Arslan Jadhib Mausoleum and Minaret
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Alternative Titles
Mausoleum of Arslan Jazib
Mil-i Ayaz Minaret
Date
997-1032Description
Brick minaret buttressed by entrance portals and brick stairway, joined by a brick landscape wall which ends at minaret. A brick domed chamber with no decorative revetment sits near the base of the minaret. The chamber interior has an extensive brick revetment; dome is decorated with rings of brick bands of alternating inclination. A Kufic inscription encircles the base of the dome. Chamber walls are in brick and stucco with traces of wall paintings (inscriptions). [cataloguer] exterior, 2003
Type of Work
Minaret; MausoleumSubject
Minarets, Mausoleums, Seljuq, Architecture, Islamic --Iran, Sepulchral monuments
Rights
Rights Statement
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Item is Part of
126192