Rangooniha Mosque
Iranian national heritage site
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Overview
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The Rangooniha Mosque is a historic building in the city of Abadan, in Iran's Khuzestan Province, standing on the banks of the Arvand River. Sources describe it as a mosque built for the Rangooni workers. It once served as a Sunni place of worship and now functions as a history museum. The building is inscribed on the Iran National Heritage List, which is administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.
History
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The mosque is recorded as having been completed in 1920. It was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 29 March 1999. It no longer serves as a mosque and has been converted into a history museum.
From Wikipedia
The Ranguniha Mosque (Persian: مسجد رنگونیهای آبادان, romanized: Masjed-e Ranguniha-ye Abadan; Arabic: مسجد رنكوني عبادان), also spelled as the Rangooniha Mosque (romanized:Masjed Rangooniha), is a former Sunni mosque, now history museum, located on the banks of the Arvand River, in the city of Abadan in Abadan County, in the province of Khuzestan, Iran. The mosque was completed in 1920, during the Qajar and Pahlavi eras.
The mosque was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 29 March 1999, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.
Source: Wikipedia, article “Ranguniha Mosque”; quoted unchanged under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Read more on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranguniha_Mosque
Wikipedia (fa): https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86