Emamzadeh Zanjiri

Emamzadeh Zanjiri is a mosque in , . Emamzadeh Zanjiri is situated nearby to the government office , as well as near the mosque .
Photo: Mehrdad JF, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Shia
  • Description: imamzadeh in Shiraz, Iranian national heritage site
  • Also known as: “Imamzadeh Jalal al-Din (Shiraz)”, “Imamzadeh Zanjiri”, and “جلال‌الدین بن علی زین‌العابدین”
  • Address: شیراز

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nasir al-Molk House and Naranjestan-e Qavam Garden.

Government office
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is a government office.

Garden
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Qavam House, also known as Narenjestan-e Qavam, is a Qajar era house and garden in , , built between 1879 and 1886. During the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the house became the headquarters of 's Asia Institute, directed by Arthur Upham Pope, and later Richard Nelson Frye. is situated 370 metres east of Emamzadeh Zanjiri.

Mosque
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The Shah Cheragh is a Twelver Shi'ite funerary monument and religious complex located in , in the province of , . The 12th-century complex is centred around the mausoleum of Sayyid Ahmad, the son of Musa al-Kazim, who is known as Shah Cheragh in local traditions, and hence the building's name. is situated 540 metres west of Emamzadeh Zanjiri.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shiraz and Golestan Square.

Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital city of the province and a treasure trove of Persian culture. It was the capital of during the Zand dynasty's era, and is the celebrated birthplace of the great Persian poets Hafiz and Saadi.

Neighborhood
Shiraz is the fifth-most-populous city of and the capital of , 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 was home to almost 1,800,000 inhabitants.

Neighborhood
Shahrak-e is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of , , . At the 2006 census, its population was 11,397, in 2,827 families. is situated 8 km north of Emamzadeh Zanjiri.

Emamzadeh Zanjiri

Latitude
29.60857° or 29° 36′ 31″ north
Longitude
52.54884° or 52° 32′ 56″ east
Open location code
7HXJJG5X+CG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 836745690
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­shia
Wiki­data ID
Q5943421
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Persian—“Emamzadeh Zanjiri” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مرقد زنجيري”
  • Persian: “امامزاده زنجیری”

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