Shah Mosque (Tehran)

Shāh Mosque
مسجد شاه
Religion
AffiliationIslam
ProvinceTehran Province
Year consecrated1810 to 1825
StatusActive
Location
LocationGrand Bazaar, Tehran, Iran
Shah Mosque (Tehran) is located in Tehran
Shah Mosque (Tehran)
Location in Tehran
Geographic coordinates35°40′35″N 51°25′20″E / 35.6763°N 51.4221°E / 35.6763; 51.4221
Architecture
StyleQajar
Minaret(s)2
"Shah Mosque" by sipo is licensed under CC BY 2.0[1]

The Shah Mosque (Persian: مسجد شاه), also known as the Soltāni Mosque[2] (مسجد سلطانی) meaning "royal", renamed the Imam Mosque (مسجد امام), after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, is a principal[3] mosque in the northern section of the Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran.[4]

  1. ^ sipo (1 May 2010), Shah Mosque, retrieved 18 November 2021
  2. ^ Ali Razmara – prime minister of Iran, Britanica
  3. ^ Iran and the Ikhwan: Assassinations, Pamphlets and Meetings Archived 2016-10-18 at the Wayback Machine, ASHARQ AL-AWSAT
  4. ^ Bazaar and State in Iran: The Politics of Tehran Marketplace by Arang Keshavarzian, Page 215 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007)