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.
Recent Comments