Shah Mosque (Tehran)
| Shāh Mosque | |
|---|---|
| مسجد شاه | |
 | |
  Location in Tehran | |
| Basic information | |
| Location | Grand Bazaar, Tehran, Iran |
| Geographic coordinates | 35°40′35″N 51°25′20″E / 35.6763°N 51.4221°ECoordinates: 35°40′35″N 51°25′20″E / 35.6763°N 51.4221°E |
| Affiliation | Shia Islam |
| Province | Tehran Province |
| Year consecrated | 1810 to 1825 |
| Status | Active |
| Architectural description | |
| Architectural style | Qajar |
| Specifications | |
| Minaret(s) | 2 |
The Shah Mosque (Persian: مسجد شاه), also known as the Soltāni Mosque[1] (مسجد سلطانی) meaning Royal, renamed the Imam Mosque (مسجد امام), after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, is a principal[2] mosque in the northern section of Grand Bazaar of Tehran, Iran.[3]
Structure
Mosque was built during the Qajar period, ordered by Fath-Ali Shah Qajar of Persia[4] as one of several such symbols of legitimacy for a new dynasty.[5] At that time of completion, the mosque was known to be the most significant architectural monument in Tehran.[6]
During the reign of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, the two current minarets were added to the structure. The mosque is topped by a small gilt dome.[7] The mosque also has two Shabestan.[8]
The courtyard is accessed from several parts of the Grand Bazaar,[9] the commercial heart of the capital.[10]
There are some significant architectural similarities between the Shah Mosque and Vakil Mosque in Shiraz and Royal Mosque in Borujerd.
Important Events
On December 11, 1905, vāli of Tehran ordered, public flogging of 17 prominent merchants of Bazaar at the main courtyard of Shah Mosque for the increase in price of sugar. The public humiliation of the merchants didn't go well with the Bazaaris and as a tool for protest, Grand Bazaar shut its doors, and series of related public backlash against the government, ignited the Persian Constitutional Revolution.[11]
On March 7, 1951, Haj Ali Razmara, anti-communist Prime Minister of Iran, was attending the memorial service for Ayatollah Feyz at the Shah Mosque.[12] On his way to the mosque, he was shot to death at the mosque's grand courtyard[13][14] by Khalil Tahmasebi, member of Fada'iyan-e Islam, a Shia religious fanatic organization with close ties to the traditional merchant class and the clergy.[15]
References
- ↑ Ali Razmara - prime minister of Iran, Britanica
- ↑ Iran and the Ikhwan: Assassinations, Pamphlets and Meetings, ASHARQ AL-AWSAT
- ↑ Bazaar and State in Iran: The Politics of Tehran Marketplace by Arang Keshavarzian, Page 215 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007)
- ↑ مسجدامام خمینی / Imam Khomeini Mosque, Municipality of Tehran (in Persian language)
- ↑ The Bazaar in the Islamic City: Design, Culture, and History by Mohammad Gharipour, published by The American University in Cairo Press, page 205 - ISBN 9774165292
- ↑ مسجدامام خمینی / Imam Khomeini Mosque, Municipality of Tehran (in Persian language)
- ↑ The City in the Muslim World: Depictions by Western Travel Writers, Mohammad Gharipour, Nilay Ozlu
- ↑ مسجد امام خمینی / Imam Khomeini Mosque, See Iran (in Persian language)
- ↑ Imam Khomeini Mosque, Lonely Planet
- ↑ Mosque fire kills 59 in Tehran, The Guardian
- ↑ History of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution : Tarikh-e Mashrute-ye Iran by Ahmad Kasravi, Page 69-70 ISBN 9781568592534
- ↑ در دامگه حادثه / Dar Damgahe Hadese by Erfan Ghaneifard, Page 30, Persian language - ASIN B0075PW2YK
- ↑ Premier of Iran Is Shot to Death In a Mosque by a Religious Fanatic; PREMIER OF IRAN SLAIN IN MOSQUE Cabinet in Emergency Session VICTIM OF ASSASSIN, NY Times
- ↑ Iran and the Ikhwan: Assassinations, Pamphlets and Meetings, ASHARQ AL-AWSAT
- ↑ Ali Razmara - prime minister of Iran, Britanica