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Patrickringgenberg · CC BY-SA 4.0

Landmark Middle East religious

Shah Mosque

1611 CE – still standing

Safavid masterpiece on Isfahan's Naqsh-e Jahan Square, renowned for its seven-color mosaic tilework and acoustically perfect dome

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Shah Mosque (Isfahan) on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

Before it was built (3000 BCE–1600 CE)
Safavid Empire (1650 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Defined
Persia (1783 CE–1914 CE) Border precision: Defined
Iran (1920 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined

Border precision

Defined

Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Middle East

Darvaza Gas Crater

1971 CE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Iran

Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Middle East

Eritrean–Ethiopian War

1998 CE – 2000 CE

Trade route · Middle East

Suez–East Asia Shipping Lane

Landmark · Middle East

Nasir al-Mulk Mosque

1888 CE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Persia

Attested 400 CE – 1914 CE

Conflict · Middle East

2026 Iran War

Landmark · Middle East

Our Lady of Lebanon

1908 CE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1611 CE and 2026 CE.

1736 CE Nader Shah's Campaigns 1744 CE Wahhabi Wars / First Saudi State 1798 CE Battle of the Nile 1804 CE Russo-Persian Wars 1869 CE Suez Canal

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Francis Bacon Figure · England 1561 CE – 1626 CE Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing

Image credits 6 pictures from Wikimedia Commons

Shah Mosque (Isfahan) Patrickringgenberg · CC BY-SA 4.0
Darvaza gas crater Tormod Sandtorv · CC BY-SA 2.0
Flag of Iran (official) SVG file: SiBr 4 Designer: Hamid Nadimi Construction: ISIRI · Public domain
Eritrean–Ethiopian War Skilla1st · CC BY-SA 3.0
Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque Matt Biddulph from UK · CC BY-SA 2.0
Our Lady of Lebanon FunkMonk · CC BY 3.0