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Jameh Mosque of Shafei

For similarly named mosques, see List of grand mosques.

The Jameh Mosque of Shafei (Persian: مسجد جامع شافعی, romanized: Shafi'i Jami Mosque; Arabic: جامع شافعي), is a Sunni Friday mosque, located near the bazaar in the city of Kermanshah, in the province of Kermanshah, Iran.[1][2][3]

Overview

The mosque leads from one side to Javanshir Square and from the other side to Tarike Bazar and was built by the Sunnis of Kermanshah in a place that used to be a place of pilgrimage.[4][5][6] The mosque was completed in 1945.

The construction of the mosque was made possible by the efforts of Khalifa Mohammad Saleh Mohammadi, Khalifa Seyed Ali Naqshbandi, Jafar Sharifi, Ahmed Modalli, Mirza Habib Blandi, Ali Mohammad Shiani, and other people from Kermanshah.[4][5][6]

  • The interior of the dome
    The interior of the dome
  • The iwan and two minarets
    The iwan and two minarets
  • Mosque interior
    Mosque interior
  • Mosque interior
    Mosque interior

See also

References

  1. ^ "Encyclopaedia of the Iranian Architectural History". Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran. May 19, 2011. Archived from the original on April 6, 2015.
  2. ^ "Shafei Jame Mosque". Tasnim News Agency. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  3. ^ "Shafei Jame Mosque". www.toiran.com/en. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  4. ^ a b مسجد-شافعی-ها/ مسجد شافعی‌ها وب‌سایت تاپ‌توریست (in Persian).
  5. ^ a b کرمانشاه گذری بر بناهای مذهبی کرمانشاه: مسجد جامع شافعی کرمانشاه (in Persian).
  6. ^ a b مسجد-شافعی-ها-کرمانشاه؛-از-زیباترین-مس شافعی‌ها کرمانشاه؛ از زیباترین مساجد اهل تسنن ایران (in Persian). Archived from the original (۱۱ فوریه ۲۰۲۰، دبیرخانه شورای برنامه‌ریزی مدارس علوم‌دینی اهل‌سنت) on February 11, 2020.

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