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List of mosques in Tibet

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This is a list of mosques in Tibet.

It lists mosques (Arabic: Masjid, Lhasa Tibetan:ཁ་ཆེ་ལྷ་ཁང་།)[a] in Tibet, Asia.

Historically Tibet has had 11 mosques, but only 6 survive.[1][2]

List of mosques in Tibet

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Location NameImageEstablishedCurrent condition Notes & References[3]
Lhasa Kha-che Glingka Mosque [zh]
(Chinese: 卡契林卡清真寺)
≈1678 Existing It have been obtained during the land granting process by the Fifth Dalai Lama.[3]
Hebalin Great Mosque
(Chinese: 阿坝林大清真寺)
1716 Existing [4][5]
Barkhor Rapsel Alley Mosque
(Chinese: 饶赛巷小清真寺)
≈1900 Existing [4][5]
Duodigou Mosque
(Chinese: 夺底清真寺)
1716 Existing The located where the "Pilaf Festival" is held.[4]
Lhasa Small Mosquen/aExisted in 10th century, today no longer in existence It may have been destroyed by a civilian riot triggered by the anti-Buddhist incident of the last Tibetan king, Langdarma.[6][5]
Tzashen Mosque
(Chinese: 扎什城清真寺)
≈1733 destroyed in 1761 [4][5]
Shigatse Bang-Jia Lin-ka Mosque
(Chinese: 邦加林清真寺)
c.1700 AD Existing [4][5]
Qamdo Qamdo Mosque [zh]
(Chinese: 昌都清真寺)
1702 Existing The original building was built in the style of the Han Chinese courtyard.[4]
Tsetang Zedang Mosque[b]
(Chinese: 泽当清真寺)
N/a recently built See the books "No Passport to Tibet"[7] and "Islam in Tibet: Tibetan Caravans"[8] and folk oral accounts. [4]
Ngari Guge Mosque
(Chinese: 古格清真寺)
n/a destroyed in 1626 See the book "魂牵雪域: 西藏最早的天主教传教会".[9][10][5]
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