english
                    
                    
                      
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        transnet.ir
                    
                    
                    
                        2
                           Law:: 
                           (Arabicized transmutation of the Persian  خانگاه )  In Iran a place at which dervishes and less frequently leading religious personages convene to worship God.  It is distinguished from a mosque for its extreme simplicity of the building style of the place, and for aspects of the religious convictions and practices of the people who convene at such places.  A خانقاه is open to public usually only on Thursday nights or on certain other religious occasions such as the birthday anniversary of the imams and especially Imam Ali.  Mosque-type pompous sermons of eloquence are seldom offered at such places and instead unaccompanied solo voice singing of poems in tribute to Imam Ali are a common feature of the informal rites at a خانقاه
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        فرهنگ تشریحی - کاربردی حقوق تالیف هرمز رشدیه