Jameh Mosque of Tehran
{{short description|Mosque in Tehran}}
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| location = Jameh Mosque Alley, Grand Bazaar, Tehran, Tehran Province
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The Jāmeh Mosque of Tehran ({{langx|fa|مسجد جامع بازار تهران}}; {{langx|ar|جامع طهران}}), also known as the Atiq Mosque and also called the Bazaar Jāmeh Mosque and the Tehran Central Mosque, is a Shi'ite Friday mosque (jāmeh), located in the city of Tehran, in the province of Tehran, Iran. Situated adjacent to the Grand Bazaar, it is the oldest mosque in the city, with its oldest Shabestan, built in the 10th or 11th century CE, during the Al-e Bouyeh era.{{cite web |url=http://iranshahrpedia.ir/docs/Asar-e%20Sabti%20(Up%20to%2026666)%20(Version%2090%2008%2029).zip |title=Encyclopaedia of the Iranian Architectural History |date=19 May 2011 |publisher=Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406043613/http://iranshahrpedia.ir/docs/Asar-e%20Sabti%20(Up%20to%2026666)%20(Version%2090%2008%2029).zip |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 April 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://en.irna.ir/news/84715571/Bazar-Jameh-Mosque-oldest-of-its-kind-in-Tehran |title=Bazar Jameh Mosque oldest of its kind in Tehran |work=Iran Republic News Agency (IRNA) |date=13 April 2022 |access-date=25 April 2025 }}
The mosque was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 9 December 1996, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.
Architecture
There is no accurate information available on the exact date of construction of the Jāmeh Mosque of Tehran. However, the architecture of its different parts indicate the gradual formation of the mosque over time, including covering the Al-e Bouyeh, Safavid and Qajar periods. Due to the selection of Tehran as the capital, the Jāmeh Mosque was renovated and expanded. Therefore, no artifact older than the 13th century AH can be found in the mosque, although the date of construction of the mosque may be before the aforementioned periods.
Ahmad Jamei believes that the background of some parts of the current mosque building dates from the Al-e Bouyeh era, during the 10th or 11th century CE.{{Cite web |date=2019-03-14 |script-title=fa:مسجد جامع تهران در خاطرات احمد مسجد جامعی |work=tehranshenasi.ir |script-work=fa:تهران شناسی |url=http://tehranshenasi.com/1396/08/01/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%DB%8C/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314135138/http://tehranshenasi.com/1396/08/01/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%DB%8C/ |archive-date=2019-03-14 }}{{Cite web |last=اسلوب |first=زهره |date=2014-05-12 |script-title=fa:مسجد جامع تهران - سیری در ایران |url=https://seeiran.ir/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |script-website=fa:جامع ترین سایت جاهای دیدنی ایران - سیری در ایران |language=fa-IR}} The oldest existing document that show the mosque is a map of Tehran by the French Girchmann dated in {{AH|1275}} that shows the Jāmeh Mosque almost in its present form, complete with all the current porches.{{Cite web |author=مسجد, پایگاه تخصصی |script-title=fa:مسجد جامع بازار تهران؛ ویژگی ها و کارکردها |url=https://news.masjed.ir/fa/newsagency/33151/Bazar |access-date=2024-01-08 |script-website=fa:پایگاه تخصصی مسجد |lang=fa}}
It is known that the mosque was extensively remodelled in {{AH|1072}}, its south shabestan remodelled in {{AH|1202}}, iwans to the south and east completed in {{AH|1240}} and {{AH|1252}} respectively, the mihrab refined in {{AH|1344}}, renovations completed in {{AH|1366}}, and a library added in {{AH|1389}}.{{cite web |url=https://iranarchpedia.ir/entry/17042 |title=Jameh Mosque of Tehran |work=Iranarchpedia |date= |access-date= }}
See also
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Category:Buildings and structures on the Iran National Heritage List