Mosque Name: Estakhr Suliman Mosque
Country: Iran
City: Estakhr, Persepolis 93 AH
Year of original construction: unknown Possibly 712 CD
GPS: 29.979923 52.910150
Gibson Classification: Between
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Description:
This mosque was originally uncovered by Ernst Hersfeld, and is mentioned again in subsequent archeological reports. Since most of the mosque is un-excavated, the qibla direction cannot be accurately discerned until someone excavates the mosque.. It appears that the mosque faced the Between position.
Published reports:
The anomaly in the geophysical survey (outlined in green is the palace as hypothesized by D. Whitcomb 1979; rendering L. Ebanista)
The wall of the mosque showing the door and the semi-circular tower (photo A.M. Jaia)
References:
Di Cesare, Michelina, and Ebanista, Laura, 2018. “The site of the Mosque at Istakhr”, in: Maria Vittoria Fontana (ed.), Istakhr (Iran), 2011-2016 Historical and Archaeolofical Essays, Quaderni di Vicino Oriente 13, Roma: Sapienze Università di Roma, 251-301.
Jaia, Alessandro M., 2018. “Excavations at Istakhr in 2012: The Test West of the Site of the Mosque”, in: Maria Vittoria Fontana (ed.), Istakhr (Iran), 2011-2016 Historical and Archaeolofical Essays, Quaderni di Vicino Oriente 13, Roma: Sapienze Università di Roma, 303-344.
Whitcomb, Donald, 1979. “The City of Istakhr and the Marvdasht Plain”, in: Akten des VII. Internationalen Kongress für Iranische Kunst und Archäologie, München 7.-10. September 1976, Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran 67, Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, 363-370.
M.V. Fontana - M. Mireskandari - M. Rugiadi - A. Asadi - A. Jaia - A. Blanco - L. Colliva, “Estakhr Project - First Preliminary Report of the Joint Mission of the Iranian Center for Archaeological Research, the Parsa-Pasargadae Research Foundation and the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy”, Vicino Oriente XVI, 2012, pp. 63-76
N.N.Z. Chegini – M.V. Fontana - A. Asadi – M. Rugiadi - A. Jaia - A. Blanco - L. Ebanista – V. Cipollari, “Estakhr Project - Second Preliminary Report of the Joint Mission of the Iranian Center for Archaeological Research, the Parsa-Pasargadae Research Foundation and the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy”, Vicino Oriente XVII, 2013, pp. 7-21
Books by Ernst Herzfeld
- Iranische Felsreliefs, 1910
- Archäologische Reise im Euphrat- und Tigris-Gebiet, 4 Vols., 1911-1920 (together with Friedrich Sarre)
- Paikuli, 2 Vols., 1924
- Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra, 5 Vols., 1923-1930
- Archaeological History of Iran, (Schweich Lectures for 1934)
- Altpersische Inschriften, 1938
- Iran in the ancient East, 1940
- Zoroaster and his world, 2 Vols., 1947
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