Shah Mosque (Isfahan)
Congregational mosque on the south side of Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan, Iran, built under the Safavid shah Abbas I. It has the four-iwan plan around a central courtyard, with two madrasas beside the prayer hall. Its official name today is the Imam Mosque or Imam Khomeini Mosque.
Dated events and their evidence
- 1612 CE mainstream
construction begins about 1612: the TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (Engin Beksaç, 2004; a Turkish encyclopedia, not an Iranian source) says it began in 1021 AH (1612), the year the Meydân-ı Şâh (Naqsh-e Jahan Square) was completed; Wikipedia gives 1611 (1020 AH); AH 1020 ends and AH 1021 begins around March 1612, so the two may differ only in where they cut the year source - 1630 CE mainstream
construction ends about 1630: the TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (a Turkish encyclopedia, not an Iranian source) says it was completed in the 1040s AH (1630-31) under Shah Safi, Wikipedia c. 1630-1 (1040 AH), the date of the inscription on the western iwan; inscriptions show that work on the decoration and additions went on later source
Where
32.6544° N, 51.6775° E
Sources
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