Lonban Mosque

{{Short description|Shi'ite mosque in Isfahan, Iran}}

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| building_name = Lonban Mosque

| native_name = {{lang|fa|مسجد لنبان}}

| native_name_lang = fa

| image = Lonban Mosque,Esfahan - panoramio.jpg

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| caption = The mosque dome

| map_type = Iran

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| map_caption = Location of the mosque in Iran

| location = Lonban, Esfahan, Isfahan Province

| country = Iran

| coordinates = {{coord|32.651111|51.651944|type:landmark_region:IR-04|format=dms|display=it}}

| religious_affiliation = Shia Islam

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| status = Mosque

| functional_status = Active

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| architecture_style = {{ubl|Rashidun {{small|(possibly)}}|Safavid {{small|(renovation)}}|Qajar}}

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| year_completed = {{ubl|7th century {{small|(possibly)}}|1670 CE {{small|(renovation)}}|1702 CE {{small|(minbar)}}|1840 CE {{small|(annex)}}}}

| founded_by = Suleiman I of Persia

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| dome_quantity = One

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| minaret_quantity = One

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| materials = Bricks; plaster; timber (column); tiles

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| designation1 = INHL

| designation1_offname = Ilchi Mosque

| designation1_type = Built

| designation1_date = 20 December 1937

| designation1_number = 293

| designation1_free1name = Conservation organization

| designation1_free1value = Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran

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The Lonban Mosque ({{langx|fa|مسجد لنبان}}; {{langx|ar|مسجد لنبان }}) is a Shi'ite mosque, located in the historic Lonban quarter of Esfahan, in the province of Isfahan, Iran.

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.{{cite book |title=Rāhnamā ye Safar be Ostān e Esfāhān |trans-title=Travel Guide for the Province Isfahan |publisher=Rouzane |isbn=964-334-218-2 |author=Yaghoubi, Hosseyn |editor=Beheshti, Arash |page=103 |language=Persian |year=2004}} Aboutorab Esfahani, a calligrapher of the Safavid era, was buried in the mosque.{{cite book |author=Fażāʾelī, Ḥabībollāh |title=Aṭlas-e Ḫaṭṭ : Taḥqīq dar Ḫuṭūṭ-e Islāmī |trans-title=The researches of the Islamic scripts |location=Isfahan |pages=541–542 |date=1971–72 |language=Persian}}

The mosque was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 20 December 1937, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.