Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque

The Nasir al-Mulk Mosque (Persian: مسجد نصیرالملک, Masjed-e Nasir ol-Molk), also known as the Pink Mosque (مسجد صورتی, Masjed-e Surati), is a traditional mosque in Shiraz, Iran. It is located near Shāh Chérāgh Mosque. It was built during Qajar dynasty rule of Iran.

Nasir al-Mulk Mosque
Religion
AffiliationShia Islam
ProvinceFars Province
StatusActive
Location
LocationShiraz, Iran
MunicipalityShiraz County
Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque is located in Iran
Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque
Shown within Iran
Geographic coordinates29°36′31″N 52°32′54″E
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleIranian architecture
Completed1888
Website
http://www.nasirolmolkmosque.com/

The mosque includes extensive coloured glass in its facade, and displays other traditional elements such as the Panj Kāse ("five concaved") design.[1]

History

The mosque was built during the Qajar dynasty, and is still in use under protection by the Endowment Foundation of Nasir al Molk. Construction began in 1876 by the order of Mirza Hassan Ali Nasir-ol-Mulk, one of the lords and aristocrats of Shiraz, the son of Ali Akbar Qavam al-Mulk, the kalantar of Shiraz and was completed in 1888. The designers were Mohammad Hasan-e-Memār, a Persian architect who had also built the noted Eram Garden before the Nasir al-Molk Mosque, Mohammad Hosseini Shirazi, and Mohammad Rezā Kāshi-Sāz-e-Širāzi.[2]

Orsi: Persian Stained Glass
The roof of Nasir ol-molk mosque

Although stained glass is mostly popular in churches nowadays, the earliest discovered was in Syria from the 7th century. We do have evidence of techniques and recipes for obtaining stained glass by the Persian chemist Jabir ibn Hayyan in his book Kitab al-Durra al-maknuna (The Book of the Hidden Pearl) published in the eighth century CE.[3] Orsi windows are windows made of a mixture of wood and colorful glass in the Safavid and the Qajar dynasties. Orsi differs from stained glass used in many churches and Ottoman mosques which serve as illuminated images rather than a source of light. Light is a major feature in many mosques considering it being a major symbol of God in Islam. This is mentioned in a chapter in Quran:
″Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth″[4]

  • Winter prayer hall
    Winter prayer hall
  • Winter prayer hall
    Winter prayer hall
  • Outside of the mosque
    Outside of the mosque
  • Outside of the mosque at night
    Outside of the mosque at night
  • Muqarnas of Nasir-ol-molk Mosque
    Muqarnas of Nasir-ol-molk Mosque
  • Ceilings of the winter prayer hall
    Ceilings of the winter prayer hall
  • Decoration of the mosque
    Decoration of the mosque
  • Mosaic dome interior
    Mosaic dome interior
  • interior
    interior
Panoramic view from outside.
Panoramic view from interior.

See also

References
  1. Mosque of Whirling Colours: A Mixture of Architecture and Art in Nasīr al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran Archived 2016-05-11 at the Wayback Machine, Cem Nizamoglu, MuslimHeritage.com
  2. “A Mixture of Architecture and Art in Nasir Al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran.” Nasir Al-Mulk Mosque, http://nasiralmulk.ir/.
  3. Al-Hassan, Ahmad Y. “AN EIGHTH CENTURY ARABIC TREATISE ON THE COLOURING OF GLASS: KITĀB AL-DURRA AL-MAKNŪNA (THE BOOK OF THE HIDDEN PEARL) OF JĀBIR IBN ḤAYYĀN (c. 721–c. 815).” Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, vol. 19, no. 1, 2009, pp. 121–156.
  4. The Qur'an [24:35]
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