallest minarets in the world. It ranks minarets by their height.

The tallest minaret in the world is the minaret of the Djamaa el Djazaïr in Algiers, Algeria which stands at 265 metres (870 ft).[1] The tallest minaret in the world built of bricks is the 73 metres (240 ft) tall Qutb Minar in Delhi, India.[2]

List of tallest minarets

This list ranks the tallest minarets in the world. Only minarets taller than 25 metres (82 feet) or remarkable for some distinctive feature are included.

Name	Image	Location	Country	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Year Built	Status	Notes	Ref.
Djamaa el Djazaïr Minaret		Algiers	Algeria	265	870	2019			[1]
Hassan II Mosque Minaret		Casablanca	Morocco	210	690	1993			[1]
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque Minaret		Selangor	Malaysia	142.3	467	1988			[3]
Putra Mosque		Putrajaya	Malaysia	116	380	1999			[4]
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi Minarets		Medina	Saudi Arabia	105	344				[4]
Fateh Burj		Mohali	India	100	328	2011			[5]
Faisal Mosque minarets		Islamabad	Pakistan	90	300	1986		Tallest minarets at least in South Asia upon completion	[6]
Great Mosque of Mecca Minarets		Makkah (Mecca)	Saudi Arabia	89	292				[7]
Qutub Minar		Delhi	India	72.5	238	1311	Preserved	Tallest minaret made of bricks.[2]	[8]
Minar-e-Pakistan		Lahore	Pakistan	70	230	1968			[9]
Minaret of Jam		Shahrak District	Afghanistan	65	213	1194[10]	Endangered	In UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger	[11][10]
Kutlug Timur Minaret		Konye-Urgench	Turkmenistan	60	197	1011		Believed to be the tallest of the ancient minarets in Central Asia. Dome was destroyed in 1221 by Mongols. Only 60 meters remain.[12]	[12]
Islam Khoja Minaret		Khiva	Uzbekistan	56.6	170	1910	Preserved		[13]
Two minarets of the Hazrat Imam Mosque		Tashkent	Uzbekistan	53	167	2007	Preserved
Two minarets of the Minar Mosque		Tashkent	Uzbekistan	50	166	2014	Preserved
Kalyan Minaret		Bukhara	Uzbekistan	45.6	150	1127 AD	Preserved		[14]
Vabkent Minaret		Vabkent	Uzbekistan	40.3	145	1199	Preserved		[14]
Four minarets of the Ulughbek Madrasa and Sherdar Madrasa in Registan Ansamble		Samarkand	Uzbekistan	32.5	166	2014	Preserved
Kalta Minara		Khiva	Uzbekistan	29.0	86	1852	Preserved		[14]
Uzgen Minaret		Uzgen	Kyrgyzstan	27.5	90	11th Century	Preserved		[15]
Burana Tower		Chuy Valley	Kyrgyzstan	25	82	11th Century	Preserved	Originally 45 metres tall. Top destroyed by earthquake in 15th century.[16]	[16]

See also

• List of tallest mosques
• Minaret
• Mosque
• List of oldest minarets

References

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