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Shah Mosque (Isfahan)
Explore in the Atlas →The crowning monument of Shah Abbas I's planned capital on Naqsh-e Jahan Square, its tiled four-iwan plan, acoustic dome and 45-degree turn toward Mecca exemplify Safavid Persian architecture.
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Details
- Type
- Building
- Location
- Isfahan, Iran
Classifications
- Holder
- Communal intergenerational
- Source of authority
- Revelation cosmology
- Subject
- Human centred
- Cosmological orientation
- Axis mundi
- Political position
- Hegemonic
- Degree of codification
- Highly codified
- Mode of transmission
- Apprenticeship
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Islamic mena
Connections
- exemplifies Islamic Architecture
- exemplifies Persian Architecture
Sources
- Sussan Babaie. Isfahan and Its Palaces: Statecraft, Shi'ism and the Architecture of Conviviality. Edinburgh University Press, 2008.
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Meidan Emam, Esfahan (World Heritage List 115). UNESCO, 1979.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Shah Mosque (Isfahan)." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/shah-mosque-isfahan/. Accessed July 17, 2026.