Recognition of Decoration of School-Mosques of Qajar Age of Arak

In Qajar period, the decorations are important because of integration of tradition and modernity. In addition,high number of mosque - schools in this period have made and their decoration of these buildings is important. Soin this research, three mosque - schools sepahdari, Aghazeiadin and Khansari in Arak city have been investigatedwith descriptive - analytical method to answer this question that what is decoration of this building. At this point,we have studied the historical sources and assembled the required data by direct presence in building and vectorphotography, then we have analyzed the necessary information. The results show that the decoration of these buildingsis tiling, brick, engraving on stone and build of gypsum. The tiling shows itself in motifs of Khataiy, Islimi,Moaagholi and Inscription and has the highest variety of motifs. Brick decoration has variety in tactic, locationand form, and it has the largest area. Also the results show that gypsum decoration with plant motifs and engravedwith geometric and Fantasy plant have been used. Finally, the findings of the study indicate that decoration of thesebuildings has 47 kinds of sample.