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Chahar Padshahan
Chahar Padshahan ( fa, مسجد چهار پادشاهان, "Four Kings") is the name of a mosque in Lahijan, Iran, where four rulers of the Karkiya dynasty The Kar-Kiya dynasty, also known as the Kiya'ids, was a local dynasty which mainly ruled over Biya-pish (eastern Gilan) from the 1370s to 1592. They claimed Sasanian ancestry as well. Lahijan was the dynasty's capital. The Kar-Kiya dynasty help ... are buried. Sources * {{Gilan Province Mosques in Gilan Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Chahar or Chakhar may refer to: Sino-Mongolian uses * Chahar Mongols, a Mongol tribe * Chakhar Mongolian (Chakhar), a Mongolian dialect spoken by the Chahar tribe * Chahar Province, a former province of China named after them * Chahar Right Front Banner, in Inner Mongolia, China * Chahar Right Middle Banner, in Inner Mongolia, China * Chahar Right Back Banner, in Inner Mongolia, China Afghan uses * Aymāq, a Persian-speaking nomadic people of Afghanistan originally known as ''chahar'' * Chahar Bolak District, a district in Afghanistan * Khani Chahar Bagh District, a district in Afghanistan Iranian/Persian uses * Charbagh, a style of Persian garden * Charbagh, Isfahan ("Four Gardens"), an avenue in Isfahan, Iran * Chaharbagh School, a 16th-17th century cultural complex in Isfahan, Iran * Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, a province of Iran Other uses * Çahar (Chakhar), Azerbaijan, a village See also * Chahar Suq (other) * Chakar (other) * Shahar (disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosque
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, including outdoor courtyards. The first mosques were simple places of prayer for Muslims, and may have been open spaces rather than 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 calls to prayer were issued. Mosque buildings typically contain an ornamental niche ('' mihrab'') set into the wall that indicates the direction of Mecca (''qiblah''), Wudu, ablution facilities. The pulpit (''minbar''), from which the Friday (jumu'ah) sermon (''khutba'') is delivered, was in earlier times characteristic of the central city mosque, but has since become common in smaller mosques. Mosques typically have Islam and gender se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lahijan
Lahijan ( fa, لاهیجان, Lāhijān, also known as, Lāyjon in Gilaki) is a city near the Caspian Sea and the capital of Lahijan County, Gilan Province, Iran. According to the 2016 census, its population was 167,544 in 58,378 families. Lahijan has a mix of traditional and modern architecture. The city, which has an Iranian-European urban structure, lies on the northern slope of the Alborz Mountains. Its culture and favourable climatic condition have made Lahijan a major tourist hub in northern Iran. The city is basically founded on the sediments remaining from big rivers in Gilan, including the Sepid/Sefid-Rud (White River). Historically, the city was the major business center and the capital of East Gilan during the time of special rulers. Lahijan has also been a tourism hub of the Islamic world during different eras in Iran's history. Etymology The word "Lahijan" is originated from the economic stance the city had during its historical periods. "Lāhijān" is formed by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, by Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. It covers an area of , making it the 17th-largest country. Iran has a population of 86 million, making it the 17th-most populous country in the world, and the second-largest in the Middle East. Its largest cities, in descending order, are the capital Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Shiraz, and Tabriz. The country is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, beginning with the formation of the Elamite kingdoms in the fourth millennium BC. It was first unified by the Medes, an ancient Iranian people, in the seventh century BC, and reached its territorial height in the sixth century BC, when Cyrus the Great fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karkiya Dynasty
The Kar-Kiya dynasty, also known as the Kiya'ids, was a local dynasty which mainly ruled over Biya-pish (eastern Gilan) from the 1370s to 1592. They claimed Sasanian ancestry as well. Lahijan was the dynasty's capital. The Kar-Kiya dynasty helped Shah Ismail I to establish the Safavid Empire and later became a vassal state of the empire. The Safavid shah, Abbas I put an end to the Kiya'id dynasty by dispatching an army to Gilan in 1592. Kar-Kiya rulers * Ali Kiya (1370s–1389) * Hady Kiya (1389–1394) * Amir Sayyed Mohammad (1394–1430) * Sayyed Naser Kiya (1430–1448) * Soltan-Mohammad Kiya (1448–1478) * Soltan-Ali Mirza (1478–1504/05) * Soltan-Hasan (1504/05–1506) * Soltan-Ahmad Khan (1506–1534) * Soltan-Kiya Ali (1534–1534/5) * Soltan-Hasan Kiya (1534/5–1538) * Khan Ahmad Khan Khan Ahmad Khan ( Gilaki/ fa, خان احمد خان), was the last king of the Karkiya dynasty in Gilan, ruling from 1538 to 1592. In 1591, the Safavid shah Shah Abbas (r. 158 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
