iranian art and architecture in islamic buildings of dagestan

cultural communications among nations consist of various subjects and architectural art styles are the most distinct and recognized subjects in this area of studding. the republic of dagestan in south of russian federation, not only from the past has cultural and historical relation with iran, but also ct located in the historical geography of cultural iran. this relationship was more due to the political and social domination of iran from sassanian period till tsar’s reign in 19th century. this land is close to northern provinces of iran, gilan and mazandaran. dagestan has so many cultural interrelationships with these provinces. in the province of mazandaran very special architectural art style could be observed which is comparable and similar with religious monuments in south dagestan. these similarities could be seen on wooden decorations such as on columns and windows, painting on roof and walls, plan of the buildings. in this article has been tried to focus on these similarities and compare two styles.