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Mosque in Isfahan, Iran This article is about the mosque in Iran. The Hakim Mosque ( Persian : مسجد حکیم , romanized : Masjed-e Hakim ; Arabic : مسجد الحكيم ), and also known as the Mosque Al-Hakim , is a mosque , located in Esfahan , in the province of Isfahan , Iran . The mosque is located adjacent to the Isfahan Bazaar. The mosque also serves as a public building, as a madrasa , as a community center for functions, and an emergency shelter for travellers. Completed in 1073 AH (1662/1663 CE ), during the Safavid era, it is one of the oldest mosques in the region, and was built by and named in honour of Moḥammad-Dāvud Khan Ḥakim, a Safavid court physician , who funded the construction and fled from Isfahan to India. The mosque was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 13 December 1934, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran . Encyclopedia of History of Iranshahr Architecture . Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire .
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Hakim Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Isfahan , Iran . It is officially recognized monuments of Iran.
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Hakim Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Isfahan , Iran . It is one of the officially recognized monuments of Iran.
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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.The mosque was constructed between 1656 and 1663 and retained the "standard four ayvan plan and a two-storey arcade" 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).Encyclopedia of History of Iranshahr Architecture .
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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. The mosque was constructed between 1656 and 1663 and retained the "standard four ayvan plan and a two-storey arcade" At the same time, however, it also bore a simpler structural pattern and brick and tile surface, compared to the ones that had been erected under Abbas I ( r. 1588-1629). Encyclopedia of History of Iranshahr Architecture .
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one of the oldest mosques in isfahan
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shi'ite mosque
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