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Azna Mosque (Arzna Mosque), Yarkand

莎车阿孜那清真寺

📍 Yarkand · Shache old town 🏛️ Yarkand Khanate era (16th–17th century) 👥 Neighbourhood congregational mosque

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📜 About & history

The Azna (Arzna) Mosque is one of the historic neighbourhood congregational mosques of Yarkand's old town, dating from the Yarkand Khanate period, and is recorded among the county's protected Uyghur mosque monuments alongside the Jiaman Mosque. It exemplifies the timber-hall Uyghur mosque tradition of the Yarkand oasis.

🕌 Prayer & visiting

TraditionSunni (Hanafi), Uyghur

Local daily and Friday prayers historically held here; recitation in Uyghur. Access is regulated.

📍 Address

Old town, Shache (Yarkand) County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang

Address in Chinese (for taxis): 新疆喀什地区莎车县城区老城阿孜那清真寺

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🚇 How to reach the mosque

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Bus

Reachable on foot within the Shache old town; county-town buses stop nearby.

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From the Arab districts

No distinct Arab quarter; access from Kashgar via the G3012/S215 (2.5-3 hrs).

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From downtown

In the Shache county-town old quarter, close to the Jiaman Mosque and Altyn plaza; a few minutes by taxi.

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Useful tip

Best combined with the other Yarkand old-town monuments. Uyghur halal food nearby. Details are less fully documented than the Jiaman Mosque.

Source: Sina blog (Xinjiang cultural-relic record: Shache Jiaman & Azna mosques)

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