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Sight-Seeing Places Qum
Bait al-Nour ( The House of Light)
In the Maidan-e Meer locality situated
in the Ammar-e Yasir avenue there is an Islamic seminary famous as Madrasa
Mubarak Sittiyah, which was the place of residence of Hadrat Fatima Masoumah
(A.S.) in Qum. Her Holiness (A.S.) after her arrival in Qum was ill and stayed
alive for only seventeen days. She stayed in this place which was during that
time the residence of Musa bin Khajraj. There was a mihrab (prayer niche) in
that place where Her Holiness (A.S.) performed her prayers and worship.
The Residence of Imam Khomeini (R.A.)
The residence of Imam Khomeini (R.A.)
is located in Yaqchal Qazi locality in the Muallim Avenue. It consists of two
floors, the cellar and the ground floor. The courtyard is situated in the south
of the residence and north-east of it has roofed spaces.
The staircase of the building divides it into
two parts, the outside part (the eastern gate) and inside part ( the western
gate). The hall in the eastern side was the meeting place and guest room for
the visitors. This house was built more than eighty years ago and was bought by
Imam Khomeini (R.A.) in 1956 and he resided in it till 1964, when he was exiled
from Iran. This building is preserved as a memorial and large number of people
daily visit this house. On the religious occasions special ceremonies are
regularly conducted in this house.
Madrasa Faiziyah
It is one of the famous Islamic
seminaries in the world. In the first half of the thirteenth century hijrah it
was built in the place of Madrasa Astana which was constructed in the middle of
the sixth century hijrah. This Islamic seminary consists of four balconies and
has two floors. The lower floor consists of 40 chambers constructed during the
Qajar period and 40 chambers in the upper floor were built in the fourteenth
century hijrah by the orders of Ayatullah Haeri Yazdi. Its southern balcony is
the oldest part of the Islamic seminary, which was built in 929 A.H./1522 A.D.,
and is decorated with beautiful glazed tiles. This balcony is connected to the
Atiq courtyard of the holy shrine and from here there is a gateway to the Atiq
courtyard of the holy shrine.
Masjid Jameh
The Jameh mosque of Qum is a double
balcony mosque in rectangular form. The dome and its basic structure were built
in the first half of the sixth century hijrah.
This mosque after the Imam Hasan Askari
(A.S.) mosque is the oldest mosque in Qum. According to authentic historical
sources the dome of the mosque was built in 529 A.H./1134 A.D.The name of Fath
Ali Shah is inscribed in the stucco work of
the mosque. The towering balcony in the south of the mosque with its colourful
stucco work belongs to the Safavid period and the northern balcony and the
prayer halls in the eastern and western sides of the mosque were built during
Qajar era.
The Great Qum Arcade
The great Qum arcade is situated in the north of the Bazaar and is
considered as one of the masterpieces of Islamic architecture. It was built by
master artisan of the Naser al-Din Shah Qajar's reign by name Hasan Qummi in
the year 1301 A.H./1883 A.D.
The founder of this great monument was
late Haj Sayyid Mahmud Tabatabai, the famous merchant of Qum who was also the
father of late Haj Agha Husain Tabatabai Qummi. This great arcade has two
openings to the New Bazaar and consists of three big domes and two half domes.
The central part of the arcade has a breath of 15 metres and its length is 28
metres without any pillars. The domes of the arcade are in the form of a skull
cap and its interior is ornamented with conventional fastening. The arcade
consists of 20 pavilions in the ground floor and 12 pavilions in the first
floor. In the past it was decorated with beautiful juniperus doors and windows
but unfortunately at present only its models are remaining.
Imam Hasan Askari (A.S.) Mosque
In the beginning of Astane Avenue and
beside the river side there is a big mosque related to Imam Hasan Askari
(A.S.), the eleventh Imam of the Shi'ites. It was built in the third century
hijrah by Ahmad bin Ishaq Qummi, the legal representative of Imam Hasan Askari
(A.S.) upon the orders of the Holy Imam (A.S.).
In this mosque the great jurisprudent
Ayatullah Muhammad Taqi Khansari delivered his lessons and great personalities
like Imam Khomeini (R.A.) and Ayatullah Araki (R.A.) attended these classes.
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