Blue Mosque

There is a beautiful and attractive mosque with blue tiles in Tabriz city. This mosque, which left out of many years, is blue and called the Blue Mosque. This mosque is one of the most famous attractions in Tabriz.

There are only four blue mosques in the world that one of these mosques located the Tabriz city. Blue Mosque is one of the most magnificent historical mosques in Iran, which is well illustrated by the after Islamic architecture of Iran. Blue Mosque or Jahanshah Mosque has a different architecture than other mosques in Iran. This beautiful building was built in the 9th century AH. This mosque is known as the Gooy mosque, the Shah Jahan Mosque, the Mozaffariye mansion, and mosque.

In this mosque, you will see turquoise and azure diaphoretic tiles, a variety of lines and designs of geometric and arabesque designs together. Most parts of the blue mosque made of bricks, although some of the rare rocks used. In the earthquake of 1193 AH, the mosque built was a lot of damage and even its dome collapsed. Today, there is only one portal and a few basements. The restoration of the remaining parts of the mosque began in 1318 and several years later finished, in 1355.

The mosque was built in 870 AH on the order of Jahan Shah, the most powerful ruler of the Turkmen dynasty of Kara Koyunlu, and is one of the most outstanding masterpieces of Islamic architecture. There is an inscription on the top of the mosque's door that provides information about this building. There is an inscription on the top of the mosque's door that provides information about this building. If you look around the great Shabestan (It is part of a large mosque with a roof and pillars.), you can see the ledge of the complete ayah of Surah Al-Fath.

The mosque was first located in the mosafariya collection near the courtyard, khanqah (The place of life, education, and activity of the Dervish and Sufis.) and the library, but today, all other parts except the mosque have disappeared. This mosque has a square courtyard, a large pond for ablutions and beautiful Shabestans on the sides.

• What is the best time to go?

Tabriz climate is mountainous and cold and dry. The city has a temperate and very dry in summer and has frozen and long winters. If you want to travel to Tabriz, the best time is late spring and early summer.

• Getting there?

To watch the blue mosque, you should go to Imam Khomeini Street, opposite al-Sadr, next to Khaghani Park in Tabriz city.

You can use the BRT buses to reach this mosque. The blue mosque station located opposite this mosque.

You can also take the subway and get off at the Shahid Beheshti Subway Station. From the metro station to the blue mosque, it is a quarter-way walk and only 2 minutes by car.