Most cities of the Province
especially Hamedan, Nahavand and Toyserkan
are very ancient. Herodot,
Greek historian Called Hamedan as Ekbatan and said that
Diaeco (founder of Median dynasty) has built it.
Achamenidae called Hamedan Hegmataneh (place to
assemble) and chose it as their capital. As you read in
history of Iran, Hamedan was the first capital of the
first government in Iran. Archeological excavations in
Gyan Hill (Nahavand), site of Habakuk the Prophet and
his immigration to Tuyserkan (about 700 BC), Babakamal
historical hill in Tuyserkan, Nooshijan historical hill
near Malayer show the antiquity of these three cities.
Various cultural and historical monuments
in Hamedan cause that in the
date of April 21th , 1991 in the Nation Supreme
Council of Architecture&
Urbanism meeting,This city has
recognition as one of the six historical and
cultural cities of the country.
Massjed-e Jame' of Hamedan (Jame' Mosque)
This mosque is located
at the beginning of
Ekbatan street, near
Imam Khomeini square.
According to a tablet
located on the front of
the Mosque's big Ivan
(entrance). it was built
in 1253 A.H. during the
Fathalishah Ghajar
ruling period. "Masajed-e-Jame'
(Jame’ mosques) as its
name implies have
central position in
relation to other
mosques and they always
are the place of
gathering people.
It has a square shape
plan with three entrance
gates, three Ivan. Six
minarets, two old and
new Shabestans, a yard
and a big brick dome.
In the south main Shabestan, there are
tablets on which some Kouranic verses
were written on the yellow tiles in sols
and at the entrance. Some poems were
engraved in calligraphic forn, on a big
stone with diameter of one meter, 13 cm
edge tickness and one meter height. It
shows the name of founder and date of
construction as follows:
Religion servant, a celestial being,
Al-Haj Al-Vaghef Al-Hamd Khan 1251 A.H.
Probably, the stone has been there
before the mosque, because there is
difference between the date of building
and the written date of the stone. This
mosque was registered as an Iranian
historical monument No.1733 dated
26.6.1996.
