Saturday, April 4, 2009

Nasir Al Molk Mosque ( SHIRAZ,IRAN )




Nasir Al Molk was one of the noblemen of shiraz in the Qajar period. This mosque in one of the monuments remained from this benefactor and is located in a quarter known as Gowd-e Araban in lotfali khan zand street. This mosque is famous due to its muqarnases and tile works. There are lost of similarities between this mosque and Vakil Mosque, especially in tile works and the use of stone columns.
Beautiful colored tile works with picture of flowers and Koran verses on have decorates most part of this mosque. The truth scripts of the inscription have doubled the beauty of these decoration. There are tile worked false arches and inscription around the courtyard of the mosque. Of the interesting things in this bullding is the false arch with an inscription in thulth script. Which is located towards the kiblah. Also the magnificent tiles on the ceiling and the body of the columns, and the ceiling muqarnases dazzle every visitor. Twelve solid stone columns with spiral lines from the western prayer-hall of the mosque.There are also superb colored tile works in this prayer-hall which can be cunted as one of the art masterpieces. In the northern corridor two names are written, Mohammed Hassan Menar and Mohammed Reza Kasha Paz Shirazi, who were the architects of the mosque.

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