The Prophet's Mosque

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The Prophet's Mosque

The next place worthy of visiting is Masjid on-Nabi (the Prophet's Mosque, known as Masjid-e Shah or the Royal Mosque until the downfall of Pahlavi dynasty) located in the south of Imam Khomeini Street. Apart from being in the heart of bazaar, it is a 19th-century Qajar creation (during the reign of Fath Ali Shah) which will forcibly remind you of the mosques of Shiraz, particularly Masjid-e Vakil, because of its ceramic floral decorations and tile mosaics. The magnificent four ivans round a large central courtyard are richly decorated with colorful tiles and Kuffic inscriptions.

walls and the cupola, giving an account of the construction of the mosque and its later reparations.

 

 

 
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