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Shah Mosque
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mosque in Isfahan, Iranian national heritage site
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The entry is geolocated on the map in 4.
It sits within the topics 1620s establishments in Iran, 1629 establishments in Asia and 17th-century mosques in the Safavid Empire.
Its subject is documented across 48 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Affiliation
- Shia Islam
- Ecclesiastical or organizational status
- Mosque
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Naqsh-e Jahan Square , Esfahan , Isfahan province
- Country
- Iran
- Architects
- Ali Akbar Isfahani Badi al-Zaman-i Tuni (early phase)
- Type
- Mosque
- Style
- Safavid
- Founder
- Abbas the Great
- Completed
- c. 1630
- Construction cost
- 20,000 toman
- Length
- 100 m (330 ft)
- Width
- 130 m (430 ft)
- Dome height outer
- 52 m (171 ft)
- Dome height inner
- 38 m (125 ft)
- Dome dia inner
- approx. 25 m (82 ft)
- Materials
- bricks, ceramic tiles, alabaster
- Criteria
- Cultural: (i)(v)(vi)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- architectural landmark
- Named after
- Ruhollah Khomeini
- Country
- Iran
- Area
- 19000
- Material used
- tile
- Image
- Naghsh-e-jahan masjed-e-shah esfahan.jpg
- Height
- 52
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- Commons category
- Shah Mosque (Isfahan)
- date of official opening
- 1630-00-00
- located on street
- Naqsh-e Jahan Square
- heritage designation
- Iranian National Heritage
- directions
- میدان امام، سمت جنوبی میدان
- architect
- Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī
- architectural style
- Safavid architecture
- inception
- 1611-04-29
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Encyclopedic overview
The Shah Mosque (Persian: مسجد شاه, lit. 'Masjed-e Shah'), also officially known as the Imam Mosque or Imam Khomeini Mosque, is a mosque located on the south side of Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Esfahan, in the province of Isfahan, Iran. Its construction began in 1611, during the Safavid Empire under the order of Abbas the Great, and was completed c. 1630.
It is regarded as one of the masterpieces of Persian architecture in the Islamic era. The mosque is registered, along with the Naghsh-e Jahan Square and other surrounding structures, as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 6 January 1932, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran. The mosque is depicted on the reverse of the Iranian 20,000 rials banknote.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shah Mosque” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.