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Blue Mosque, Tabriz
The Blue Mosque of Tabrīz
مسجد کبود
Basic information
Location Tabrīz, Iran
Geographic 38°04′24.91″N 46°18′03.88″E / 38.0735861°N
coordinates 46.3010778°E / 38.0735861;
46.3010778Coordinates: 38°04′24.91″N
46°18′03.88″E / 38.0735861°N 46.3010778°E
/ 38.0735861; 46.3010778 Plan of the Blue Mosque reconstruction.
Affiliation Shia Islam
Province East Azerbaijan Province
Municipality Tabrīz County
Architectural description
Architectural Mosque
type
Completed 1465
The Blue Mosque (Persian: - مسجد کبودMasjed-e Kabūd;
Azerbaijani: ????? ???) is a famous historic mosque in
Tabrīz, Iran. The mosque and some other public buildings
were constructed in 1465 upon the order of Jahan Shah,
the ruler of Kara Koyunlu.
The mosque was severely damaged in an earthquake The Blue mosque next to khaqani Park.
in 1779, leaving only the entrance iwan. Reconstruction
began in 1973 by the late Reza Memaran Benam under The mausoleum was built in the southern section of
the supervision of Iranian Ministry of Culture. However, the mosque and is entirely covered with high marble
the tiling is still incompelete. slabs on which verses from Quran are engraved in Thulth
script on a background of fine arabesques. The roof of the
mausoleum and the main dome chamber of the mosque
History collapsed during an earthquake in 1779 A.D. and was re-
The Blue mosque of Tabriz was built upon the order of Ja- built in 1973 thanks to the efforts of Reza Memaran Be-
han Shah the ruler of Kara Koyunlu dynasty which made nam (a famous architect from Tabriz) under the supervi-
Tabriz the capital of his Kingdom. His Kingdom covered sion of the national organization for preservation of an-
major parts of modern Iran, Azerbaijan, and Turkey. He cient monuments.
was killed with Uzun Hassan (ruler of Ak Koyunlu) and
buried on the nly parts of the mosque have survived.
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Calligraphy
The diverse Kufic, and Thulth scripts, the exquisite
arabesque patterns, and the admirable choramatic com-
positions of these facades, which are truly stupendous,
were created by Nematollah-ben-Mohammad-ol-Bavab,
the famous calligraphist. The walls (inside & outside) had
been covered with mosaic tiles.
Photo gallery
• The Blue Mosque entrance.
• Southern view
• Entrance
• Livid tiles, entrance
• Inside
• Entrance
• Livid tiles, entrance • Inside
• Entrance dome • Inside
• Inside • Inside
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• One of the inner doors.
• Inside
• Inside
• Entrance (night)
• Inside (night)
• Inside (night)
• Inside (night)
• Jahan Shah Grave at Southern Part of the Mosque.
• The Blue mosque before reconstruction.
• Livid tiles, entrance
• Livid tiles, inside
• Inside
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See also
Media related to Blue Mosque (Tabriz) at Wikimedia
Commons
• List of Mosques in Iran
• Iron Age museum
• Khaqani Park
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• Iranian architecture
References
• Persian Bulletin of Blue Mosque, Iranian Cultural
Heritages Organization.
• http://www.eachto.ir
External links
• Blue Mosque 360° Panorama
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Categories:
• Mosques in Tabriz
• Iranian architecture
• 1460s architecture
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