Jameh Mosque of Tehran
The Jāmeh Mosque of Tehran, also known as the Atiq Mosque and also called the Bazaar Jāmeh Mosque and the Tehran Central Mosque, is a Shi'ite Friday mosque, located in the city of Tehran, in the province of Tehran, Iran. Situated adjacent to the Grand Bazaar, it is the oldest mosque in the city, with its oldest Shabestan, built in the 10th or 11th century CE, during the Al-e Bouyeh era.
The mosque was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 9 December 1996, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.
Architecture
There is no accurate information available on the exact date of construction of the Jāmeh Mosque of Tehran. However, the architecture of its different parts indicate the gradual formation of the mosque over time, including covering the Al-e Bouyeh, Safavid and Qajar periods. Due to the selection of Tehran as the capital, the Jāmeh Mosque was renovated and expanded. Therefore, no artifact older than the 13th century AH can be found in the mosque, although the date of construction of the mosque may be before the aforementioned periods.Ahmad Jamei believes that the background of some parts of the current mosque building dates from the Al-e Bouyeh era, during the 10th or 11th century CE. The oldest existing document that show the mosque is a map of Tehran by the French Girchmann dated in that shows the Jāmeh Mosque almost in its present form, complete with all the current porches.
It is known that the mosque was extensively remodelled in, its south shabestan remodelled in, iwans to the south and east completed in and respectively, the mihrab refined in, renovations completed in, and a library added in.