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Altyn Mosque

Yarkant County, China

The Altyn Mosque (simplified, traditional, pinyin: Ā'ěrdīng Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Yarkand in Yarkant County, in the Xinjiang autonomous region of China. It is noted for its painted ceilings and the tomb of the poet Amannisa Khan (1526–60) which is in its sahn. She was the wife of one of the local Khans. Beyond the mosque is a cemetery housing the Tombs of the Yarkand Khans, listed as a Chinese major cultural heritage site.

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