🔴The Nasir al-Mulk Mosque🕌🔴 . ⚫also known as the Pink Mosque (مسجد صورتی Masjed-e Surati), is a traditional mosque in Shiraz, Iran. ⚫It is located in Gawd-i Arabān quarter, near Shāh Chérāgh Mosque. It was built during Qajar dynasty rule of Iran. ⚫The mosque includes extensive coloured glass in its facade, and displays other traditional elements such as the Panj Kāse ("five concaved") design. ⚫It is named in popular culture as the 'Pink Mosque',due to the usage of a considerable number of pink-colored tiles for its interior design. ⚫Construction began in 1876 by the order of the late Hassan Ali Nasir al-Molk, one of the lords and aristocrats of Shiraz, the son of Mirza Ali Akbar Qavam-ol-Molk, the ruler of Fars and was completed in 1888. ⚫The designers were Mohammad Hasan-e-Memār, an Iranian architect who had also built the noted Eram Garden before the Nasir al-Molk Mosque, Mohammad Hosseini Shirazi, and Mohammad Rezā Kāshi-Sāz-e-Širāzi. . . FOLLOW me @Historical_grams to enjoy more and more posts about our world's marvelous History.❤ . . #nasiralmulkmosque #nasiralmulk #irantourism #iran #mosque #pinkmosque #historical_grams #explorepage #featured #instagood #architecture #marvellousart #ancientcity #photography #irantravel #iranculture #pink #nasiralmolk #islam #picoftheday #qajardynasty #king #ruled #iranianarchitecture #followforfollowback #likeforlikes (at Nasir al-Mulk Mosque) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPZkeGfnq4w/?utm_medium=tumblr
