TEHRAN (IQNA) - Iran has nominated its Tarikhaneh mosque, which dates some 900 years, for possible recognition by the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO).

Seeking to help preserve and promote distinguished cultural heritage sites, the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is expected to announce the list of winners by the end of summer, IRNA reported on Thursday.

The report said that the mud-brick mosque, located near the modern city of Damghan in Semnan province, is expected to gain a place on the ICESCO’s Islamic World Heritage List (IWHL).

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Also called Tarik Khana, the place of worship is sometimes referred to as the “oldest existing” mosque in the country.
Also called Tarik Khana, the place of worship is sometimes referred to as the “oldest existing” mosque in the country. - Architecturally speaking, the mud-brick mosque incorporates a simple Arab plan with Sassanian construction techniques. An arcade lines the central courtyard, a single bay deep on all but the qibla side where it increases to three bays. The central aisle on the qibla arcade is wider and taller than the others, a form that presciently indicates the later ubiquitous monumental axis of Persian architecture. The mosque’s arcades formed by fired brick arches recall Sassanian precedents.