Jam Karan
Six kilometers east of the city of Qum stands the magnificent mosque of Jam Karan. In 986 AD, a devout Muslim by the name of Hassan ibn Muthlih had a mystical experience in which the Imam al-Mahdi (the Imam of the Ages, and son of the 11th Imam, al-Hasan al-Askari) and the prophet Khizr (the 'Green Sage') appeared to him and directed him to organize the building of a mosque on the holy ground of Jam Karan. The mosque was built by Sheikh Afif Saleh Hassan ibn Mosleh Jamkarani in 1006 and has attracted many pilgrims.
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