Grand Mosalla mosque of Tehran
{{Short description|Mosque in Tehran, Iran}}
{{Infobox religious building
| name = Grand Mosalla Mosque
| native_name = مسجد مصلی تهران
| religious_affiliation = Islam
| image = Tehran International Book Fair - 11 May 2018 10.jpg
| caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|35.7348404|N|51.425354|E|format=dms|region:TR_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| location = Abbas Abad, Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
| municipality = District 7 of Tehran Municipality
| region = Tehran province
| country = Iran
| website = www.musalla.ir
| architect = Parviz Moayed Ahd
| architecture_type = Persian-Islamic architecture
| established = 1982
| groundbreaking = 1990
| completed = Under construction
}}
The Grand Mosalla Mosque of Tehran is a mosque in Tehran, Iran. It is used for hosting weekly Friday prayer, as well as cultural, political, educational, worship activities, including book fairs, exhibitions, and religious ceremonies. Under construction since the 1990s with a Persian-Islamic architecture, this mammoth mosque will be the second-largest mosque in the world after the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, and it will have the world's biggest Iwan when completed.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-07 |title=ساخت بزرگترین ایوان بدون ستون جهان در تهران |url=https://www.musalla.ir/news/1027/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%B2%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86 |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=مصلی |language=fa}}{{Cite web |last=مقدس |first=خبرگزاری دفاع |title=مصلای تهران؛ ابرپروژهای که گنجایش بیش از ۶۵ هزار نمازگزار را دارد |url=http://defapress.ir/fa/news/636428/%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%98%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%87-%DA%AF%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%DB%B6%DB%B5-%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B2%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=fa |language=fa}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-05 |title=پروژه مصلی امام خمینی(ره) یک بنای فاخر مذهبی در تراز پایتخت ایران اسلامی است |url=https://www.mojnews.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-4/524823-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%98%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AE%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%87-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B0%D9%87%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AA-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=خبرگزاری موج |language=fa}}
History
The Grand Mosalla Mosque originated in a 1982 proposal to replace the University of Tehran as the primary location for weekly Friday prayer.{{Cite web |last= |date=2017-08-25 |title=Delays in Mosalla Construction Unacceptable |url=https://financialtribune.com/articles/people/71044/delays-in-mosalla-construction-unacceptable |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=Financial Tribune |language=En}} A large section of land in Abbas Abad, the original site for the never-materialized pre-Revolution megaproject Shahestan Pahlavi, was allocated for the Grand Mosalla.{{Cite book |last=Īrān |first=Bānk-i Markazī-i |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yrQ7AAAAMAAJ&q=%22abbas+abad%22 |title=Annual Report and Balance Sheet |date=1972 |publisher=Bank Markazi Iran. |language=en}}
On 19 February 1985, a public announcement was issued, calling on talented and experienced designers to submit drafts for the mosque's design. The competition was held in 1986 with Mohammad Karim Pirnia, Mehdi Chamran, Bagher Ayatollahzadeh Shirazi, Ali Ghaffari, and Mehdi Hodjat as the jury members, and with the participation of 36 native and foreign individuals from such countries as Japan, Syria, Pakistan, and the Netherlands, as well as legal entities. On 1990, Dr. Parviz Moayed Ahd's design was confirmed for the Mosalla. The design was based on the Islamic architecture of Iran, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, which were historically part of the Achaemenid Empire.{{cite web |title=Project General Information |url=http://caoi.ir/index.php/en/projects/item/226-the-grand-mosalla-of-tehran}}
As of 2017, almost three decades since the design was finalized, the Grand Mosalla was still under construction, though finished sections of the building were in use. The Financial Tribune called the condition of the project "dismal" and "unacceptable", and Governor General of Tehran Province Hussein Hashemi urged Tehran City Council to prioritize the mosque's completion.
File:23rd tehran international book fair 1.jpg of the Grand Mosalla during the 23rd Tehran International Book Fair]]
==Use==
The Grand Mosalla Mosque is used for Friday prayer and Eid al-Fitr prayers. It is also used as a community center and a venue for local and national events, including the Tehran International Book Fair,{{cite web |last1=Shariatmadari |first1=Parto |title=Tehran's biggest annual cultural event held amid 'paper crisis' |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/04/iran-tehran-book-fair-paper-crisis-rentierism-censorship.html |website=al-monitor}}{{cite news |title=Over 60,000 titles published in Iran over past year |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/443570/Over-60-000-titles-published-in-Iran-over-past-year}} International Holy Quran Exhibition,{{cite web |title=10 Islamic Countries Participating at Tehran's Int'l Quran Exhibition |url=https://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13980222000967}} International Exhibition of Investment Opportunities in Iran's Mines and Mining Industries,{{cite web |title=18 countries attend Int'l Exhibition of Mining Investment Opportunities |url=https://en.irna.ir/news/83507377/18-countries-attend-Int-l-Exhibition-of-Mining-Investment-Opportunities}} International Handicrafts Exhibition,{{cite web |title=Handicrafts on display at Tehran intl. show |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/242340/Handicrafts-on-display-at-Tehran-intl-show}} and the Tehran Game Exhibition, among other events.
Access
The Grand Mosalla Mosque is served by the Mosalla Imam Khomeini Metro Station, a Tehran Metro station located in the Grand Mosalla, next to the Qasem Soleimani Expressway.{{Cite web|url=http://metro.tehran.ir/Default.aspx?tabid=835|title=نقشه مترو|website=metro.tehran.ir|access-date=2019-11-02|archive-date=2019-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827095629/http://metro.tehran.ir/Default.aspx?tabid=835|url-status=dead}} It also has a bus rapid transit station in Line 5: Science & Tech Terminal to Argentina Square Beihaghi Terminal.{{cite web |last1=Yeongpyo |title=Tehran BRT Bus Map 2017 |url=http://sevenhostels.com/travel-information/tehran-brt-bus-map-2017}}{{cite web |title=Tehran Bus |url=http://bus.tehran.ir/default.aspx?tabid=82&ArticleId=1316 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Gallery
File:Tehran International Book Fair - 8 May 2018 01.jpg
File:Tehran International Book Fair 0649.jpg
File:All Most Summer In Tehran, May 31, 2011 - panoramio (1).jpg
File:Ali Khamenei visits 21st Tehran International Book Fair (007).jpg
File:Worship celebration of 12000 girl students in Tehran (8).jpg
File:Iran's International handicraft Exhibition - 2011 (3).jpg
File:Tehran International Book Fair - 5 May 2018 14.jpg
File:All Most Summer In Tehran, May 31, 2011 - panoramio (1).jpg
File:23rd tehran international book fair 1.jpg
See also
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.musalla.ir/}}