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Imamzadeh Hossein
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Location	Qazvin, Iran
Shown within Iran
Geographic coordinates	36°15′28″N 50°00′03″E / 36.2578°N 50.0008°E / 36.2578; 50.0008
Architecture
Type	Mosque
Style	Iranian
Dome(s)	1

The Imamzadeh Hossein (also Emamzadeh-ye Hossein, Persian: مسجد جامع عتيق قزوین) is the grave mosque of Imamazadeh Husayn, son of the 8th Imam Ali al-Rida ("Hazrat-e Reza") in Qazvin, Iran that the Safavids - Shah Tahmasp I built in the mid-16th century as a pilgrimage center.

History

The namesake of the tomb is the biennial deceased son of Imam Ali al-Rida. This passed in transit with his father to Khorasan in Qazvin in 821 and was buried at the site. Later more people were buried from the Safavid dynasty bib.

Architecture

The tomb is reminiscent of a generous palace complex with its own walled garden, plant rows, small Iwanen, niches, grave stones and precious blue and cream-colored tile decorations. The facade of the main gate is of six ornamental minarets surmounted. Is the main gate by steps, there is a large courtyard opens. Directly behind the gate is a pavilion-like, octagonal fountain house.

The tomb is covered by a blue-yellow tiled dome. The central portion of the building is decorated with numerous mirror mosaics; the mirror mosaics of the vestibule and the tiles of the facades date from the 19th century. In this middle part carried by slender columns porch leads to areas segregated by sex and has two entrances; left for women, right for men. The building may only be entered without shoes. Tschadorpflicht

Gallery

See also

• Iranian architecture
• History of Iran

References

1. Soheila Shahshahani (2009). Cities of Pilgrimage. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 32. ISBN 9783825816186. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
2. "Weiterleitungshinweis". Images.google.de. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
3. "Photographic image of mosque dome". Mw2.google.com. Archived from the original (JPG) on 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
4. Mahmoud Rashad (1998). Iran. DuMont Reiseverlag. p. 146. ISBN 9783770133857. Retrieved 2015-12-18.

v t e Holiest sites in Shia Islam
Saudi Arabia	al-Masjid al-Nabawi al-Baqi' Cemetery Mount Uhud Quba Mosque Masjid al-Qiblatayn The Seven Mosques Great Mosque of Mecca Kaaba Safa and Marwa Jabal al-Nour Mina, Saudi Arabia Mount Arafat
Iraq	Imam Ali Shrine Al-Sahlah Mosque Al-Hannanah Mosque Wadi-us-Salaam Imam Husayn Shrine Al Abbas Mosque Al-Askari Shrine Great Mosque of Kufa Maytham al-Tammar Al-Mada'in Al-Kadhimiya Mosque
Iran	Imam Reza shrine Fatima Masumeh Shrine Jamkaran Mosque Shah Cheragh Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine Bibi Shahr Banu Shrine Imamzadeh Seyed Morteza Imamzadeh Hamzeh, Kashmar Tomb of Ali ibn Hamzah, Shiraz Tomb of Hassan Modarres Tomb of Seyed Alaeddin Husayn Imamzade Hossein, Qazvin Imamzadeh Ja'far, Borujerd
Syria	Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque Al-Nuqtah Mosque Uwais al-Qarni Mosque
Lebanon	Al-Nabi Shayth
Palestine	Al-Aqsa

v t e Qazvin Province, Iran
Capital	Qazvin
Counties and cities	Abyek County Abyek Khak-e Ali Ziaran Alborz County Alvand Bidestan Mohammadiyeh Sharifabad Avaj Avaj Abgarm Buin Zahra County Buin Zahra Ardak Danesfahan Sagezabad Shal Qazvin County Qazvin Eqbaliyeh Kuhin Mahmudabad Nemuneh Moallem Kalayeh Razmian Sirdan Takestan County Takestan Esfarvarin Khorramdasht Narjeh Ziaabad
Sights	Alamut Castle Aminiha Hosseiniyeh Caravanserai of Sa'd al-Saltaneh Meimoon Ghal'eh Ahmadabad-e Mosaddeq Ab anbars of Qazvin Jame' Atiq Mosque of Qazvin Heidarieh mosque Al-Nabi mosque Ovan Lake Kharraqan towers Lambsar Castle Shazdeh Hosein shrine
populated places	List of cities, towns and villages in Qazvin Province

• Mosques in Iran
• Qazvin
• Mosque buildings with domes
• National works of Iran
• 16th-century mosques