Shah Mosque
Also known as: Shah Mosque
mosque in Mashhad, Iranian national heritage site
Key facts
- Built
- 1451
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Overview
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The Shah Mosque stands in Mashhad, in Iran's Razavi Khorasan province, and forms part of the Imam Reza Shrine complex. Sources describe it as a Twelver Shi'ite mausoleum and mosque. It dates from the Timurid period, and its recorded architectural styles are Timurid and Safavid. The building is on the Iran National Heritage List. Since the Iranian Revolution it has also been known as the Haftado Dotan Mosque, meaning the Mosque of Seventy-two Martyrs.
History
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The mosque was built in 1451 according to the record, which places it in the Timurid period. The Arabic source likewise dates it to the ninth century AH. It was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 9 July 1932, and the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran administers it. Since the Iranian Revolution it has also been called the Haftado Dotan Mosque.
From Wikipedia
The Shah Mosque (Persian: مسجد شاه (مشهد), romanized: Masjid-i Shah), also known, since the Iranian Revolution, as the Haftado Dotan Mosque (Persian: مسجد هفتاد و دو تن, lit. 'Mosque of Seventy-two Martyrs') is a Twelver Shi'ite mausoleum and mosque that forms part of the Imam Reza Shrine complex, located in Mashhad, in the province of Razavi Khorasan, Iran.
The mosque dates from the Timurid period, and was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 9 July 1932, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.
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Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_(%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%AF)
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Mosque_(Mashhad)
Wikipedia (fa): https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D9%87%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%88_%D8%AA%D9%86