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Agha Bozorg Mosque
The Agha Bozorg Mosque (Persian: مسجد آقابزرگ, romanized: Masjed-e Āghā Bozorg) is a mosque and madrasa in Kashan, in the province of Isfahan, Iran. The mosque and madrasa is located in the center of the city.
An inscription dates the building form 1248 AH (1832/1833 CE), with other evidence pointing that the mosque was built between 1844 and 1850 by master-mi'mar Ustad Haj Sa'ban-ali in honor of Mulla-Mahdi Naraqi II, known as Āghā Bozorg. The mosque was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 3 December 1951, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.
The complex is a major tourist attraction of the area; and is located adjacent to the Khaje Taj od-Din Mausoleum, that was completed during the 15th century CE.
The mosque was described as "the finest Islamic complex in Kashan and one of the best of the mid-19th century". It is noted for its symmetrical design, completed in the Qajar style.
The building occupies a long, roughly rectangular footprint oriented northwest to southeast. A sunken sahn built on two levels (ground level and balcony) occupies the center of the complex. The entrance to the complex is on the northwestern side, at the end of a high street lined with shops. It takes the form of an arched, domed, iwan-portal. This portal leads onto a large, domed vestibule, which overlooks the courtyard from an arched aperture placed directly across from the entrance portal.
Flanking this aperture are two archways leading onto a flight of a few stairs that give onto an open roof terrace overlooking both levels of the courtyard. On either side of these two archways (to the right and left as one enters the vestibule) are two broad corridors that descend on ramps and turn at right angles, leading onto arched entrances at either end of the northwestern facade of the courtyard's upper level.
The upper level of the courtyard is flanked on the northwest side by the roof terrace; on the southeastern side by the facade of a monumental mosque; and on its two lateral sides (southwest and northeast) by rows of blind niches, deep enough to sit in. This level serves as a balcony overlooking the sunken ground level of the courtyard.
The ground level is accessible through flights of stairs leading onto hallways that emerge at its four corners. It has a pool at its center and is surrounded on three sides by dormitories for madrasa students. On the northwestern side, under the roof terrace and entrance pavilion, is a basement (sardab) that consists of a large open space vaulted with wide arches. Wind catchers (badgir) in the form of towers rise from this subterranean structure, flanking the entrance pavilion.
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Agha Bozorg Mosque
The Agha Bozorg Mosque (Persian: مسجد آقابزرگ, romanized: Masjed-e Āghā Bozorg) is a mosque and madrasa in Kashan, in the province of Isfahan, Iran. The mosque and madrasa is located in the center of the city.
An inscription dates the building form 1248 AH (1832/1833 CE), with other evidence pointing that the mosque was built between 1844 and 1850 by master-mi'mar Ustad Haj Sa'ban-ali in honor of Mulla-Mahdi Naraqi II, known as Āghā Bozorg. The mosque was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 3 December 1951, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.
The complex is a major tourist attraction of the area; and is located adjacent to the Khaje Taj od-Din Mausoleum, that was completed during the 15th century CE.
The mosque was described as "the finest Islamic complex in Kashan and one of the best of the mid-19th century". It is noted for its symmetrical design, completed in the Qajar style.
The building occupies a long, roughly rectangular footprint oriented northwest to southeast. A sunken sahn built on two levels (ground level and balcony) occupies the center of the complex. The entrance to the complex is on the northwestern side, at the end of a high street lined with shops. It takes the form of an arched, domed, iwan-portal. This portal leads onto a large, domed vestibule, which overlooks the courtyard from an arched aperture placed directly across from the entrance portal.
Flanking this aperture are two archways leading onto a flight of a few stairs that give onto an open roof terrace overlooking both levels of the courtyard. On either side of these two archways (to the right and left as one enters the vestibule) are two broad corridors that descend on ramps and turn at right angles, leading onto arched entrances at either end of the northwestern facade of the courtyard's upper level.
The upper level of the courtyard is flanked on the northwest side by the roof terrace; on the southeastern side by the facade of a monumental mosque; and on its two lateral sides (southwest and northeast) by rows of blind niches, deep enough to sit in. This level serves as a balcony overlooking the sunken ground level of the courtyard.
The ground level is accessible through flights of stairs leading onto hallways that emerge at its four corners. It has a pool at its center and is surrounded on three sides by dormitories for madrasa students. On the northwestern side, under the roof terrace and entrance pavilion, is a basement (sardab) that consists of a large open space vaulted with wide arches. Wind catchers (badgir) in the form of towers rise from this subterranean structure, flanking the entrance pavilion.