Jāmeh Mosque of Zavareh ( fa, مسجد جامع زواره ), Congregation mosque of Zavareh, Friday mosque of Zavareh or Grand mosque of Zavareh is the grand

congregational mosque A congregational mosque or Friday mosque (, ''masjid jāmi‘'', or simply: , ''jāmi‘''; ), or sometimes great mosque or grand mosque (, ''jāmi‘ kabir''; ), is a mosque for hosting the Friday noon prayers known as ''jumu'ah''.* * * * * * * ...

() of the city of

Zavareh Zavareh ( fa, زواره, also Romanized as Zavāreh, Zavâre, and Zavvāreh; also known as Īstgāh-ye Zavār and Zūrāvar) is a city and capital of Zavareh District, in Ardestan County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its popula ...

in the Isfahan Province of Iran. An inscription in the entrance

stucco Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a decorative coating for walls and ceilings, exterior walls, and as a sculptural and a ...

dates this Seljuk-era mosque to 1135-1136, making it the first-known mosque constructed according to a four-iwan plan in post-Islamic Iran. Centrally located in the pre-Islamic city of Zavareh, this mosque is the earliest dated example of a four-iwan scheme. Contrary to most Seljuk mosques, the inscription containing the date and the patronage for the building is on the courtyard façade. Although this information is not completely preserved, a date of 1135 (530 AH) can be established for this building. The patron of the mosque is identified as Abu Taher Hosein bin Ghali bin Ahmad. In another inscription on the eastern side of the south iwan, the date of the

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 ...

is recorded as 1156 (551 ).

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{{Isfahan Province Mosques in Isfahan Province Buildings and structures in Isfahan Province National works of Iran Mosque buildings with domes

1130s establishments in Asia

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