Chihil Dukhtaran

Unknown

Unknown

Download139209_cp.jpg (867.7Kb)

Alternate file

139209_sv.jpg (687.6Kb)

139209_tm.jpg (20.74Kb)

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

Dome