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Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages

Five thousand religious, mystical, Indigenous and esoteric lineages from around the world — what they are, where they came from, and where to read more.

Source-linked and transparently qualified. Editorial standards and correction criteria are public.

Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA

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Atlas 3938Scholarly / historical only

Muhammad Aminkhon Madrasa

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Uzbekistan
Period / origin
Historic; protected World Heritage component
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 3939Scholarly / historical only

Muhammad Rakhimkhon Madrasa

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Uzbekistan
Period / origin
Historic; protected World Heritage component
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 3940Scholarly / historical only

Registan mosque and madrasa ensemble

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Uzbekistan
Period / origin
Timurid and later historic periods; protected World Heritage component
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 3942Scholarly / historical only

Bibi-Khanum Mosque and Mausoleum

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Uzbekistan
Period / origin
Timurid period; protected World Heritage component
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 3943Scholarly / historical only

Shakhi-Zinda religious compound

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Uzbekistan
Period / origin
Historic; protected World Heritage component
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 3944Scholarly / historical only

Gur-Emir mausoleum ensemble

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Uzbekistan
Period / origin
Timurid period; protected World Heritage component
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 3945Scholarly / historical only

Rukhabad religious ensemble

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Uzbekistan
Period / origin
Historic; protected World Heritage component
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 3946Scholarly / historical only

Ismail Samani Mausoleum

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Uzbekistan
Period / origin
10th century; protected World Heritage component
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 3947Scholarly / historical only

Poi-Kalyan religious ensemble

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Uzbekistan
Period / origin
Historic; protected World Heritage component
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 3948Scholarly / historical only

Magoki Attori Mosque

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Uzbekistan
Period / origin
Historic; protected World Heritage component
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 3949Scholarly / historical only

Ulugbek Madrasa in Bukhara

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Uzbekistan
Period / origin
Timurid period; protected World Heritage component
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 4759Community-bound / restricted

Bibi Seshanbe women's rite

Central, North & Inner Asian Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Uzbekistan
Period / origin
Documented in 1995–1999 ethnographic fieldwork; monograph published 2004 and reviewed 2006
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 4760Community-bound / restricted

Bibi Mushkil Gusha women's rite

Central, North & Inner Asian Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Uzbekistan
Period / origin
Documented in 1995–1999 ethnographic fieldwork; monograph published 2004 and reviewed 2006
Evidence status
Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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