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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
State Iran
City/site Qanat Tepe
Mosque name Area AA3-4
Primary reference Wilkinson, Charles K., 1986. Nishapur: Some Early Islamic Buildings and Their Decoration, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 261-268. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/nishapur_some_early_islamic_buildings_and_their_decoration (free download)
Latitude 36.06102
Longitude 59.063057
Location: exact/approximate approximate
Date of the mosque according to former research 10th century
Date basis: historical texts, mosque parallels, inscriptions, datable objects, C14, stratigraphy, construction techniques coins (unspecified)
Concluded date for the mosque 901?
Basis for mosque identification (in addition to orientation) a mihrab
A general layout: a single hall, two-three halls, complex, a qibla wall alone a single hall
Size of the mosque (in m) 7 m wide
Form of the mosque: square, rectangular with longitudinal direction (basilica), rectangular with transverse direction, other square
A mihrab is present yes
The internal form of the mihrab: square/semicircular/horseshoe square
The mihrab projects/is situated inside the wall inside the wall
Depth of the mihrab (in m) 0.7
Width of the mihrab (in m) 0.95
Decoration on the mihrab: stucco, inscription, other painted
Colonnettes flank the mihrab yes
An evidence for columns or piers exists yes
Construction materials mudbricks
Floor plaster
Additional elements a well and qanat under the floor
Additional elements II an adjacent bathhouse
Suggested Citation

Hagit Nol. (2021) "Mosque ID 8 from Asia/Iran/Qanat Tepe". In Early Islamic Mosques Database. Hagit Nol (Ed). Released: 2021-11-14. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/2e180e5a-bfaa-4b1b-a0f7-b63fdd2fe74c>

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