Isfahan Friday Mosque

Isfahan Friday Mosque
The courtyard of the Friday Mosque of Isfahan (Largest mosque in Iran)
Coordinates : 32 ° 40 ′ 11 "  N , 51 ° 41 ′ 7"  E Coordinates: 32 ° 40 ′ 11 "  N , 51 ° 41 ′ 7"  E
place	Isfahan , Iran
Direction / grouping	Shiite
Architectural information
draft	Razi style
Details
Property	20,000 m²

Muqarnas of Isfahan's Friday Mosque

The Friday Mosque of Isfahan ( Persian مسجد جامع اصفهان, IPA : mæsd͡ʒɛd ɛ d͡ʒɑmɛ ɛ ɛsfɑhɑn ), also called the Jame Mosque of Isfahan , is a historic mosque in Isfahan . The mosque is called the museum of the 1300 years of development of Iranian architecture . Excavations made it clear that the mosque was built on older buildings from the earlier pre-Islamic period. Following the discovery of the foundations of a Sassanid fire temple , it is believed that the mosque was built on top of a Sassanid fire temple.

The oldest part of the mosque was the Schabestan with columns , it was built in the 772nd Mihrab and a large part of the wall of the previous mosque with extraordinary stucco elements have been discovered under the floor of the southern shabestan of the current mosque. In 840 the old mosque was destroyed and a larger mosque was built on it. According to historians , the mosque was the largest scientific center in the city during this era and had a large library that contained a large number of scientific books. Lessons took place in their Schabestan. In the tenth century, in the Deylamite era , some additions were made and the columns of the facade were covered with decorative glazed bricks . In the eleventh century, major changes were made to the mosque's architecture and the new mosque was built with the four-iwan courtyard . In 1080 and 1088 beautiful domes ( Nesamolmolk dome and Tajolmolk dome) were added to the southern and northern parts of the mosque. From this point onwards, mosques with a four-iwan courtyard became a key feature of mosque architecture in Iran.

The area of ​​the Friday mosque in Isfahan is 2 hectares , making it the largest mosque in Iran .

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See also

• List of historical buildings in Esfahan Province

Web links

• Entry on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website ( English and French ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Mohammad Karim Pirnia: Sabkschenāssi ye Memāri e Irāni (The History of Style of Iranian Architecture) . Ed .: Gholamhosseyn Memarian. Sorush-e-Danesh, 2007, ISBN 964-96113-2-0 , p. 144 (Persian).
2. ↑ Hosseyn Yaghoubi: Rahnama ye Safar be Ostān e Esfahan (Guide to the province of Esfahan) . Ed .: Arash Beheshti. Rozane, 2004, ISBN 964-334-218-2 , pp. 86 (Persian).
3. ↑ Andrew Burke: Iran . Lonely planet, 2004, ISBN 1-74059-425-8 , pp. 214 (English).