Mosque (Imad al-Dawla) in the city of Kermanshah, 1868 AD.
The historical (Imad al-Dawla) mosque is located in the middle of the old market called (Tarîke Bazar), in the city of Kermashan (Kermanshah), located in eastern Kurdistan,
It is considered one of the most important historical mosques in Kurdistan and in the city of Kermanshah. And congregational prayers are still held there. The Imad al-Dawla mosque was built in the year (1285 AH / 1868 AD) by the ruler of the city of Kermanshah (Imam Quli Mirza), nicknamed (Imad al-Dawla), during the days of Qajar rule in eastern Kurdistan. The mosque (Imad al-Dawla) has two doors, one of the two doors is called the (Shah Najaf) door, and it is a wooden door that is said to be the door for the shrine of Imam Ali (PBUH), and it was brought from the city of Najaf and installed in the mosque. There is an inscription engraved on the tiles of the portico of the mosque (Imad al-Dawla), in which the name of the Qajar king at that time (Nasser al-Din Shah) is written, as eastern Kurdistan (including the city of Kermanshah) was under Qajar rule, and the name of the ruler of the city of Kermanshah at that time (Imam Quli Mirza) who was called (Imad al-Dawla), and he was the one who built the mosque, along with the history of building the mosque. The mosque (Imad al-Dawla) is built in the form of a quadrangular one, it has an entrance, a courtyard, a balcony, a courtyard of columns, and many rooms. It does not have a dome, and it has a clock tower with a height of 11 meters. The area of ​​the courtyard of the mosque (Imad al-Dawla) is about 30 x 24 meters, and it is surrounded by many balconies, rooms and openings. At the bottom of the basin, there is a basement that students use today as a zorkhane for practicing the popular sport dating back to the Sasanian era. [1] [2]