Jameh Mosque of Golpayegan

Jameh Mosque of Golpayegan مسجد جامع گلپایگان
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Province	Isfahan
Location
Location	Kashan, Iran
Municipality	Golpayegan
Shown within Iran
Geographic coordinates	33.454406°N 50.293584°E / 33.454406; 50.293584
Architecture
Architect(s)	Abou Omar ebn-e Mohammad Qazvini
Type	Mosque
Style	Razi
Completed	1114
Specifications
Dome(s)	1
Dome height (outer)	22 m
Minaret(s)	0

The Jameh Mosque of Golpayegan (Persian: مسجد جامع گلپایگان) is one of the important mosques of the Seljukid era and one of the large mosques in Iran. In view of its construction date, it may be said that its Iranian Islamic architecture was a model for building other large mosques specially the mosques, which were in the territory of seljukid dynasty. This mosque is located in the Masjed Jameh street in Golpayegan.^[1]

Construction date

The Jameh mosque of Golpayegan was built in 1114 during the reign of the Seljuk Sultan, Abou Shoja Muhammad I.

Architectural features

The Jameh mosque of Golpayegan was built by order of Abou Nasr Ebrahim ebn-e Mohammad ebn-e Ebrahim Baba Abd ol-Malek.

Other buildings, on which the name of Sultan Abou Shoja Muhammad I has mentioned are as follows:

• The minaret of Jameh mosque of Saveh (1110 a.d)
• Jameh mosque of Qazvin (1114 a.d.)
• Two chambers in the Great Mosque of Diyarbakır in Turkey (1117 a.d.)
• A wall opposite the shabestan of Umayyad Mosque in Damascus (1109 a.d.)

Like other Seljukid buildings, shabestan has no tile decoration.

Inscriptions

This mosque has a large courtyard and shabestan and a big brick dome.

See also

• List of the historical structures in the Isfahan province

References

1. http://www.tishineh.com/touritem/994/1%E2%80%8F