Jameh Mosque of Bukan

🕰️When was it built?

The mosque goes back to the reign of Naser al-Din Shah. Aziz Khan Mokri built the first building and Seif al-Din Khan Mokri completed it. In the 1890s, Mohammad Hossein Khan Mokri, Aziz Khan's grandson, ordered a new building a few metres above the original mosque.

🏛️What was it built for?

The mosque was built for congregational worship and has long been where Bukan holds its Friday prayers. That helps you see the mosque as part of the life of the town. When people are praying, don't get in their way or disturb them to look at the architecture or take photos.

👀What you will see

• Look at the brick domes; four of them were added when the mosque was enlarged in 1966.
• Notice the columns in the mosque; three of them also belong to that enlargement.
• The small mosque of Aziz Khan Mokri, Sardar-e Kol, stands beside the Jameh Mosque and belongs to the history of the complex.
• The mosque's place on the east side of the pool house shows its link with the old centre of Bukan.

💡Something interesting

Aziz Khan Mokri brought Molla Salam Sheikh al-Islam from Sanandaj to Bukan to lead prayers at the mosque. He became the town's first Friday prayer leader of that time, so the building's story is not only about construction; it is also about how the town's religious life took shape.

🎒Good to know before you go

• Combine the mosque with a visit to Sardar Castle; the two historic buildings are close together.