Ahvaz Local Customs

MASJID-E JOM'E AHWAZ

Meaning Friday Mosque (also called Jam'e ~Mosque), it is an early Islamic monument of the 9th century AD and possesses a minaret, several stone columns and numerous inscriptions (bordering its mihrab) bearing a number of dates. Said to have been erected by the Abbassid Caliph AI Mu'tazzu Bellah, /the inscription dates of the Mosque (1053, 1284, 1526, 1761, and 1798 AD) are indicative of repeated repairs carried out therein in the later periods. The construction of the minaret of the Mosque has been attributed to Sheikh Uvais ibn Sheikh Hassan Chupani (1419 AD) and to the Chupanid period. The main ; rayer hall in the northern part possesses a superb wooden man bar (pulpit) with an inscription upon it bearing the name of Mansur Abul Harith and the date (1053 AD). To the north of the Mosque there are 12 roof columns plus 8 more columns to the south, each about 5 meters high. The high arches of the monument together with its lofty ivans and the structural technique of the prayer hall make sufclear that it beto eIslamiperiod