The Jameh Mosque of Isfahan, or Friday Mosque, is a large congregational mosque in the Iranian city of Isfahan, noted for showing the evolution of Islamic architecture over some twelve centuries. Its present layout owes much to the Seljuk period, when the vizier Nizam al-Mulk and the sultan Malik-Shah built a great brick dome over the southern sanctuary and a second one on the north side. The mosque has a four-iwan courtyard plan that became standard in Iran. Later additions under the Mongols, Timurids and Safavids brought tilework and ornament. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2012.
Before and after
- 1080Construction of Speyer Cathedral
- from 1081 to 1185Komnenos
- 1086William the Conqueror's survey: the Domesday Book
- 9 September 1087Death of William the Conqueror
- 1088Construction of Jameh Mosque of Isfahan
- 1088Founding of University of Bologna
- 1092Su Song completes his astronomical clock tower
- 1093Origins of Pembroke Castle
- 1093Construction of Zagreb Cathedral
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The era
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