Minaret of Jam

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UNESCO World Heritage Site historic monument minaret

The Minaret of Jam is a 12th-century UNESCO World Heritage Site in Afghanistan, renowned for its towering brick structure and intricate Islamic geometric and Kufic inscriptions.

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Label Occurrences
Minaret of Jam canonical 3

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historic monument ⓘ
minaret ⓘ
architecturalStyle Islamic architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Firozkoh ⓘ
Ghurid Empire ⓘ
builtByDynasty Ghurid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Ghurid dynasty
builtDuringReignOf Ala al-Din Husayn ⓘ
surface form: Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad
constructionPeriod 12th century ⓘ
late 12th century ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
decorativeMotif Islamic geometric patterns ⓘ
calligraphic bands ⓘ
floral motifs ⓘ
hasFeature four superimposed cylindrical shafts ⓘ
muqarnas cornice ⓘ
spiral staircase ⓘ
wooden balcony (now lost or fragmentary) ⓘ
height approximately 65 meters ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
surface form: World Heritage in Danger
inscriptionLanguage Arabic ⓘ
inscriptionType Kufic script ⓘ
Naskh script ⓘ
locatedIn Ghor Province ⓘ
Hari River valley ⓘ
Shahrak District ⓘ
confluence of Hari and Jam rivers ⓘ
materialUsed baked brick ⓘ
glazed tiles ⓘ
lime mortar ⓘ
stucco ⓘ
nearbyArchaeologicalSite remains of Ghurid settlements ⓘ
remains of a Jewish cemetery ⓘ
partOf Archaeological remains of the Jam area ⓘ
recognizedFor early use of glazed tiles in the region ⓘ
intricate decorative program ⓘ
outstanding brickwork ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
shape cylindrical ⓘ
threatenedBy earthquakes ⓘ
flooding ⓘ
illegal excavations ⓘ
looting ⓘ
river erosion ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageEndangeredYear 2002 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Asia-Pacific ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 211 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageYearInscribed 2002 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ghurid Empire → notableMonument → Minaret of Jam ⓘ
Islamic Civilization Park → hasReplicaOf → Minaret of Jam ⓘ
Hari River → near → Minaret of Jam ⓘ