Vakil Mosque
The Vakil Mosque is a Shi'ite mosque, located in Shiraz, in the province of Fars, in southern Iran. The mosque is situated to the west of Vakil Bazaar and adjacent to the entrance of the bazaar.Photo: dynamosquito, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Mostafameraji, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque in Shiraz, Iranian national heritage site
- Also known as: “Masjed-e Vakil” and “Masjed-e Vakīl”
Photo: Yare zaman2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Omid Jafarnezhad, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vakil Bathhouse and South Vakil Bazaar.
Vakil Bathhouse
Photo: Arosha-photo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vakil Bath, Wakil Bath, or Wakil Hammam is a Zand era public bathhouse in Shiraz, Iran. It was a part of the royal district constructed during Karim Khan Zand's reign which included the Arg of Karim Khan, Vakil Bazaar, and Vakil Mosque, among other administrative buildings.
South Vakil Bazaar
Marketplace
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vakil Bazaar is a bazaar in central Shiraz, Iran. South Vakil Bazaar is situated 150 metres east of Vakil Mosque.
Pars Museum
Museum
Photo: Hooman Mallahzadeh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Pars Museum is a museum in Shiraz, Fars province, Iran. Founded in 1936 under Reza Shah Pahlavi, it is located in Nazar Garden. The octagonal building was the place in which royal guests were hosted by the Zand dynasty of Iran. Pars Museum is situated 200 metres north of Vakil Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shiraz and Golestan Square.
Shiraz
Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shiraz is the capital city of the Fars province and a treasure trove of Persian culture. It was the capital of Iran during the Zand dynasty's era, and is the celebrated birthplace of the great Persian poets Hafiz and Saadi.
Golestan Square
Neighborhood
Shiraz is the fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, which is historically known by the exonym Persia proper. As of the 2016 national census, the population of the city was 1,565,572 people, and its built-up area with Sadra was home to almost 1,800,000 inhabitants.
Roknabad
Neighborhood
Shahrak-e Roknabad is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 11,397, in 2,827 families. Roknabad is situated 7 km north of Vakil Mosque.
Vakil Mosque
- Categories: cultural property and religion
- Location: Fars, Central Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Mari—“Vakil Mosque” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المسجد الوكيل”
- Arabic: “مسجد الوكيل”
- Armenian: “Վակիլ մզկիթ”
- Armenian: “Վաքիլ մզկիթ”
- Bengali: “ভাকিল মসজিদ”
- Bulgarian: “Комплекс Вакил”
- Dutch: “Vakilmoskee”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد الوكيل”
- French: “mosquée Vakil”
- French: “Mosquée Vakil”
- Hebrew: “מסג’ד-י וכיל”
- Hebrew: “מסגד וכיל”
- Hindi: “वीकिल मस्जिद”
- Italian: “moschea Vakil”
- Italian: “Moschea Vakil”
- Japanese: “ヴァーキル・モスク”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Vakil”
- Korean: “바킬 사원”
- Lithuanian: “Vakilo mečetė”
- Persian: “مسجد وکیل”
- Russian: “Мечеть Вакиль”
- Thai: “มัสยิดแวคีล”
- Turkish: “Vekil Camii”
- Urdu: “مسجد وکیل”
- Western Mari: “Векил мечеть”
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