Jameh Mosque of Dezful
Also known as: حسینیه علی اصغر
Iranian national heritage site
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Overview
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The Jameh Mosque of Dezful is a mosque in Iran's Khuzestan Province, protected as part of the country's national heritage. Its local name is recorded as Hosseiniyeh Ali Asghar (حسینیه علی اصغر), and the record associates it with the settlement of Chamgolak. Sources describe it as the first and oldest mosque of Dezful and one of the oldest mosques in Iran. Said to have been built in the Sasanian architectural style, it serves as a Shi'ite Friday mosque.
History
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Sources place the completion of the building at roughly the 3rd or 4th century AH, without giving a precise date.
The mosque was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 20 December 1936. It is administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.
From Wikipedia
The Jameh Mosque of Dezful (Persian: مسجد جامع دزفول), also known as the Great Mosque of Desfool, is a Shi'ite Friday mosque located in Dezful, in the Dezful County of the province of Khuzestan, Iran. Situated on Imam Khomeini Street, the mosque was completed in c. 3rd or 4th century AH (c. 7th or 8th centuries CE) in the Sasanian architecture style, and is the oldest and first mosque in Dezful, and one of the oldest mosques in Iran.
The mosque was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 20 December 1936, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.
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