in the islamic era, mausoleums were considered as the most important after mosques. constructing these buildings dates from the fourth century after hijrah, coinciding with the establishment of the earlier post -islamic dynasties in east and north east of iran. this tradition continued in later islamic periods in two basic rectangular and tomb tower types. the significant point about these buil...

In the medieval period, city of Ahlat was an important urban center in Lake Van region. The suffered serious depredations form military assaults and earthquakes between 13th 16th centuries that caused to be rebuilt at least twice some distance from location. While only meager traces fabric remain, preserves a remarkable funerary landscape cemeteries tomb towers attest dynamic workings local age...

one of the rich families of azerbaijan during mongol and ilkhanid period was “jamā‘at-e malekān” of tabriz. the persons of this family had rulership in tabriz and its districts and were nobles and respected persons for the mongol khans including holagu (rule: 651-663). some personalities of this family, like malek mahmūd, amīr majd al-dīn muhammad and abu al-majd tabrizi, were poets and scholar...

Kudüs, Orta Doğu’nun en eski tarihi dönemlerinden itibaren çekim merkezi olmuş, üç semavi din için önemli bir mevkide bulunması nedeniyle de orta çağ süresinde başat devletler bu şehre hâkim olmak istemişlerdir. Selahaddin Eyyübi döneminde Kudüs’ün kaybedilmesiyle büyük darbe alan Haçlılar, Doğu’da yitirdikleri konumlarını geri alabilmek yeni seferler düzenlemiş ancak bunlar kısa süreli başarıl...

The most important reason for the enrichment of decorative arts (especially illumination art) in Islamic societies various periods is prohibition depiction Islam. art illumination, which was mostly used to decorate Qur'an different historical Iran, including Great Seljuk period, influenced by previous and became a source creativity inspiration Muslims sometimes non-Muslim artists other countrie...