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Description
Property Name: Saheb Ol-Amr Mosque
Inventory No: 98-411-4
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-12-08
Country (State party): Iran
Province: Tabriz
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 38° 5′ 3.7″ N
46° 17′ 44.8″ E
Historic Period: 17th century, 1st half
Year of Construction: 1636
Style: Safavid
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Unknown
Significance
The mosque was the first mosque of the reign of Safavid which was used by Shah Tahmasb-e Safavi. That is why it is also known as Shah Tahmasb Mosque.
Selection Criteria
iii. to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared
iv. to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history
State of Preservation
The mosque’s dome, minarets, interior walls, mirror works, inscriptions and the paintings of the mihrab were carefully restored in 1990s.
Its last restoration was during the years 1994-1998.
References
Dibadj, I., Athar-i Bastani wa Abniya-i Tarikh-i Azarbaydjan (Historical Buildings and Heritages of Azerbaijan), Tahran: Shura-yi Markazi Djashan Shahinsha, Iran, 1966.
Soltanzade, H., Tabriz A Solid Cornerstone of Iranian Architecture, Cultural Research Bureau Tehran, 1997.
Pirniya, M. K., Mimariyan, G. H., Sabkshinasi-i Mimari-i Irani (Stylistics of Persian Architecture) Pajuhandeh, Tehran, 2004.
Purhussein Khuniq, I., Tabriz be Riwayat Taswir (Tabriz Pictorial Introduction), Tahran, Danial, 2001.
Wilber, Donald N., The Architecture of Islamic Iran: The Ilkhanid Period, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1955.