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Arslan Jadhib Mausoleum and Minaret

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Alternative Titles
Mausoleum of Arslan Jazib
Mil-i Ayaz Minaret
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/50186
Date
997-1032
Description
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, view of minaret, 2003
 
Type of Work
Minaret; Mausoleum
Subject
Minarets, Mausoleums, Seljuq, Architecture, Islamic --Iran, Sepulchral monuments
Rights
(c) Melanie Michailidis 2003
Rights Statement
All rights reserved
Item is Part of
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