Ali Akbar Isfahani
Illustration — Statue of Ali Akbar Isfahani • Illustration — Shah Mosque by Ali Akbar Isfahani Ali Akbar Isfahani was a Persian architect of the Safavid era. He is best known for the Shah Mosque commissioned by Shah Abbas and built in 1611–1631. His name appears in an inscription in the mosque above the doorway of the entrance iwan complex of the mosque.
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Illustration — Statue of Ali Akbar Isfahani • Illustration — Shah Mosque by Ali Akbar Isfahani Ali Akbar Isfahani was a Persian architect of the Safavid era. He is best known for the Shah Mosque commissioned by Shah Abbas and built in 1611–1631. His name appears in an inscription in the mosque above the doorway of the entrance iwan complex of the mosque.
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Isfahani was born in 985 AH (1577 AD). He was a pupil of Badi' al-Zaman Yazdi, the grand architect of Shah Abbas.
Ali Akbar Isfahani (born 1570) is an architect.
The Shah Mosque is a mosque located in Isfahan, Iran. It is located on the south side of Naghsh-e Jahan Square. It was built during the Safavid dynasty under the order of Shah Abbas I of Persia.
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The Shah Mosque is a mosque located in Isfahan, Iran. It is located on the south side of Naghsh-e Jahan Square. It was built during the Safavid dynasty under the order of Shah Abbas I of Persia.
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- 1.Lonely Planet. Lonely Planet Iran. September 2017. 9781786575364.
- 2.Kishwar Rizvi. Affect, Emotion, and Subjectivity in Early Modern Muslim Empires. Brill. 29–30. 19 October 2017. 9789004352841.
- 3.ILNA. برشی از زندگی علیاکبر اصفهانی؛ معمار شاخص دوره صفویه. پایگاه خبری وزارت راه و شهرسازی. 15 September 2016.
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