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Al-Nabi Mosque, Qazvin
Shi'ite mosque in Qazvīn, Iran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The al-Nabi Mosque (Persian: مسجد النبی قزوین, romanized: Masjed al-Nabi; Arabic: المسجد النبوي (قزوين); also known as مسجد سلطانى, Masjed-e Soltani), is a Shi'ite mosque in the city of Qazvīn, in the province of Qazvīn, Iran.
The mosque was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 6 January 1932 and on 20 June 1958, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.
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The mosque bears inscriptions indicating that Fath-Ali Shah Qajar was the founder of the mosque. However, other sources indicate that the mosque was established during the Safavid era. It is now believed that the architect of the structure was Ustad Mirza Shirazi with the date of construction being 1787 CE. The mosque is also known as Masjed Nabi, Masjed Soltani, or Masjed Shah.[1]
The mosque has an internal area of approximately 14,000 square metres (150,000 sq ft),[2] and the inner diameter of the double layered dome measures 15 metres (49 ft).
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The mosque in 1849
Entrance to the mosque
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