an archaeological study on the burial tomb of ghorban tower in hamadan

ghorban tower as an architectural monument is one of the outstanding resting- place of islamic era in hamadan city which has not been studied properly. previous studies on the tower concerning its architectural features or its historical background showed that the tower may be a place where a dignified religious man named khajeh hafez abol'ala hamadani berried inside in saljuk era and afterward the dome itself was built on his grave by ilkhanids. our comparative study indicated that the tower is only work survived from a large complex including school, monastery, library, tomb etc. it has been built by the power of ilkhanids probably due to guard the name and memory of a religious leader in one of the regions of hamadan called sarbarzeh and bab-al-asad which was referred to in the historical texts of the islamic middle age.