Hakim Mosque, Isfahan

Hakim Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Isfahan, Iran. Completed in the mid-17th century, in the Safavid era, it is named after Moḥammad-Dāvud Khan Ḥakim (a court physician) who funded the construction.[1]

The mosque was constructed between 1656 and 1663 and retained the "standard four ayvan plan and a two-storey arcade".[2] At the same time, however, it also bore a more simple structural pattern and brick and tile surface compared to the ones that had been erected under Abbas I (r. 1588-1629).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Milani 2003, pp. 575-580.
  2. 1 2 Newman 2008, pp. 87-88.

Sources

  • Milani, Abbas (2003). "ḤAKIMI, EBRĀHIM". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. XI, Fasc. 6. pp. 575–580.
  • Newman, Andrew J. (2008). Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0857716613.
  • About Hakim Mosque
  • Concerning the Masjed-e Jorjir, see H. Gaube et E. Wirth, Der Bazar von Isfahan, Wiesbaden, 1978, p. 203-204; O. Grabar, The Great Mosque of Isfahan, London, 1990, p. 47-48
  • Loṭfallâh Honarfar, Ganjina-ye âsâr-e târikhi-ye Eṣfahân, Isfahan, 1344 Sh/1965, p. 612-620

Coordinates: 32°39′47″N 51°40′28″E / 32.66306°N 51.67444°E / 32.66306; 51.67444

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