The Imam Hasan al-Askari Mosque (Persian: مسجد امام حسن عسگری, romanized: Masjed-e Emam Hasan-e Asgari; Arabic: مسجد الإمام الحسن العسكري), also known as the Imam Hassan Al-Asgari Mosque or simply, the Al-Askari Mosque, is a TwelverShi'itemosque and mausoleum, located in the city of Qom, in the province of Qom, Iran. It is named for Hasan al-Askari, who was the 11th Imam of the Ahlulbayt and the father of the 12th Imam in Shi'ite traditions.
The mosque was built in the 9th century CE by Ahmad ibn Ishaq Ash'ari Qomi, an Ash'ari theologian and Shi'ite narrator of hadith.[2] As centuries progressed, the mosque was gradually rebuilt and renovated into a larger form.[3][4] The Safavids renovated the mosque in 1717, but the only trace of this renovation is the southern loggia of the mosque.[4][3] During the Qajar era, a basement and a hall was built in the western side of the mosque in 1869.[4][3] Nine years later, a hall and a basement were added in the western corner of the mosque.[4][3] After the end of the Iranian Revolution, a new reconstruction plan was developed by Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani,[5] and was re-opened in 2015.[4][3]
On the south side of the entrance, there is a tomb a notable personality named "Haji Ali al-Naqi", an elderly cleric who assisted in some of the renovation works during the Qajar era.[3] Before the reconstruction, his tomb was in an old mausoleum with four arches.[3]
Aerial photograph of the mosque from 2018
Front view of the mosque
Inside the mosque
Some chandeliers hanging from the ceiling of a corridor in the mosque
A protest outside the mosque, with the people flashing banners that indicate this protest is only for cultural and not religious purposes
The mosque at night
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