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Chihil Dukhtaran

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Alternative Titles
Chehel Dukhtaran
Chehel Dokhtaran
Chihil Dokhtaran
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/49962
Description
Brick tomb tower with conical roof nestled next to later Safavid shrine. Bands of brick decoration below dome with a band of knotted Kufic inscription in between. Single entrance leading to single chamber. Built for Seljuq governor of Damghan, modelled on the slightly earlier Pir-i Alamdar.
 
exterior, inscription below drum, 2003
 
Type of Work
Gumbad
Subject
Brickwork, Towers, Kufic, Seljuq, Inscriptions, Arabic, Architecture, Islamic --Iran, Sepulchral monuments, Gumbads, Decoration and ornament, Architectural --Iran, Tombs --Iran
Rights
(c) Melanie Michailidis 2003
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