Dash Aghlian Mosque, Khoy

🕰️When was it built?

The mosque is attributed to the Qajar period, but its exact date is not known. It was added to Iran's National Heritage List in 1999. To understand it, the way the space is roofed in timber tells you more than any exact date.

🏛️What was it built for?

The building was used for prayer and religious ceremonies. A local story tells of a house being turned into a mosque; keep that story separate from the building's documented history. The courtyard and porch connect the outside with the covered part of the mosque.

👀What you will see

• The covered space is about 400 square metres, and its wooden roof was built with no central columns.
• A pitched roof sits over the wooden ceiling and shapes part of the building's outside look.
• The north porch faces the courtyard and has four wooden columns; these belong to the porch, not to the main space.
• The wooden capitals of the porch are carved and are among the building's decorative details.

💡Something interesting

Locals say the owner of the house dreamed of women in mourning in the courtyard and, on waking, found drops on a stone. In the same story, he turned the house into a mosque. This tale is the local explanation for the name weeping stone and counts as folklore.

🎒Good to know before you go

• Compare the roof of the main space with the porch: the main space has no central columns, while the porch rests on wooden ones.