The Goharshad Mosque, a large-domed structure named …
Years: 1418 - 1418
The Goharshad Mosque, a large-domed structure named for a Timurid queen who contributed her own wealth for its construction, is completed in 1418 as part of the complex of structures that comprises the shrine of the Imam Riza in Mashhad.
The architect of the edifice is Ghavameddin Shirazi, who is responsible for so many of Shah Rukh's great buildings, with the architectural and decorative manpower supplied from Shiraz and Isfahan.
