The evolution of the physical organization of the fire temple to the mosque from the Sassanid era to the Islamic era of Iran

Naderian, Zohre; Zolfaghari Far, Seyed Jacob

doi:10.22034/(jupa-ei).2022.326243.1110

The evolution of the physical organization of the fire temple to the mosque from the Sassanid era to the Islamic era of Iran

Document Type : Scientific Research

Authors

zohre naderian ¹

seyed Jacob Zolfaghari Far ²

¹ University of Medical Sciences BSc in Construction

² Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yasouj Branch, Yasouj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasouj, Iran

10.22034/(jupa-ei).2022.326243.1110

Abstract

With the end of the Sassanid rule, the Islamic period began in Iran, Muslims needed a mosque for worship.
Hence, they turned fire temples into mosques and destroyed some of them and built mosques in their place.
In different historical periods, different elements were added to them with different styles.
In this research, questions such as the characteristics of the physical and spatial elements of the fire temple and how they change and become a mosque, are clearly stated and the researcher understood the reason for the changes in the buildings.
This research has been done by descriptive analytical method and with a historical perspective, which has been collected through data collection, and the result of studies on the buildings of mosques and fire temples in the Islamic period is as follows: Mosques are composed of 4 structures Have been, the first structure of the nave + courtyard of the mosque. Second structure: quadrangular + nave + courtyard. The third structure is only one nave and the fourth structure is only four-arched.

Keywords

Fire

fire temple

Sassanid period

Iranian mosques

Islamic period of Iran

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