The Blue Mosque of Tabriz
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Goy Masjed (in Persian Masjed-i Kabud) also known as "the blue mosque" is a famous historic mosque in Tabriz, Iran.
It was built in 1465 during the reign of Ak Koyunlu's Sultan Y‘aqub ibn Uzun Hasan by the orders of Salehe Khatun, daughter of Jan Beigom Khatun of the ruling royalty. After dying Uzun Hasan he has buried in the Southern part of mosque.
The mosque was severely damaged in an earthquake in 1778, leaving only the entrance iwan. The mosque was reconstructed at early 1900 by Iranian ministry of culture.
The mosque named as Blue Mosque because of so many beautiful blue tiles were used to cover the building. most of these tiles have been deteched by earthquakes but some of them are seen on the walls of building specially in the entrance gate.
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 Interior of Blue Mosque. |
 View of a public Park behind Blue Mosque. |
 Plan of mosque reconstruction. |
 Blue mosque before reconstruction. |
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Ark-e Tabriz • Bagh-e Golestan • Bazaar of Tabriz • Behnam House • Blue Mosque • Charm Sazi-e Khosravi • Eynali • Ghari Bridge • Kandovan • Maqbaratoshoara • Saat Tower • Saheb ol Amr • Saied Hamzeh Grave • Shah-gholi • Tabriz Constitution House • Tabriz Fire Fighting Tower • Tabriz Railway Station • Tarbiyat street
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