Takyeh Moaven-ol-Molk

Takyeh Moaven-ol-Molk (Persian: تکیه معاون الملک) is a takyeh and historic building in Kermanshah, Iran. It was built during the Qajar era as a Shia mourning site. On 1 December 1975, Takyeh Moaven-ol-Molk was recognized as a National monument of Iran. During the Persian Constitutional Revolution, the building suffered significant damage. Later it was renovated.^[1]

The building, which lies six metres lower than ground level, has three parts: Hussainiya, Zaeynabiya and Abbasiya. Museum of Anthropology of Kermanshah, and Clothes and Jewelry Museum of Kermanshah are located in the Abbasiya.^[2]

The walls of the Hossainieh are covered with multi colored tiles depicting a wild gamut of images including Islamic era Ghazi (warrior), Battle of Karbala and Iranian shahs, shahs of the Shahnameh, European villages, local notables in 19th-century costumes alongside pre-Islamic motifs from the Achaemenid era and Persepolis.^[3]

The architect was Asqar Memarbashi whose name has been written in an inscription on the building’s façade.

• Lion and Sun
• Abbasiya
• According to indigenous people's beliefs this heritage is sanctificated by the 8th Shia Imam
• Ancient history of Iran
• Story of Joseph
• Story of Soleiman ibn sor'al-khaza'i
• Interior of the dome