Jameh Mosque of Ahar
Iranian national heritage site
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Overview
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The Jameh Mosque of Ahar is a Friday mosque in the city of Ahar, in Iran's East Azerbaijan Province, and serves a Shi'ite congregation. It is registered as part of Iran's national heritage. Sources differ on when the mosque was first built: one places it in the Seljuk and Atabeg period, while another attributes it to either the Ilkhanate or the Safavid era. Its original date of construction is therefore not firmly established.
History
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The date of the mosque's original construction is reported differently in the sources. An Arabic source links it to the Seljuk and Atabeg period, whereas an English source gives either the Ilkhanate or the Safavid era.
Inscriptions on the building record that additional work was completed in 1052 AH (1642/1643 CE).
From Wikipedia
The Jameh Mosque of Ahar is a Shi'ite Friday mosque, located in Ahar, in the province of East Azerbaijan, Iran. The mosque was built during either the Ilkhanate or Safavid eras. Inscriptions on the mosque mark that additional work was completed in 1052 AH (1642/1643 CE).
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%A3%D9%87%D8%B1
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Ahar
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