Hajar Khatoon Mosque

Hajar Khatoon Mosque (in Kurdish: مزگت هاجه رخاتوون, in Persian: مسجد هاجرخاتون) is architecturally a unique and ancient Muslim mosque (now a tourist destination) in the city of Sanandaj in the Iranian Kurdistan.

Hajar Khatoon Mosque was built more than hundred years ago by Haj Sheikh Shokrollah who was a very prominent Sunni cleric or Sheikh in that region.

Shrine

In 813 AD and after the death of Hajar Khatoon; daughter of Seventh Shīʻa Imām and sister of eighth Shīʻa Imām, A shrine was built to commemorate her memory and later it became a place where pilgrims from all over the country come to visit.

See also

• Iranian architecture
• Kurdistan
• List of famous mosques

References

• Cultural Heritage and Tourism; Kurdistan Province
• Hajar Khatoon Tomb

Kurdistan Province Capital Sanandaj Counties and cities Baneh County Baneh Armardeh Buin-e Sofla Kani Sur Bijar County Bijar Babarashani Yasukand Dehgolan County Dehgolan Bolbanabad Divandarreh County Divandarreh Zarrineh Kamyaran County Kamyaran Muchesh Marivan County Marivan Chenareh Kani Dinar Qorveh County Qorveh Delbaran Dezej Serishabad Sanandaj County Sanandaj Shuyesheh Saqqez County Saqqez Saheb Sarvabad County Sarvabad Sights Abidar Zarivar Lake Hawraman Pir Shalyar Old bazaars of Sanandaj Hajar Khatoon Mosque Garden of ayatollah Mardokh Baba Gurgur's mausoleum Chehelcheshmeh biosphere (Diwandarreh) Lake of Vahdat dam (Sanandaj) Tengiwer inscription of Sargon II(Kamyaran) Garus ancient city Ahmadzadeh house House of Kurds (Asef's house) Khosroabad building Karaftu Ziwiyeh Grand mosque of Sanandaj(Dar-al ehsan) Avihang mosque Domenareh mosque (Double Minaret mosuqe),Saqqez Historic Quran of Negel Sanandaj museum of natural history Sanandaj museum Hajij populated places List of cities, towns and villages in Kurdistan Province