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Ark-e AliShāh, also known as Ark-e Tabriz and Masjid AliShāh, is a remnant of a mosque built in the Ilkhanate period. Currently it is placed in the center of Tabriz.

Some historians believe it was used as a military castle however, others claim the structure was initially used as a mosque, but during the Qajar era was used as a military post and storage facility for weapons (in Farsi 'Ark' or 'Arg' means 'castle'). Consequently, after the Iranian Revolution on 1979, the regime of Islamic republic damaged large parts of the Ark to make a new mosque. The structure today stands 28 meters high, and is still used as part of a space for holding friday prayers in Tabriz.

Location

The Ark is located in Imam Ave, behind Taleghani Street, Tabriz.

Photo gallery

See also

• Tabriz
• List of Iranian castles
• Iranian architecture

References

• Editorial Board, East Azarbaijan Geography, Iranian Ministry of Education, 2000
• http://www.eachto.ir

v t e Monuments of Tabriz

Aji Chay Bridge Amir Nezam House Arg of Tabriz Azerbaijan Museum Baghmisheh gate Bazaar of Tabriz Behnam House Blue Mosque Protestant Church of Tabriz Tabriz Constitution House East Azerbaijan State Capital Eynali Ghari Bridge Haidarzadeh house Iron Age museum Jameh Mosque of Tabriz Kandovan Madrasah Akbarieh Maqbaratoshoara Museum of Ostad Bohtouni Nobar bath On ibn Ali's shrine Sangi Bridge Pottery museum Rab'-e Rashidi Sa'at Tower Saheb ol Amr Mosque Seyed Hamzeh shrine Seghat ol Islam's House Shah-goli Shohada Mosque Tabriz Fire Fighting Tower Tabriz Railway Station Tarbiyat street Tomb of Two Kamals

v t e Iranian architecture
Periods	Pre-Islamic Achaemenid Parthian style Sasanian Islamic Early Islamic Seljuk Ilkhanid Timurid Safavid
Types	Bazaars Caravanserais Khaneqah Mosques Takyeh
Elements	Ab anbar Andaruni Biruni Burj Chahartaq Dalan e Vorudi Gonbad Hashti Howz Imamzadeh Iwan Kariz Kucheh Panjdari Persian Garden (hayāt) Qanat Sahn Shabestan Talar Windcatchers Yakhchāl
Traditional cities	Amol Andijan Baku Bam Bukhara Ctesiphon Derbent Ganja Gur-e-Amir Hatra Herat Isfahan Kashan Kashmar Khiva Khorramabad Mashhad Merv Nakhchivan Nishapur Persepolis Qazvin Qom Samarkand Shahrisabz Shiraz Susa Tabriz Takht-e Soleymān Tehran Yazd
Theory and analysis	Islamic architecture Traditional Persian residential architecture Traditional water sources of Persian antiquity
Lists	Architects of Iran Args, castles, and ghal'ehs List of ab anbars of Qazvin List of mosques List of ziyarat-gahs

v t e East Azerbaijan province
Capital	Tabriz
Counties and cities	Ahar County Ahar Hurand Ajab Shir County Ajab Shir Khezerlu Azarshahr County Azarshahr Gugan Mamqan Bonab County Bonab Bostanabad County Bostanabad Tekmeh Dash Charuymaq County Qarah Aghaj Hashtrud County Hashtrud Nazarkahrizi Heris County Heris Bakhshayesh Khvajeh Kolvanaq Zarnaq Jolfa County Jolfa Hadishahr Siah Rud Kaleybar County Kaleybar Abish Ahmad Khoda Afarin County Khomarlu Malekan County Malekan Leylan Maragheh County Maragheh Kharaju Marand County Marand Bonab Jadid Koshksaray Yamchi Zonuz Mianeh County Mianeh Aqkand Tark Torkamanchay Osku County Osku Ilkhchi Sahand Sarab County Sarab Duzduzan Mehraban Sharabian Shabestar County Shabestar Khamaneh Kuzeh Kanan Sharafkhaneh Shendabad Sis Sufian Tasuj Vayqan Tabriz County Tabriz Basmenj Khosrowshahr Malek Kian Sardrud Shahriar Varzaqan County Varzeqan Kharvana
Landmarks and Sights	Amir Nezam House Arasbaran Arg of Tabriz Azerbaijan Museum Babak Fort Bazaar of Tabriz Blue Mosque, Tabriz Eynali Quri-gol Haidar Zadeh house House of constitution Iron Age museum Jamee mosque of Tabriz Kandovan Khodaafarin Bridges Maqbaratoshoara Maragheh observatory Museum of Ostad Bohtouni Saint Stepanos Monastery Gonbad-e Sorkh El-Gölü Tabriz Municipality Zahhak Castle Kiz bridge
Places	List of cities, towns and villages in East Azerbaijan Province

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