Imamzadeh Hossein | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Location | |
Location | Qazvin, Iran |
Geographic coordinates | 36°15′28″N 50°00′03″E / 36.2578°N 50.0008°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque |
Style | Iranian |
Dome(s) | 1 |
The Imamzadeh Hossein (also Emamzadeh-ye Hossein, Persian: مسجد جامع عتيق قزوین) is the grave mosque of Imamazadeh Husayn, son of the 8th Imam Ali al-Rida ("Hazrat-e Reza") in Qazvin, Iran that the Safavids - Shah Tahmasp I built in the mid-16th century as a pilgrimage center. [1]