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Gonbad Kabud Mosque ( Persian: مسجد كبود غنبد, literally Blue Domed Mosque) is a historic mosque located in
The mosque has four main iwans and is topped primarily by a large blue dome. Significant fragments of yellow-and-blue tiling remain on the four iwans. The base of this dome is cylindrical, while the space underneath the dome is octagonal, with the length of each wall about 4 metres. The courtyard of the mosque is rectangular in its shape with a width of 19 metres, and a length of 27 metres. Next to the eastern shabestan of the mosque, there is a tomb for the family of the Mongol Jalairs, dating back to the Ilkhanid period. One of the rooms was converted into a memorial and a mausoleum, where several martyrs of the
File:Kabood-gonbad17.jpg, Main entrance of the Gonbad Kabud Mosque
File:Kabood-gonbad30.jpg, Dome of the mosque
File:Kabood-gonbad24.jpg, Ruined and unfinished tiling work on one of the iwans
File:Kabood-gonbad22.jpg, Inside the mosque, one of the prayer halls, with a
Kalat County
Kalat County ( fa, شهرستان کلات) is located in Razavi Khorasan province, 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 T ...
, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. It is number 661 on the list of Iran's national heritage monuments, and dates back to the Seljuk Seljuk or Saljuq (سلجوق) may refer to:
* Seljuk Empire (1051–1153), a medieval empire in the Middle East and central Asia
* Seljuk dynasty (c. 950–1307), the ruling dynasty of the Seljuk Empire and subsequent polities
* Seljuk (warlord) (di ...
and Afsharid
Afsharid Iran ( fa, ایران افشاری), also referred as the Afsharid Empire was an Iranian empire established by the Turkoman Afshar tribe in Iran's north-eastern province of Khorasan, ruling Iran (Persia). The state was ruled by the ...
periods.History
The original mosque structure was built by the Seljuks in the 12th century. During the rule of the Ilkhanate, a mausoleum was added to the grounds of the mosque. After the takeover of Iran by Nader Shah Afshar, he expanded the mosque and built porches and shelters around it. It is also said that the Mongol Jalairs, who governed parts of Iran under the supervision of other bigger powers ruling over Iran ever since their subjugation into theAq Qoyunlu
The Aq Qoyunlu ( az, Ağqoyunlular , ) was a culturally Persianate,Kaushik Roy, ''Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400–1750'', (Bloomsbury, 2014), 38; "Post-Mongol Persia and Iraq were ruled by two tribal confederations: Akkoyunlu (Wh ...
, helped with some of the renovations. The mosque was also remodelled with a style more evocative of Persian architecture in 1747. Later during the Qajar period, the mosque received extensive renovations. More repairs and restorations took place in 1835 under orders from Yalangtush Khan, the governor of Kalat. Finally, on the 23rd of April, 1946, the mosque was labelled as number 661 on the list of Iranian national heritage monuments.Architecture
The mosque has four main iwans and is topped primarily by a large blue dome. Significant fragments of yellow-and-blue tiling remain on the four iwans. The base of this dome is cylindrical, while the space underneath the dome is octagonal, with the length of each wall about 4 metres. The courtyard of the mosque is rectangular in its shape with a width of 19 metres, and a length of 27 metres. Next to the eastern shabestan of the mosque, there is a tomb for the family of the Mongol Jalairs, dating back to the Ilkhanid period. One of the rooms was converted into a memorial and a mausoleum, where several martyrs of the Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...
who died in Kalat were buried.Gallery
mihrab
Mihrab ( ar, محراب, ', pl. ') is a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the ''qibla'', the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca towards which Muslims should face when praying. The wall in which a ''mihrab'' appears is thus the "qibla w ...
visible.
File:Kabood-gonbad11.jpg, A wooden door that leads to the mausoleum of the martyrs who were killed in the Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...
File:Kabood-gonbad26.jpg, The room containing the mausoleum of the martyrs
File:Kabood-gonbad5.jpg, The historic Ilkhanid-period grave, located at a side of the mosque
File:Kabood-gonbad7.jpg, Another one of the Ilkhanid-period graves
File:Kabood-gonbad12.jpg, The historic fountain of the mosque that is no longer functional
See also
*List of mosques in Iran
In 2015 it was estimated, as per official statistics, that there are 47,291 Shiite mosques and 10,344 Sunni mosques in Iran.
List of mosques in Iran
This is a list of mosques in Iran.
Ardabil Province
* Jome mosque
* Jameh Mosque of Germ ...
*History of Persian domes
Persian domes or Iranian domes have an ancient origin and a history extending to the modern era. The use of domes in ancient Mesopotamia was carried forward through a succession of empires in the Greater Iran region.
An ancient tradition of roy ...
References
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