The mosque, constructed by Goharshad, the wife of Shahrokh Teimoori, in 821 AH, features a large central courtyard surrounded ...

Naghsh-e-Jahan Square is a huge rectangular square in Isfahan, Iran, which is surrounded by monuments from Safavid period.

The mosque, which began construction in 1994, begun in 1994, dazzles visitors with its gleaming white marble, gold-adorned gates, and intricate floral mosaics, AD Middle East notes. Designed by ...

It is the oldest preserved edifice of its type in Iran and a prototype for later mosque designs throughout Central Asia. The complex, covering more than 20,000 m 2, is also the first Islamic building ...

the Jameh Mosque of Qazvin features a large central courtyard flanked by iwans on all four sides. The courtyard, measuring nearly 4,000 square meters, is one of the largest in Iran and includes a ...

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