Ilchi mosque

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Ilchi mosque
Religion
Affiliation Shia Islam
Province Isfahan
Location
Location Isfahan, Iran
Municipality Isfahan
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Geographic coordinates 32°39′44″N51°41′37″E / 32.662222°N 51.693611°E / 32.662222; 51.693611 Coordinates: 32°39′44″N51°41′37″E / 32.662222°N 51.693611°E / 32.662222; 51.693611
Architecture
Architectural type Mosque
Architectural style Isfahani

Ilchi mosque (Persian : مسجد ایلچی) is a historical mosque in Isfahan, Iran. The founder of this small and simple mosque was Saheb Soltan Beigom, the daughter of a courtier in the Shah Suleiman's court. The mosque was built in 1686 under the supervision of Mohammad Ali ben Ostad ALibeyk. [1]

Persian language Western Iranian language

Persian, also known by its endonym Farsi, is one of the Western Iranian languages within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and some other regions which historically were Persianate societies and considered part of Greater Iran. It is written right to left in the Persian alphabet, a modified variant of the Arabic script.

Mosque Place of worship for followers of Islam

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Isfahan City in Iran

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References

  1. Hosseyn Yaghoubi (2004). Arash Beheshti, ed. Rāhnamā ye Safar be Ostān e Esfāhān(Travel Guide for the Province Isfahan) (in Persian). Rouzane. p. 105. ISBN   964-334-218-2.