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Goharshad Mosque
Goharshad Mosque (Persian: مسجد گوهرشاد) is a grand congregational mosque built during the Timurid era in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, which now serves as one of the prayer halls within the Imam Reza shrine complex.
It was built by the order of Empress Goharshad, the wife of Shah Rukh of the Timurid dynasty in 1418 CE.
The double-layered dome of the mosque was severely damaged in 1911 in bombings by troops of the Russian Empire. In the 1960s, the dome of Goharshad mosque was deemed to be in severe structural danger, damages caused by various earthquakes over time, the 1911 Russian bombings, and the attack on the mosque by Reza Shah during the 1935 rebellion required the dome to be rebuilt. By the order of Mohammad Reza Shah, the tiles from the ancient dome were removed in the 1960s and the external shell was dismantled. A new external shell was built. The dome was re-tiled. While such repairs were necessary, they permanently altered the historic identity of the mosque.
Arthur Pope, a scholar of Persian arch
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Since its construction in the early 15th century, it has served as a Friday Mosque for pilgrims to the shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad.
Over the centuries, several new buildings have been added to the shrine complex, but the Timurid mosque remained one of the most dominant monuments and the only place for congregational prayer.
The construction started in 1418 by the order of Queen Goharshad, the wife of Shahrokh. The mosque took about 12 years to be completed under the supervision of capable Iranian architect Ghavameddin Shirazi by the use of the architectural and decorative manpower supplied from the Iranian cities of Shiraz and Isfahan.
Covering an area of about 10,000 square meters, the mosque consists of a large azure dome, two 40-meter minarets, four verandas, a courtyard with seven big bed-chambers, and a large altar made of a stony dado and mosaic faience shell.
Standing in the courtyard one can recognize the ensemble’s cheerful color and solidity among the tower-like minarets, merging with the outer corners of the portal screen spreading to the ground together wit
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Event of Goharshad Mosque
The Event of Goharshād mosque refers to gathering of the people of Mashhad in Goharshad mosque objecting to the law of dress code change which was suppressed by government forces. This gathering was made on Rabi' II1354/July 1935 during the rule of Reza Shah. The main reason of this sit-in was objecting to the obligation of wearing chapeaus and the policies of changes in dress code and also house arrest of Ayatollah Sayyid Husayn Tabataba'i Qummi.
In this gathering, Shaykh Muhammad Taqi Buhlul gave a speech and a fight happened between people and government forces. This sit-in was heavily suppressed and more than 1600 people were killed and injured. After this event, distinguished clerics of Mashhad were arrested and exiled and also some managers of offices in Mashhad were changed.
Dress Code Change
One of the cultural policies of Reza Shah was dress code change he followed during the years after stabilization of his power. The law of dress code unity of Iranian citizens inside the country was approved in the national parliament on December 31
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