Jaame Mosque (Friday)

The Jām'eh mosque is located in the town of Ardabil (homonymous region). This historic building built over the centuries of early Islam, placed next to a temple of fire belonging to the arsacide period referred to in the previous building of the mosque, is what remains of an imposing mosque, large and rare in different periods, in particular in that Seljuq it took shape and until the beginning of the Safavid period it was renowned.

This mosque in the Seljuk period and ilkhanide was much wider than the current cubic building and the remaining construction consists exclusively of the gonbadkhāneh and by the 'Iwan of the great mosque and the single cylindrical brick minaret is a reminder of the Seljuk era.

The passage of time, the attack of the Mongols, the strong earthquake and having built within certain limits, up to a certain point were the cause of the ruin of the building as the courtyard, theIwan and its magnificent arch and gradually its amplitude diminished by reducing its surface to the present size.

This mosque was last restored at the time of the Ilkhanidi. After the excavations in the latest archaeological research the capitals in brick and part of the wall of the Shabestan of the old mosque - dating back to the Ilkhanid period - which have clarified within certain limits the precise date of the mosque and how the annexations and its evolution took place during the different ages.

The presence in this building of second-hand bricks, decorations with tiles and stucco work, etc. is comparable with the other buildings of the Seljuk period in Azerbaijan.

The Jām'eh mosque in Ardabil is also known as the Jom'e mosque (Friday)