Khozan mosque

Khozan mosque
Shown within Iran
Basic information
Location Isfahan, Iran
Geographic coordinates 32°40′59″N 51°32′43″E / 32.682965°N 51.545144°E / 32.682965; 51.545144Coordinates: 32°40′59″N 51°32′43″E / 32.682965°N 51.545144°E / 32.682965; 51.545144
Affiliation Shia Islam
Province Isfahan
Architectural description
Architectural type Mosque
Architectural style Isfahani
Completed 1697

The Khozan mosque is a historical mosque in the Khomeyni Shahr County of the Isfahan Province. The original building of the mosque dated back to the Timurid era in the 15th century, but it's improbable that the current building to be older than the Safavid era. The mosque has four iwans. The southern iwan leads to the inner space of the dome. The inner space of the dome is decorated by muqarnas. The walls of the mosque are covered by stones and bricks. The arches of the northern and southern iwans are decorated with some paintings from the Safavid era., but the paintings of the eastern and western iwans seem to belong to the Qajar era. The shabestan of the mosque is behind the western iwan. There are 20 stone columns with the height of 2 m in the shabestan. The shabestan had been lit originally with the marble stones of the ceiling, but during the recent reparations, these marble stones have been removed.[1]

References

  1. Yaghoubi, Hosseyn (2004). Arash, Beheshti, ed. Rāhnamā ye Safar be Ostān e Esfāhān [Travel Guide for the Province Isfahan] (in Persian). Rouzane. pp. 143–144. ISBN 964-334-218-2.
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