Jameh Mosque of Sarab

This article is about the mosque in East Azerbaijan province. For the mosque in Hamadam province, see Jameh Mosque of Sarabi.

For similarly named mosques, see List of grand mosques.

The Jameh Mosque of Sarab (Arabic: جامع سراب; Persian: مسجد جامع سراب), also known as the Jame’ Mosque of Sarab, is a Shi'ite Islam mosque, located in Sarab, in the province of East Azerbaijan, Iran. The mosque was completed in 875 AH (1470/1471 CE).^[1][2][3]

Jameh Mosque of Sarab
The mosque interior, in 2018
Religion
Affiliation	Shia Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Mosque
Status	Active
Location
Location	Imam Khomeini Street, Sarab, East Azerbaijan Province
Country	Iran
Location of the mosque in Iran
Geographic coordinates	37°56′18″N 47°32′09″E
Architecture
Type	Mosque architecture
Style	Timurid
Founder	Haji Rafiuddin ibn Alhaji Moshiruddin
Completed	875 AH (1470/1471 CE)
Specifications
Dome(s)	Sixty
Materials	Bricks; tiles
Iran National Heritage List
Official name	Sarab Friday Mosque
Type	Archaeological
Designated	1968
Reference no.	797
Conservation organization	Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran

History

An inscription at the eastern entrance of the mosque, written in the Naskh script, dates the mosque as completed in 875 AH (1470/1471CE), during the Mughal era and the Aq Qoyunlu Sunni dynasty. The inscription was installed during the reign of Abu Nasr Uzun Hasan Aq Quyunlu. Excavations on the mosque site have revealed that the current mosque was built on the remains of an older mosque. The name “Haji Rafiuddin ibn Alhaji Moshiruddin”, the founder of the mosque, is engraved on the inscription.^[4]

Architecture

The mosque does not have a minaret. The mosque has a large nave and a small courtyard, with two entrances. There are no special decorations inside the mosque and only three niches are located on the southern wall, of which two niches have simple plaster decorations and one is decorated with Zarrinfam glazed tiles. The tiled niche is 142 centimetres (56 in) high and 152 centimetres (60 in) wide. A one-piece tile with Arabesque motifs and turquoise colour glaze can be seen inside this niche. There is a 30 centimetres (12 in) wide inscription made of embossed tiles in this niche most of which is damaged. The existing nave of the mosque has a series of sixty domes, most of which are built on a vault and columns. The mosque has a wooden minbar that is 2.1 metres (6 ft 11 in) high and 3.6 metres (12 ft) long and has seven high steps. The donor's name is written on the minbar in Thuluth script.^[4]

The mosque was added to the Iran National Heritage List in 1968,^[4] administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.

See also

• Shia Islam portal
• Iran portal

• Shia Islam in Iran
• List of mosques in Iran