Lonban Mosque

Lonban Mosque
Lonban Mosque
مسجد لنبان
	The mosque dome
Religion
Affiliation	Shia Islam
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Mosque
Status	Active
Location
Location	Lonban, Esfahan, Isfahan Province
Country	Iran
	Location of the mosque in Iran
Geographic coordinates	32°39′04″N 51°39′07″E
Architecture
Type	Mosque architecture
Style	Rashidun (possibly); Safavid (renovation); Qajar;
Founder	Suleiman I of Persia
Completed	7th century (possibly); 1670 CE (renovation); 1702 CE (minbar); 1840 CE (annex);
Specifications
Dome(s)	One
Minaret(s)	One
Materials	Bricks; plaster; timber (column); tiles
Iran National Heritage List
Official name	Ilchi Mosque
Type	Built
Designated	20 December 1937
Reference no.	293
Conservation organization	Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran

The Lonban Mosque (Persian: مسجد لنبان; Arabic: مسجد لنبان) is a Shi'ite mosque, located in the historic Lonban quarter of Esfahan, in the province of Isfahan, Iran.

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Its current structure is rebuilt in the contemporary era, but some of the plaster works and paintings are from the Safavid age. Some of the inscriptions on the portal are the art works of Mohammad Reza Emami. There is an extraordinary wooden minbar which is one of the most exquisite artworks of the Safavid dynasty.^[1] Aboutorab Esfahani, a calligrapher of the Safavid era, was buried in the mosque.^[2]

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