The mosque follows the four-iwan (portico) plan. On the qibla (south) side of the courtyard, a broad and shallow iwan with an arched muqarnas semidome leads onto a domed hall with a mihrab. The dome ...

This period, spanning from 1037 to 1194, saw groundbreaking advancements in architecture and urban planning that left a lasting impact on the Islamic world. Notably, the Seljuks are celebrated for ...

Different sections of the mosque include a four-Iwan courtyard, shabestan, Mozaffari school, small terraces of Daylamites era, Nezamolmolk dome, Taj al-Mulk dome, Oljeitu altar (the most beautiful ...

Tensions have reached a boiling point in Northern India, where a centuries-old mosque has sparked deadly clashes between protestors and police.

Masjed-e Jame is the first Islamic building that adapted the four iwan (Chahar Ayvān) courtyard layout of Sassanid palaces to Islamic religious architecture and thereby became the prototype ...

Criterion (ii): Masjed-e Jāme is the first Islamic building that adapted the four iwan (Chahar Ayvān) courtyard layout of Sassanid palaces to Islamic religious architecture and thereby became the ...

MUSCAT: Six people including four Pakistanis were killed and nearly 30 wounded in a shooting near a Shiite mosque in the Omani capital Muscat, officials said Tuesday, a rare attack in the ...

JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman condemned the mosque blast, saying its sanctity had been violated in the holy month of Ramazan. “The blast is tragic and condemnable,” he said in a statement.

Criterion (ii): Masjed-e Jāme is the first Islamic building that adapted the four iwan (Chahar Ayvān) courtyard layout of Sassanid palaces to Islamic religious architecture and thereby became the ...

An explosion in a Kabul mosque during Friday Prayers killed at least four people and wounded many more, Afghanistan's Interior Ministry said on June 12.

A four-year-old girl shot multiple times during the terror attack that targeted two mosques in New Zealand last month has sustained brain damage and is unable to see ...

There was an evening of nostalgia at the Mosque last night as the Four Seasons came to town to bring back memories of their "golden oldie" years. For that sound, the sound of the early 60s, the ...