TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque or Pink Mosque is a traditional mosque in Shiraz, Iran, located in Goade-e-Araban place (near the famous Shah Cheragh mosque).
The mosque was built during the Qajar era, and is still in use under protection by Nasir-ol-Molk Endowment Foundation.
It was built by the order of Mirza Hasan Ali Nasir-ol-Molk, one of the lords of the Qajar Dynasty, in 1876 and was finished in 1888. The designers were Muhammad Hasan-e-Memar and Muhammad Reza Kashi Paz-e-Shirazi.
The mosque extensively uses colored glass in its facade, and it displays other traditional elements such as panj kaseh-i (five concaves) in its design. It is also named in popular culture as Pink Mosque due to the usage of beautiful pink color tiles for its interior design.
Restoration, protection and maintenance of this valuable monument, observing all international standards on historical places, has duly begun and is continuing by the Nasir-ol-Molk Endowment Foundation.
This foundation is one of the largest in Fars Province and is under the administration of Mahmood Ghavam. The foundation actively devotes most of its yearly income towards feeding the poor during and after the religious ceremonies of Muharram and Safar and towards the renovation and upkeep of this precious mosque.
Source: Iranontrip.ir
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