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Hajj Shahbazkhan Mosque

This article is about the mosque in Iran. For the mosque in Bangladesh, see Shahbaz Khan Mosque.

The Haj Shahbazkhan Mosque (Persian: مسجد حاج شهبازخان; Arabic: مسجد الحاج شهباز خان), also known as the Haj Shahbaz Khan Mosque, is a mosque located in the Ojagh Crossroads of the city of Kermanshah, in the province of Kermanshah, Iran.

Overview

The mosque is located in a basement that has a prayer hall and chambers around its courtyard. The chambers of the mosque were places for teaching seminary students.

The mosque has suffered damage as a result of earthquakes in the region.[1]

The mosque was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 23 September 2003, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.

See also

References

  1. ^ Biglari, Mahnoosh; D'Amato, Michele; Formisano, Antonio (2021). "Rapid Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of Kermanshah Historic Mosques". The Open Civil Engineering Journal. 15: 135–148. doi:10.2174/1874149502115010135. ISSN 1874-1495 – via Science Direct.

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