Beytulla Mosque
| Beytulla Mosque | |||||||
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The Beytulla Mosque in 2025 | |||||||
| Religion | |||||||
| Affiliation | Islam | ||||||
| Status | Active | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
| Location | Yining, Xinjiang | ||||||
| Country | China | ||||||
Location of the mosque in Northern Xinjiang (Dzungaria) Beytulla Mosque (Xinjiang) | |||||||
Interactive map of Beytulla Mosque | |||||||
| Coordinates | 43°54′41″N 81°19′13″E / 43.91139°N 81.32028°E | ||||||
| Architecture | |||||||
| Type | Mosque | ||||||
| Completed | 1773 CE | ||||||
| Uyghur name | |||||||
| Uyghur | بەيتۇللاھ مەسچىتى | ||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 拜图拉清真寺 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 拜圖拉清真寺 | ||||||
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| Official Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 伊宁市解放南路清真寺 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 伊寧市解放南路清真寺 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Yining City Liberation South Road Mosque | ||||||
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The Beytulla Mosque,[a][b] officially the Yining Jiefang South Road Mosque,[c] is the largest mosque in Yining, the capital of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China.[1] Its construction was financed by the imperial court of the Qing dynasty and completed in 1773.[2][3]
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References
- ^ Wong, Chuen-Fung (25 July 2018). "Uyghur Folk Singing and the Rural Musical Place in Northwest China". In Leung, Bo-Wah (ed.). Traditional Musics in the Modern World: Transmission, Evolution, and Challenges. Springer Publishing. p. 142. ISBN 978-3-319-91599-9. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ Yang, Guiping (2012). Islamic Art in China. China Intercontinental Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-7-5085-2439-9. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ Melton, J. Gordon (15 January 2014). Faiths across Time: 5,000 Years of Religious History [4 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 719. ISBN 979-8-216-08306-1. Retrieved 26 October 2025.