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The Shah's Mosque (Masjid Shah), Isfahan, Iran. This is part of the Naqshe'h Jahan ('The Design of the World') complex. Designed and built by Sufi Architects o
by eternalban 5y ago
The Shah's Mosque (Masjid Shah), Isfahan, Iran.
This is part of the Naqshe'h Jahan ('The Design of the World') complex. Designed and built by Sufi Architects of Safavid Dynasty, the complex is a symbolic occult representation of 'the world'. The 'Shah' in question here is 'The King of the world', i.e. God. Opposite the mosque is 'The market'. Along the long axis of the square is 'The Palace' of the earthly king, and opposite of that is another (quite beautiful) "Royal Mosque" that was used by the king, God's vice-regent. In the center, the field was used for Polo, the game of kings, symbolic of the "quite serious" (per Rumi) cosmological 'game'.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naqsh-e_Jahan_Square https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naqsh-e_Jahan_Square
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq2Qsm4YfnY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq2Qsm4YfnY
[p.s. After the revolution, the regime rather ignorantly renamed the Shah's Mosque to Imam's Mosque, confusing the "Shah" in question with an earthly king.]