Jameh Mosque of Qeshm: A Safavid Friday Mosque in Iran
Site at a Glance
- Rating
- 4.6
- Popularity
- Very Low
- Country
- Iran
- Primary era
- Early Modern
- Eras represented
- Early Modern
- Civilizations
- Qajar
- Site type
- Religious
- Remains
- Mosque
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History
Jameh Mosque of Qeshm is a Sunni Friday mosque in Qeshm, Iran, completed in 1787–1788 in the Safavid architectural tradition. A Friday mosque serves the principal communal prayer held each week in Islam. The building is described as one of the largest and oldest mosques on Qeshm Island.
Local tradition attributes the mosque’s construction to the wife of the ruler at the time. It remains an active place of worship, with Friday congregational prayers and religious-holiday prayers held regularly. The mosque is included on Iran’s National Heritage List under the official designation “Friday Mosque of Qeshm,” with conservation identified as the responsibility of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization.
Remains
Prayer Hall
The mosque has a rectangular prayer hall built in the Safavid style. Sixteen columns stand at its center in two rows, organizing the interior into seven bays lengthwise and four bays across. At the middle of the hall’s southern longitudinal wall are the mihrab, the niche indicating the direction of Mecca, and the minbar, the pulpit used for the sermon.
Roof and Exterior Elements
The roof is carried by the two side walls and by pointed arches resting on the sixteen columns. The mosque’s roofscape includes one large dome and numerous smaller domes, while two minarets form part of its surviving architectural composition.
