Blue Mosque, Tabriz. Covered in spectacular blue tiles, from which it derives its name, the Blue Mosque (“Masjed-e Kabud”) is a masterpiece of Islamic architecture in northwest Iran. The mosque was ...

TABRIZ, Iran . The "Blue Mosque" in Tabriz, the capital of Iran's East Azerbaijan province, is a monument from the Karakoyunlu era and is one of the country’s most important historical buildings ...

The Blue Mosque was built under their rule. Tabriz retained its administrative status under the Safavid dynasty until 1548, when Shah Tahmasb I who enjoyed the longest reign of any member of the ...

He told a mosque in Iran what he was looking for, and people there agreed to help create the tiles for the niche, which is roughly 8½ feet long by 9 feet high. The work took six months. The tiles ...

The Blue Mosque was built by Sultan Ahmet I, the Ottoman Empire’s sultan between 1603 and 1617. War bounty was typically used to fund large-scale projects like this, but the Sultan chose to use ...