Shabestan

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The Shabestan in a mosque in Tabriz

A shabestan ( Persian شبستان[ ʃæbɛstɑn ]) is a hidden room in a mosque with uniform parallel columns . One side of the shabestan leads to the courtyard of the mosque. The roof of the scraping stick can be flat or curved.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mehdi MirDanesch: āschnāi bā Banāhā ye tārikhi ye Irān (Introduction to Iranian historical buildings) ( Persian ). Madresse, 2003, ISBN 964-05-1001-7 .