| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Mahan (Iran) | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | creation date: 1436/840 AH, restoration date: Safavid reconstruction, 1601/1010 AH, alteration date: additions, Qajar period | en_US |
| dc.creator | Unknown | en_US |
| dc.date | 1436/840 AH | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-26T14:49:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-10-26T14:49:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1436 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 176860 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/82592 | |
| dc.description | In 1406 Aleppo-born Sufi shaykh, and later saint, Shah Nur ad-Din Ni'matullah Vali moved to Mahan, a village outside Kirman, where he established an order of dervishes. He died in 1431 aged over 100. In 1436 a shrine was erected in his honor and became a pilgrimage site; with the attention of successive rulers contributing various additions over the centuries.
The shrine complex as it now stands, comprises three courtyards arranged axially communicating with dependent structures. The earliest work is attributed to the Bahmanid ruler Ahmed I Vali who erected the sanctuary chamber in 1436. Shah Abbas I undertook extensions and renovations in 1601, including renovation or reconstruction of the dome. During the Qajar period the site was particularly popular, necessitating the construction of additional courtyards to accommodate increased numbers of pilgrims. The minarets also date from this period.
Source: Archnet | en_US |
| dc.description | interior, domes with muqarnas squinches and oculi, 1984 | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | brick | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 121525 | en_US |
| dc.rights | (c) Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom | en_US |
| dc.subject | Shrines | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dervishes | en_US |
| dc.subject | Architecture, Islamic --Iran | en_US |
| dc.subject | Religious architecture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Architecture, Safavid | en_US |
| dc.subject | Architecture, Timurid | en_US |
| dc.subject | Domes | en_US |
| dc.subject | Oculi | en_US |
| dc.subject | Muqarnas | en_US |
| dc.title | Aramgah-i Ni'mat Allah Vali | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Shrine of Shah Nur ad-Din Nimatullah Vali | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Shrine of Nureddin Nimat Allah | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Shrine of Shaykh Ni'matullah | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Shrine of Shaykh Nemetollah | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Shrine of Shaykh Ni'matallah | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Shrine of Shah Nur ad Din Ni'matullah Vali | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Mausoleum of Shah Ne'mat-ollah | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Shrine of Shah Nur ad-Din Ni'matullah Vali | en_US |
| dc.type | Image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | All rights reserved | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | Box 66b 593 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Iranian | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Islamic | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction | en_US |
| vra.worktype | Shrine (structure) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | Tomb | en_US |
| vra.worktype | Mosque | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Iranian, Islamic | en_US |
