A Symbolic Analysis of the Islamic Period Gravestones in the Ahar Museum

Abstract The Ahar city not only has a large number of historical cemeteries but also the courtyard city’s museum one richest Islamic-era gravestone collections. These gravestones date to thirteenth-eighteenth centuries and have been collected from inside as well surrounding villages. present study analyzes these based on symbolic approach. In this paper, we will answer question: What are meanings decorations Museum gravestones? We conclude that various motifs appear, including inscriptions, geometric designs, allegorical, military, narrative scenes. directly relate beliefs people who created them.