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[Masjid-i jum‛a](Isfahan) Mosque in Isfahan, Iran. One of the largest and most important buildings of the Islamic period in Iran, the mosque is a palimpsest of religious architecture, as it exemplifies the constructional and stylistic characteristics of all dynasties that reigned over the city (see fig.). The first mosque on the site (c. 771) was a relatively small building (c. 52×90 m) made of mud-brick with stucco decoration in a Syro-Mesopotamian style. In 840–41 this building was replaced by a larger one (88×128 m), orientated at an angle of 20° to the original mosque. The new mosque had a large central court surrounded by arcades and baked brick columns supporting a flat roof. A wider aisle led to the mihrab, and the external façade was decorated with blind arches. Towards the end of the 10th century, a row of columns was added around the court façade; the smooth plaster coating used in the earlier work was replaced by brick decoration in relief. The first real transformation of the mosque took place under the Saljuqs (...