Friday Mosque of Herat
Also known as: Friday Mosque of Herat
mosque in Afghanistan
Key facts
- Built
- 1446
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Overview
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The Friday Mosque of Herat stands in the city of Herat, the capital of Herat Province in northwestern Afghanistan. Sources also call it the Great Mosque of Herat or the Jami Masjid of Herat. Built in the Islamic architectural tradition, it is the city's historic congregational mosque. Its foundations date to the Ghurid period, and over the following centuries it was repaired and extended under a succession of ruling dynasties. It took its present form in the final years of the fifteenth century. A large share of its glazed tilework has been renewed in later periods.
History
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The mosque was built by the Ghurids during the reign of Sultan Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad. In later centuries Herat passed to the Timurids, Safavids, Mughals and Uzbeks, and each of these rulers is recorded as having supported the building. Many of its glazed tiles were replaced over time. The mosque's current form dates from the late fifteenth century.
From Wikipedia
The Great Mosque of Herat is a Sunni Friday mosque, located in the city of Herat, in the Herat Province of north-western Afghanistan. It was built by the Ghurids, under the rule of Sultan Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad Ghori, who laid its foundation in 1200 CE. Later, it was extended several times as Herat changed rulers down the centuries from the Kartids, Timurids, Mughals and the Durranis, all of whom supported the mosque. The fundamental structure of the mosque from the Ghurid period has been preserved, but parts have been added and modified. The Friday mosque in Herat was given its present appearance during the 20th century.
The Great Mosque of Herat was not always the largest mosque in Herat; a much larger complex, the Mosque and Madressa of Gawhar Shad, also built by the Timurids, was located in the northern part of the city. However, those architectural monuments were dynamited by officers of the British Indian Army in 1885, to prevent its use as a fortress if a Russian army tried to invade India.
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Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9_(%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A9)
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fe_Moschee_von_Herat
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_Herat
Wikipedia (es): https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezquita_Aljama_de_Herat
Wikipedia (fa): https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA
Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Mosqu%C3%A9e_du_Vendredi_d%27H%C3%A9rat
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Jami%27_Herat
Wikipedia (ru): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0-%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C_(%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82)
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herat_Cuma_Camii
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%DB%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA