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Jameh Mosque of Ferdows

mosque in Ferdows, Iranian national heritage site

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ3399887 ↗
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The Jāmeh Mosque of Ferdows (Persian: مسجد جامع تون/فردوس, romanized: Masjid-e-Jāmeh Toon/Ferdows; Arabic: جامع فردوس), also known as the Jāmeh Mosque of Tun and the Jāmeh Mosque of Toon, is a Shi'ite Friday mosque (jāmeh), located in the center of the town of Toon, in the city of Ferdows, in the province of South Khorasan, Iran.

It is mostly believed that this mosque was built during Seljuk era, in the 11th century, but some researchers believe that it was constructed in the 7th century. The mosque was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 15 December 1975, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1975—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Jameh, Mosque and Ferdows can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Jameh Mosque of Ferdows” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.