از on 12 شهریور, 1398
There's nothing like early morning light falling through a stained-glass window…casting designs on a Persian carpet…amidst immaculately tiled pink columns. This is the winter prayer hall inside the Pink Mosque in Shiraz, Iran. ...
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از on 12 شهریور, 1398
I'm going to show you something like you've never seen before. — Our guide, just before entering the Shāh Chérāgh Mosque. ...
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از on 12 شهریور, 1398
If you look up, at just the right time, you'll see a peacock on the ceiling,” our guide, Javad, explained as he walked us under the gilded and tiled dome of Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran. We craned our necks, searching for just the right angle. With the aid of sunlight passing through a nearby window, an image of a peacock — previously unseen, now tail shimmering — was revealed to us brush strokes. Intermittent cries of “Oh!” indicated when everyone in the room “got it.” ...
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از on 12 شهریور, 1398
Yazd, a historically Zoroastrian town and a sort of desert outpost that took in people fleeing persecution and wars in other parts of the country, is one of our favorite cities in Iran. Its old city is almost entirely built in brown-red adobe clay, helping to blend it into the surrounding desert landscape and to keep its building interiors cool. Ones eyes adapt to this mono-color, after which the bright turquoise and intricate Persian Islamic design in the Jameh Mosque will make you feel like...
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از on 26 آذر, 1397
in the name of god Most cities with sizable Muslim populations possess a primary congregational mosque. Diverse in design and dimensions, they can illustrate the style of the period or geographic region, the choices of the patron, and the expertise of the architect. Congregational mosques are often expanded in conjunction with the growth and needs of the umma, or Muslim community; however, it is uncommon for such expansion and modification to continue over a span of a thousand years. The Great ...
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از on 26 آذر, 1397
in the name of god The Masjid-i Imam, formerly known as Masjid-i Shah, was built on the south side of Isfahan's maydan, the royal square of Isfahan, that had been built under Shah 'Abbas. 'Abbas moved the capital of the Safavid dynasty to Isfahan in 1597 with the goal of centering political, religious, economic, and cultural activities, in the process shifting Isfahan's center away from the area surrounding the old Friday mosque in the north and relocating it closer to the Zayandeh river. The M...
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از on 19 آذر, 1397
in the name of god Jamkaran Holy Mosque stands 6 kilometers from Qom religious city. The mosque is attributed to Sheikh Hassan ibn Muthlih Jamkarani, over one thousand years ago, who claimed that he had met Muhammad al-Mahdi, the twelfth Shiite Imam, and Imam Mahdi had ordered him to build the mosque. This mosque is of utmost importance for the Shiites, especially when it was expanded after Iran's Islamic Revolution. and
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از on 19 آذر, 1397
به نام خدا اين مسجد درجانب غربي صحن بقعه سيدحمزه و کنار خيابان ثقة الاسلام واقع است . بناي مستطيل شکل به ابعاد 8×20 متراست که توسط يک گنبد بزرگ به قطر هشت متر ودو طاق و دو گنبد کوچکتر درشمال و جنوب مسقف مي شود . دراطراف اين گنبدخانه، چند رواق و اتاق قرار گرفته است و دو درگاه، آن را به خيابان ثقة الاسلام و صحن رو باز بقعه سيدحمزه مرتبط مي کند . دور تا دور مسجد، از اره مرمري خوشرنگي به ارتفاع 105 سانتي متر تعبيه شده که برقسمت فوقاني آن، سوره مبارکه اسراء به خط ثلث بسيار زيبا به طور برجسته نقر شده...
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