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Arslan Jadhib Mausoleum and Minaret

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Creator(s)
Persian, Islamic
Time period
creation date: 997-ca. 1028
Location
Site: Sang Bast (Khorasan, Iran)
Cultural context
Persian
Islamic
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
Work type
Minaret
Mausoleum
Medium
brick
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Rights
(c) Melanie Michailidis 2003
Access rights
All rights reserved
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