Introduction and the study of Masjed-e Jameh Taabran in Toos based on archaeological excavations

Document Type : Original Article

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1 General Office of Cultural Heritage and Tourism of Khorasan Razavi, Mashhad, Iran and guest lecturer of the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Neishabour University, Neishabour, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Neishabour University, Neishabour, Iran.

10.22080/jiar.2020.3090

Abstract

Recent archaeological excavations in the historic city of Toos have provided important scientific facts. The discovery of the remains of city’s Masjed-e Jameh which the available data suggest that it was built in the mid fifth century A.H at the core of the city, is one of the results of these researches. From 5th to 9th centuries A.H, this Masjed-e Jameh has been reformed on so many different stages. The construction of a school in the eastern half of the chamber’s Qibla in the mosque, is sign of the finding importance of the education of mullahs especially in high tension times of 5 th-6th centuries A.H in Khorasan. In this article we will introduce this monument and it’s architectural structure.

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Journal of Islamic Archaeology studies
Volume 1, Issue 1
September 2020
Pages 83-98

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History

  • Receive Date: 05 March 2020
  • Revise Date: 23 March 0621
  • Accept Date: 04 July 2020

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