Hajar Khatoon Mosque

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Hajar Khatoon Mosque
مسجد هاجرخاتون
Sanandaj Hajar Khatoun.jpg
Religion
AffiliationShia Islam
Location
LocationSanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran
Architecture
TypeMosque
CreatorHaj Sheikh Shokrollah

Hajar Khatoon Mosque (in Kurdish: مزگت هاجه رخاتوون, in Persian: مسجد هاجرخاتون) is architecturally a unique and ancient Muslim mosque (now a tourist destination) in the city of Sanandaj in Kurdistan Province, Iran.

Hajar Khatoon Mosque was built more than hundred years ago by who was a very prominent Sunni cleric or Sheikh in that region.

Shrine[]

In 813 AD and after the death of Hajar Khatoon; daughter of Seventh Shīʻa Imām and sister of eighth Shīʻa Imām, a shrine was built to commemorate her memory and later it became a place where pilgrims from all over the country come to visit.

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