A gilded tableau from the tenth century of hijra One of the...

A gilded tableau from the tenth century of hijra One of the valuable things in the museum A gilded tableau from the Safavid age A gilded tableau from the tenth century of hijra Jamkaran Mosque lies in the east-south of Qom about six kilometers from the city. The history of the mosque belongs to the year 393 A.H. It is mentioned that it has been established according to directions from Imam al-Mahdi (s).Thousands of Muslims visit the mosque to offer the prayer and to be blessed.

Crowdness in the mosque reaches its culmination on Tuesdays and nights of Wednesdays to recite du’a for the sake of the appearance of the disappearing imam (may Allah hasten his deliverance). Al-Masjid al-Jami’ in Qom is one of the very ancient mosques. This school lies in the area of al-Masjid al-Jami’ (mosque). It belongs to the Safavid age. The Library of al-Mar’ashi an-Najafi is one of the international libraries. 12200 manuscripts have been indexed recently.

The indexes have been published in thirty volumes whereas work is on to publish the rest of indexes, which are expected to reach sixty volumes. The manuscripts in the library are more than 32000 ones. The first brick of the library has put in holy Najaf in Iraq and after the emigration of its founder Ayatollah al-Mar’ashi an-Najafi to Iran in 1343 A.H.

he has kept the books in his room but when the books and manuscripts, which he has kept on buying day after day, have become too many, he has gifted 278 rare manuscripts to the College of Theology in Tehran in 1338 A.H./1959 A.D. A copy of the holy Qur’an written in Kufic handwriting by Ibnul Bawwab (Ali bin Hilal) in 392 A.H.

A copy of the Qur’an written on parchment in Maghribi handwriting-the fourth century of hijra The shrine of Ali bin Ja’far (s) The land of the governorate is full of tombs of the saints. Most of them have belonged to the tree of Ahlul Bayt (s). The tombs of the saints in Qom are about 444 ones. Qom is famous for hand-weaving silk carpets. Silk carpets of Qom are considered as the best and at the top of handcrafts in Iran and in the world.

The big bazaar is one of the wonderful architectural works. It has been built by the Iranian architect Hasan al-Mi’mar, who was from Qom, in 1278 A.H. An ancient market of silk carpets (Teemtcheh) belongs to 1301 A.H. The high quality of this kind of carpets and its beauty and coordination of colors has put Iran in the first row internationally due to this craft.