The Khorasani style ( fa, شیوه معماری خراسانی,
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architectural style
An architectural style is a set of characteristics and features that make a building or other structure notable or historically identifiable. It is a sub-class of style in the visual arts generally, and most styles in architecture relate closely ...
() defined by
Mohammad Karim Pirnia when categorizing
Iranian architecture
Iranian architecture or Persian architecture ( Persian: معمارى ایرانی, ''Memāri e Irāni'') is the architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Its history dates back to at least 5,000 BC ...
development in history. It is the first style of architecture appearing after the
Muslim conquest of Persia
The Muslim conquest of Persia, also known as the Arab conquest of Iran, was carried out by the Rashidun Caliphate from 633 to 654 AD and led to the fall of the Sasanian Empire as well as the eventual decline of the Zoroastrian religion.
Th ...
, but is highly influenced by pre-Islamic designs. Landmarks of this style appear in the late 7th century, and span through the end of the 10th century CE.
[''Sabk Shenasi Mi'mari Irani'' (Study of styles in Iranian architecture), M. Karim Pirnia. 2005. pp.134-135]
Examples of this style are
Mosque of Nain
The Jāmeh Mosque of Nā'īn ( fa, مسجد جامع نایین – ''Masjid-e-Jāmeh Nā'īn'') is the grand, congregational mosque (Jāmeh) of Nā'īn city, within Isfahān Province of Iran. Although the mosque is one of the oldest in Iran, i ...
, Tarikhaneh-i Damghan, and
Jame mosque of Isfahan
Gallery
Image:Masjed jame naeen posht.jpg, Mosque of Nain
The Jāmeh Mosque of Nā'īn ( fa, مسجد جامع نایین – ''Masjid-e-Jāmeh Nā'īn'') is the grand, congregational mosque (Jāmeh) of Nā'īn city, within Isfahān Province of Iran. Although the mosque is one of the oldest in Iran, i ...
: Na'in has one of Iran's oldest mosques still standing.
File:Jame-Ardestan.JPG, Ardestan
Ardestan ( fa, اردستان, also Romanized as Ardestān and Ardistān) is a city and capital of Ardestan County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 14,698, in 4,077 families.
Ardestan is located at the southern foo ...
Congregation Mosque
See also
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List of architectural styles
References
External links
Encyclopedia Iranica on ancient Iranian architecture
{{Islamic architecture
Architecture in Iran