Garakani Dashteh, Shahin

* Ph.D. student of Archaeology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

[ 1 ] - An Investigation of Models of Installation of Memorial Buildings in the Two Urban Axes of the 9th and 10th Centuries AH based on Two Historical Texts

Herat and Cairo were two important Islamic cities in the Middle East, from the seventh to the ninth century AH. Cairo was the capital city of the Mamluks and Herat was the capital city of the Timurid government in Iran. In this paper, the construction of important urban monuments and buildings in the two main arteries, Herat Street (southern part of it) and Cairo’s Qasabeh Street, was examined....

[ 2 ] - "Mazar Street" Pattern in Timurid urbanism, Based on Historical and Archaeological Documents of Herat, Samarkand, and Shahr-i Sabz Complexes

The construction and placement of tombs on either side of an inner or outer city street, and with it, the formation of decorated facades on both sides of a path, was common during the reign of the Timurids. Early in this era, Timur built a complex inside the shahr-i sabz, which consisted of a street on either side of which the Timurid courtiers built tombs for themselves and formed the body aro...