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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Linjan (Iran)en_US
dc.creatorUnknownen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-21T15:38:35Z
dc.date.available2010-12-21T15:38:35Z
dc.identifier154638en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/58583en_US
dc.descriptionThe simple cell, for example, at Linjan near Isfahan, Iran, where the Sufi shaykh Pir-i Bakran lived and taught, was transformed after his death in 1303 into a shrine by the addition of an entrance corridor and an iwan.Single, monumental, blocked-up iwan in cemetery. Elaborate carved stucco (in the bevelled Samarran style), tile mosaic and brickwork.The Pir-i Bakran at Linjan, 30 km south-west of Isfahan, is the tomb of the shaykh Muhammad ibn Bakran (d 1303); adjacent to the tomb is a single iwan with extraordinary decoration in carved stucco.en_US
dc.descriptioninterior, detail of main room, pier with kufic panel, 1984en_US
dc.format.mediumstuccoen_US
dc.format.mediumbricken_US
dc.format.mediumceramic tileen_US
dc.relation.ispartof124209en_US
dc.rights(c) Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloomen_US
dc.subjectShrinesen_US
dc.subjectMausoleumsen_US
dc.subjectSufismen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture, Islamic --Iranen_US
dc.subjectReligious architectureen_US
dc.subjectDecoration and ornament, Islamicen_US
dc.subjectDecoration and ornament, Architectural --Iranen_US
dc.subjectInscriptionsen_US
dc.subjectKuficen_US
dc.titleShrine of Pir-i Bakranen_US
dc.title.alternativePir-e Bakran Shrineen_US
dc.title.alternativePir-i Baqran Shrineen_US
dc.title.alternativePir-e Baqran Shrineen_US
dc.title.alternativeShrine of Shaykh Muhammad ibn Bakranen_US
dc.typeImageen_US
dc.rights.accessAll rights reserveden_US
dc.identifier.vendorcodeBox 66b 544en_US
vra.culturalContextIranianen_US
vra.culturalContextIslamicen_US
vra.culturalContextPersianen_US
vra.techniquecarving (processes)en_US
vra.techniqueconstructionen_US
vra.worktypeShrine (structure)en_US
dc.contributor.displayIslamic, Persianen_US


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