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]

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	Location	Country	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Year Built	Status Minaret	Notes	Ref.
Djamaa el Djazaïr Minaret	Algiers	Algeria	265	870	2019			^[1]
Hassan II Mosque Minaret	Casablanca	Morocco	210	690	1993
Rahmatan Lil-Alamin Mosque Minaret	Indramayu	Indonesia	210		1999	Preserved
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque Minarets	Selangor	Malaysia	142.3	467	1988			^[2]
201 Dome Mosque	South Pathalia village	Bangladesh	137	451	2013
Putra Mosque	Putrajaya	Malaysia	116	380	1999			^[3]
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi Minarets	Medina	Saudi Arabia	105	344				^[3]
Al Jabbar Grand Mosque	Bandung	Indonesia	99	325	2023			^[4]
Grand Jamia Mosque, Karachi	Karachi	Pakistan	99	325	2021
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque Main Minaret	Muscat	Oman	90	300	2001
Faisal Mosque Minarets	Islamabad	Pakistan	90	300	1986
Great Mosque of Mecca Minarets	Makkah (Mecca)	Saudi Arabia	89	292				^[5]
Selimiye Mosque Minarets	Edirne	Turkey	83	272	1574		The mosque with the tallest minarets in Europe.
Delimeđe Mosque Minarets	Delimeđe	Serbia	77.2	253	2009		The mosque with the tallest minarets in Serbia and in Europe outside of Turkey.	^[6]
Kutubiyya Mosque Minaret	Marrakesh	Morocco	77	253	1195
Qutub Minar	Delhi	India	72.5	238	1311	Preserved	Tallest minaret made of bricks.^[7]	^[8]
Pećigrad Mosque Minarets	Pećigrad	Bosnia and Herzegovina	71	233	2020		The tallest minaret in Bosnia and Herzegovina.	^[9]
Minar-e-Pakistan	Lahore	Pakistan	70	230	1968			^[10]
Minaret of Istiqlal Mosque	Jakarta	Indonesia	66.6	218	1974		The symbolize the divine oneness of God.	^[11]
Podgredina Blue Mosque Minarets	Podgredina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	66	217	2018		The first mosque with 5 şerefe's (balconies) on a minaret.	^[12]
Minaret of Jam	Shahrak District	Afghanistan	65	213	1194^[13]	Endangered	In UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger	^[14]^[13]
Minaret in the Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape	Lednice	Czech Republic	62	203	1804	Preserved	Tallest in all non-Islamic countries. Built as a park decoration.	^[15]
Turhan Emin-Begova Mosque Minarets	Ustikolina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	60	197	1448	Rebuilt	It is believed, that this is the first mosque ever built in Bosnia and Herzegovina.	^[16]
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.^[17]	^[17]
Islam Khoja Minaret	Khiva	Uzbekistan	56.6	170	1910	Preserved		^[18]
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	Preserved		^[19]
Balaken Mosque	Balaken	Azerbaijan	45	147.6	1877		The mosque with the tallest minaret in Azerbaijan and in Caucasus.
Kajserija Mosque	Goražde	Bosnia and Herzegovina	43.5	143	2007			^[20]
Vabkent Minaret	Vobkent	Uzbekistan	40.3	145	1199	Preserved		^[19]
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		^[19]
Uzgen Minaret	Uzgen	Kyrgyzstan	27.5	90	11th Century	Preserved		^[21]
Burana Tower	Chuy Valley	Kyrgyzstan	25	82	11th Century	Preserved	Originally 45 metres tall. Top destroyed by earthquake in 15th century.^[22]	^[22]

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