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Mosaic detail, as found in the Shah Mosque, showing Quranic calligraphy written in Thuluth script (photo taken at the Lotfallah Mosque). The Masjed-e Shah was a huge structure, said to contain 18 million bricks and 475,000 tiles, having cost the Shah 60,000 tomans to build. [16] It employed the new haft rangi (seven-colour) style of tile mosaic ...
The Shah Mosque is situated on the south side of this square. On the west side is the Ali Qapu Palace. Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque is situated on the eastern side of this square and at the northern side Qeysarie Gate opens into the Isfahan Grand Bazaar. Today, Namaaz-e Jom'eh (the Muslim Friday prayer) is held in the Shah Mosque.
Shah Mosque (Persian: مسجد شاه) may refer to: Shah Mosque (Isfahan) , also known as the New Abbasi Mosque or Royal Mosque, in Isfahan, Iran Shah Mosque (Mashhad) , a mosque in Mashhad
The Jāmeh Mosque of Isfahān or Jāme' Mosque of Isfahān (Persian: مسجد جامع اصفهان Masjid-e-Jāmeh Isfahān), also known as the Atiq Mosque (مسجد عتیق) and the Friday Mosque of Isfahān (مسجد جمعه), is an historic Shi'ite congregational mosque (Jāmeh), located in Isfahan, Iran. The mosque is the result of ...
Exterior view of the palace. Ali Qapu (Persian: عالیقاپو, ‘Ālī Qāpū)(lit: "Grand Gate") is an imperial palace in Isfahan, Iran.It is located on the western side of the Naqsh-e Jahan Square, opposite to the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, and had been originally designed as a vast portal entrance to the grand palace which stretched from Naqsh-e Jahan Square to Chaharbagh Boulevard.
[31]: 86 [1] Variations of this style became prevalent in the entrance portals of the 14th century, with the most monumental example being that of the Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan in Cairo. Among the other examples, several unusual portals have muqarnas covering the underside of a flat vault, most notably at the Mosque of Amir Ulmas (1330).
Imamzadeh Ismail and Shayah Mosque (Persian: امامزاده اسماعیل و مسجد شیعه) is a historical funerary religious complex in Isfahan, Iran, which dates back to both the Seljuk and Safavid periods. [1] [2] This complex is number 112 on the list of Iran's national monuments, and it comprises the Imamzadeh Ismail and the Shayah ...
English: Bottom view of the iwan of the main entrance to the Shah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran. The mosque, a UNESCO World Heritage site started its construction in 1611, during the Safavid dynasty per order of Abbas I of Persia. It's considered one of the masterpieces of Persian architecture in the Islamic era.