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The Lutfallah Mosque takes its name from Sheikh Lutfallah (Lotf Allah) Maisi Al-Amili, the distinguished scholar and teacher who came to Isfahan at Abbas’s request and took up ‘residence on the site; the mosque was only named after him later, after his death in 1622/23. Emerging from such a dark, twisting corridor, the interior of the mosque is a huge contrast, for the vast, glowing room is probably the most perfectly balanced interior in all Persian architecture. The additional function of the building is rather puzzling. In the foundation inscription over the entrance portal, it is called a mosque but the building lacks the standard accoutrements such as a courtyard, side galleries or minarets.(مسجد شيخ لطف الله)