Mosque Names: Siraf Site C & F mosques
Country: Iran
City: Siraf
Site C Mosque
Year of construction (AD): 802
GPS: 27.667838 52.341286
Gibson Classification: Unknown
Site F mosque
Year of construction (AD): 800-899
GPS: 27.670651 52.309019
Gibson Classification: Unknown
Site M2 mosque
Year of construction (AD): 800-899
GPS: 27.668118 52.31744
Gibson Classification: Unknown
Descriptions:
Site C2 mosque
This is a square mosque dating from 802 CE. References are:
Whitehouse, David, 1971. “Excavations at Sīrāf: Fourth Interim Report”, Iran 9: 1-17. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/05786967.1971.11834801
Whitehouse, David, 1972. “Excavations at Sīrāf: Fifth Interim Report”, Iran 10: 63-87. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/05786967.1972.11834158
Whitehouse, David, 1974. “Excavations at Sīrāf: Sixth Interim Report”, Iran 12: 1-30. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/05786967.1974.11834179
Whitehouse, David, 2009. Siraf I: History, Topography and Environment, the British Institute of Persian Studies Archaeological Monographs Series 1, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 32.
Site F mosque
This small square mosque dates from 800-899. It has a square mihrab, and is 5.4 x 5.5 meters. Reference is:
Whitehouse, David, 1971. “Excavations at Sīrāf: Fourth Interim Report”, Iran 9: 1-17. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080⁄05786967.1971.11834801
Site M2 mosque
This mosque is 6.8x8.9 meters, has a square mihrab and dates from 800-899. Reference:
Whitehouse, David, 1974. “Excavations at Sīrāf: Sixth Interim Report”, Iran 12: 1-30. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080⁄05786967.1974.11834179
Excavations at site C.
References:
Whitehouse, David, 1971. “Excavations at Sīrāf: Fourth Interim Report”, Iran 9: 1-17. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080⁄05786967.1971.11834801
Whitehouse, David, 1972. “Excavations at Sīrāf: Fifth Interim Report”, Iran 10: 63-87. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/05786967.1972.11834158
Whitehouse, David, 1974. “Excavations at Sīrāf: Sixth Interim Report”, Iran 12: 1-30. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080⁄05786967.1974.11834179
Whitehouse, David, 2009. Siraf I: History, Topography and Environment, the British Institute of Persian Studies Archaeological Monographs Series 1, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 32.
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