Sheikh Moezoddin Mosque

Sheikh Moezoddin Mosque is located on Khajeh Nasir Street, Hatami Alley. It's also known as SalarKhaneh Mosque as it stands in a neighborhood which carries the same name.
Situated in Maragheh its foundation was built in the Safavid era and the marble inscription on the south wall of the mosque it was renovated in the time of Shah Tahmasp I, and another renovation took place in Ghajar era.
The building lacks architectural features since it has frequently undergone some change. It's famous for its gravestones, courtyard, and the mausoleum inside which are definitely reliable historical documents in the region. There are two small and huge Shabestans(found in the traditional architecture of mosques, houses, and schools in ancient Persia) which are on either sides of the entrance corridor.
Near the entrance corridor you can see two small gravestones on one of which the date of 1200 is engraved and the other reads, 1240 AH.
The large Shabestan stands on the left-hand side of the corridor and inside the mosque lies the marble tombstone of Moezoddin, excavated in the north part of the courtyard.
In front of the mosque there is a platform on which a marble gravestone lies which reads, 871AH. In addition, many other gravestones are on the external walls and inside the mosque which reflect it dates back to 772 AH. The remains of the mosque include, a courtyard with two large doors on two east and west sides, a small and large mosque on the north part of the courtyard and a domed mausoleum behind the mosques. On the south part of the courtyard there used to be a couple of Hojres, small rooms, and Howz Khaneh, literally pond house, which have now turned into a mass of soil.
The mosques possess two ceilings and wooden columns. The boards covering the ceiling are decorated with Toranj, a motif used in Islamic art works, flowers, and bushes patterns and the columns have great capitals resembling those of the Safavid era.
The small mosque contains 6 wooden columns in a row and has two chiseled stone columns inside, one marble and the other granite. In front of the mosque there is an Ivan which on its west corner a small marble pond is seen which was used in Muharram month mourning ceremonies.
In the middle of the door and window of the small mosque, on their outside , two installed inscriptions in Sols and Nastaeligh bear a piece of poem engraved when Mohammad Moein, one of the Shiite scholars in Maragheh, died in 1147 AH. The large mosque has 36 wooden columns which are placed in 4 rows. Sheikh Moezoddin mausoleum contains a domed tower, resembling Ghaffariyeh Tower, whose dome has collapsed as a result of the wet and passage of time.
In the mausoleum space and mosques there are several inscriptions and tablets on graves which well indicate the history of Maragheh. Right when the lucky star of Shah Ismail Safavi was born, the lucky star of the dynasty, Momaezoddin, waned and the mausoleum was ruined. But in the time of Shah Tahmasp Safavi, a Shiite wealthy man named Haji Nabi Damian attempted to restore it and built a mosque and school on the ruins of the former mosque.
In 1372 AH, restorations were carried out whose evidence is shown on an inscription in Nastaeligh, a type of calligraphy for writing lyrics and poems.
Sheikh Moezoddin Oveis Bin Razidin Ibrahim was a politically and spiritually influential man who was the minister. According to the inscriptions of the mosques and mausoleum he was very kind, generous, and hospitable and a literature and art lover.
Sheikh Moezoddin passed away on Rajab 10, 815 AH. The mosque in Maragheh is his remains.