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] The tallest minaret in the world built of bricks is the 73 metres (240 ft) tall Qutb Minar in Delhi, India.^[2]

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	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	201		1999	Preserved
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque Minaret	Selangor	Malaysia	142.3	467	1988			^[3]
Putra Mosque	Putrajaya	Malaysia	116	380	1999			^[4]
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi Minarets	Medina	Saudi Arabia	105	344				^[4]
Fateh Burj	Mohali	India	100	328	2011			^[5]
	Karachi	Pakistan	99	325	2021
Faisal Mosque minarets	Islamabad	Pakistan	90	300	1986
Great Mosque of Mecca Minarets	Makkah (Mecca)	Saudi Arabia	89	292				^[6]
Minarets of Selimiye Mosque	Edirne	Turkey	83	272	1574
Qutub Minar	Delhi	India	72.5	238	1311	Preserved	Tallest minaret made of bricks.^[2]	^[7]
Minar-e-Pakistan	Lahore	Pakistan	70	230	1968			^[8]
Minaret of Jam	Shahrak District	Afghanistan	65	213	1194^[9]	Endangered	In UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger	^[10]^[9]
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.	^[11]
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.^[12]	^[12]
Islam Khoja Minaret	Khiva	Uzbekistan	56.6	170	1910	Preserved		^[13]
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		^[14]
Vabkent Minaret	Vabkent	Uzbekistan	40.3	145	1199	Preserved		^[14]
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		^[14]
Uzgen Minaret	Uzgen	Kyrgyzstan	27.5	90	11th Century	Preserved		^[15]
Burana Tower	Chuy Valley	Kyrgyzstan	25	82	11th Century	Preserved	Originally 45 metres tall. Top destroyed by earthquake in 15th century.^[16]	^[16]