Stucco decorations are among the major decorative elements of the religious structures of the Ilkhanid period in Iran.Typical examples of these decorations are found in the mausoleum of Pir-i Bakran, located some” 30 km” southwestof Isfahan. Owing to the importance of the decorative technique and its great stucco decorations, several contemporaryIslamic scholars have described the mausoleum as ...

Abstract The village of Varāy (Viyar) is located at the foot Āq Dāgh Mountain in southeast Sultaniyya , Iran, and known for its impressive rock-cut architecture called Dash Kasan . history which later became Ilkhanid (Mongol rulers) capital, began with issue an order by Arghūn Khan (1258–1291 CE), to build a huge city enclosed stone walls fortifications. According many field, occupied prominent...

Bodies and glazes of tiles from the Ilkhanid period found at UNESCO World Heritage site Takht-e Soleyman were studied to identify materials certain technical characteristics architectural ceramics as part a larger project establish different productions. In addition, ceramic vessels excavated analysed for comparison. µXRF, SEM/EDX, Raman spectroscopy used material investigations. Qualitative no...

versified historiography as a style of historiographycame into being in 6th/12th century iran through imitating ferdowsi’sshāhnāma and reached its height in mongol era. consequently, in less than a century, more than ten versified histories were composed including one of the most famous one, ẓafar-nāma ofḥamd-allāhmostawfi. but it was zojājitabrizi who composed the first versified history, homā...

The art and architecture of the Great Seljuk period, known as Renaissance Persian Art in studies, left an undeniable effect on following periods. influenced by previous periods, became a source inspiration for artworks later aim this article is to introduce stucco ornaments inscriptions mihrab Ray, reveal important values thus provide opportunity evaluate influence area its power influence. As ...

In the period following the death of the last Mongol Ilkhan ruler Abū Saʿīd in 736/1335, the region east of the Mamluk Sultanate, from the Euphrates to the Oxus, was thrown into political upheaval. The Ilkhanate had been ruled by a dynastic line descended from Hülegü Khan, which, although witness to occasional succession disputes, had continued to provide undisputed leadership in the region sin...