The Kaj Mosque ( fa, مسجد جامع کاج) is a historical
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, ...
located in the
Isfahan province of
Iran
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, situated 24 km east of
Isfahan on the northern bank of
Zayandeh Rud
Zayandeh Rud ( fa, زاينده رود; formerly, Bābā Sheykh ‘Alī (Persian: بابا شیخ علی), also Romanized as Bābā Sheykh ‘Alī) is a city in the Central District of Lenjan County, Isfahan Province, Iran
Iran, ...
. Currently, only some half-ruined walls and a
dome remains from the mosque's original structure. It dates back to the
Ilkhanid
The Ilkhanate, also spelled Il-khanate ( fa, ایل خانان, ''Ilxānān''), known to the Mongols as ''Hülegü Ulus'' (, ''Qulug-un Ulus''), was a khanate established from the southwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. The Ilkhanid realm, ...
era.
Brick is the most important
construction material
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used for this structure. Even the inner decorations are made of bricks. The mosque had probably a
minaret in the past, but there is no trace of it now.
References
Mosques in Isfahan Province
13th-century mosques
Buildings and structures in Isfahan Province
Kaj Kaj may refer to:
Places in Iran
* Kaj, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
* Kaj, Hamadan
* Kaj, Isfahan
* Kaj, Qom
* Kaj, Razavi Khorasan
* Kaj, Sistan and Baluchestan
Other uses
* Kaj River, a river of Afghanistan
* Kaj (name)
* A fictional frog on the D ...
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