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Mosques In Iran
This is a list of mosques in Iran. , it was estimated that there were 47,291 Shia Islam, Shi'ite mosques and 10,344 Sunni Islam, Sunni mosques in Iran. List of mosques This list of mosques in Iran is sorted by province; and, where applicable, by major settlement. Ardabil * Jameh Mosque of Germi * Jameh Mosque of Namin * ''Jome Mosque'' East Azerbaijan ;In Tabirz * ''Arg of Tabriz'' * ''Blue Mosque, Tabriz'' * Hajj Safar Ali Mosque * Imamzadeh Hamzah, Tabriz * Imamzadeh Sayyid Muhammad Kojajani * Jameh Mosque of Tabriz * Mausoleum of Awn ibn Ali * Mosque of Master and Student * Saheb-ol-Amr Mosque * Shohada Mosque ; Elsewhere * Jameh Mosque of Ahar * Jameh Mosque of Marand * Jameh Mosque of Mehrabad * Jameh Mosque of Sarab * Mirpanj Mosque * Stone Tark Mosque Fars ;In Shiraz * Jameh Mosque of Atigh * Mohammad Rasul-Allah Mosque * Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque * Shah Cheragh * Tomb of Ali ibn Hamzah, Shiraz * Tomb of Seyed Alaeddin Husayn * Vakil Mosque ; Elsewhere * Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosque
A mosque ( ), also called a masjid ( ), is a place of worship for Muslims. The term usually refers to a covered building, but can be any place where Salah, Islamic prayers are performed; such as an outdoor courtyard. Originally, mosques were simple places of prayer for the early Muslims, and may have been open spaces rather than elaborate buildings. In the first stage of Islamic architecture (650–750 CE), early mosques comprised open and closed covered spaces enclosed by walls, often with minarets, from which the Adhan, Islamic call to prayer was issued on a daily basis. It is typical of mosque buildings to have a special ornamental niche (a ''mihrab'') set into the wall in the direction of the city of Mecca (the ''qibla''), which Muslims must face during prayer, as well as a facility for ritual cleansing (''wudu''). The pulpit (''minbar''), from which public sermons (''khutbah'') are delivered on the event of Friday prayer, was, in earlier times, characteristic of the central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shohada Mosque
The Shohada Mosque (; ) is a Shi'ite mosque, located in Shohada Square, in the city center of Tabriz, in the province of East Azerbaijan, Iran. The mosque was built during the Qajar era and is dedicated to the martyrs of Islam. The mosque draws in name from a Persian word, ''shohada'', meaning martyr A martyr (, ''mártys'', 'witness' Word stem, stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party. In .... The mosque was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 5 May 1997, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran. See also * Shia Islam in Iran * List of mosques in Iran References External links Mosques on the Iran National Heritage List Mosques in Tabriz Mosque buildings with domes in Iran Qajar mosques Shia mosques in Iran {{Iran-mosque-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomb Of Ali Ibn Hamzah, Shiraz
Shiraz (; ) is the fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, which has been historically known as Pars () and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the population of the city was 1,565,572 people, and its built-up area with Sadra was home to almost 1,800,000 inhabitants. A census in 2021 showed an increase in the city's population to 1,995,500 people. Shiraz is located in southwestern Iran on the () seasonal river. Founded in the early Islamic period, the city has a moderate climate and has been a regional trade center for over a thousand years. The earliest reference to the city, as ''Tiraziš'', is on Elamite clay tablets dated to 2000 BCE. The modern city was founded by the Sasanian dynasty and restored by the Umayyad Caliphate in 693 CE and grew prominent under the successive Iranian Saffarid and Buyid dynasties in the 9th and 10th–11th centuries, respectively. In the 13th century, Shiraz became a leading center of the arts and letters, du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
