Situated on the eastern side of Maidan-e Imam (Omam Square), the Sheikh Lutfullah Mosque was constructed between 1602 to 1619 A.D. in Shah Abbas I's era. The monument's architect was Mohammadreza Isfahani. He solved the problem of the difference between the direction of kaabeh and gateway of the building by devising a connecting vestibule between the entrance and the enclosure.
This mosque is different from all the others in Iran. It wasn't built as a public place of worship, but a private one mostly used by the women of the Shah. The mosque was named after Sheikh Lutfullah, a religious leader from what is now Lebanon, who was invited to Isfahan and was paid special attention by the Safavid king.