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The aisle leading the mosque's mihrab was slightly wider than the other aisles. [3] There is no indication that the new mosque had a minaret, despite the existence of this feature in other mosques of the period, [3] although Muqaddasi described the presence of a tall minaret in a central mosque of Isfahan before 985. [4]: 46
The Roknolmolk Mosque (Persian: مسجد رکن الملک), formerly known as the Aksa Mosque, is a Twelver Shi'ite mosque, located in Isfahan, Iran. Completed in the early part of the 20th century, the mosque was built in Qajar era and is adjacent to the Takht-e Foulad cemetery . [ 1 ]
Courtyard of the Friday Mosque in Isfahan, with its four-iwan layout dating from the early 12th century. The most important religious monument from the Great Seljuk period is the Jameh Mosque of Isfahan, which was expanded and modified by various Seljuk patrons in the late 11th century and early 12th century.
Mohammad Jafar Abadei Mosque (Persian: مسجد محمد جعفرآبادهای) is a historical mosque in Isfahan, Iran. It was built in 1878 by the famous clergyman of the Qajar era, Mohammad Jafar Abadei. The mosque is famous because of its tiles and its architecture. [1] [2]
It was under the Seljuks that the so-called “Iranian” plan appeared for the first time, perhaps in the redesign of the Great Mosque of Isfahan.The Iranian plan has four iwans arranged in a cruciform manner around a courtyard, as well as a domed room serving as a prayer room.In the Great Mosque of Isfahan, as it appeared at the time, it seems (according to the work of Galdieri) that this ...
The Isfahan Provincial Guard identified the dead as Capt. Mojtaba Nazari and Lt. Col. Mokhtar Morshedi, the report said. ... A gas leak caused the death of two people and injured 10 others at an ...
It was formerly known as the Aksa Mosque. The mosque was built in the Qajar era, and is at the edge of the Takht-e Foulad cemetery. The mosque has a room that contains the graves of both Roknolmolk and his wife, located near to the entrance, as well as a mausoleum for clerics of the Kalbasi family. Tomb of Roknolmolk inside the mosque
This is the Garden of the Martyrs. Attacks on ethnic Hazaras have killed so many that they have a special graveyard in Kabul.Most of those killed in a May school bombing, mainly girls, were laid ...