Imam mosque
Jame Abbasi Mosque, which is also known as Sultan Mosque and Shah Mosque, and after the revolution of 1357, its official name was changed to Imam Mosque, is the most important historical mosque in Isfahan and one of the mosques in Naqsh Jahan Square, which was built during the Safavid era and is one of the most important buildings. It is considered the Islamic architecture of Iran. This building is a masterpiece of architecture, tiling and carpentry of the 11th century. This building was registered as one of Iran's national monuments on January 15, 1310 with registration number 107, and along with Naqsh Jahan Square, it was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The construction of this mosque, which is located on the south side of Naqsh Jahan Square, was started in 1020 AH by the order of Shah Abbas I, in the 24th year of his reign, and its decorations and additions were completed during the period of his successors. Shah Abbas built the mosque for the happiness of the soul of his grandfather, Shah Tahmasab.
The architect of this building was Professor Ali Akbar Esfahani and the supervisor of the building was Mohib Ali Beykullah. And calligraphers such as Alireza Abbasi, Abdul Baghi Tabrizi, Mohammad Reza Emami, and Mohammad Saleh Emami wrote inscriptions in it. It is known that during the construction of this building, a number of marble mines were discovered around Isfahan, which were used as a source to supply the materials needed for the construction of this building.
building decorations
The main decorations of this mosque are clay tiles of seven colors. In the southwest school of the mosque, a simple piece of stone is embedded on the ground in the form of an indicator in a certain place, which shows the true noon of Isfahan in the four seasons of the year, and its appearance is like a triangle, and its calculation was made by Sheikh Bahai, a scientist, jurist and mathematician. Mahroub Ahed Shah Abbas has done.
The inscriptions of this mosque are the masterpieces of famous calligraphers of the Safavid era, such as Alireza Abbasi, Abdul Baghi Tabrizi, and Mohammad Reza Emami. The inscription on the magnificent front of the mosque is written by Alireza Abbasi, a famous calligrapher of the Safavid era, whose date is 1025.
The side spurs at the entrance have 8 plaques with black writing on a turquoise background, and 4 plaques are placed in each of these spurs. There are also inscriptions with phrases and poems in the front of the mosque.
There is also a large stone tablet on the west side of Jalukhan, from which only the names of Allah, Rahman, and Raheem remain. There is an inscription on the exterior of the sardar, a white triangular line on a clay tile background. Poems in Nastaliq calligraphy have decorated the main door of the mosque, which is covered with silver and gold. In these poems, the year of completion and installation is mentioned in 1038 to 1052; The mentioned poems are 16 verses, eight verses of which are prominently engraved on one page and the other eight verses on the other page. This door is located on the south side.
