The said tomb is located on a hillock overlooking the tea plantations of Lahijan. Haji Mohammad Mirza, reputedly known as Kashef-ol-Saltaneh, impersonated as an army general set off for India. Here he learned the tea planting expertise and brought back ...
This 'tower of silence' is located near Eqriqash in a place called Fakhrgah (or Faghreghah) and is very likely to be the tomb of a Median prince. Within this cave there are three sites that most probabely one of them belongs to Fra Atis.
Dated 670-738 AH. he is reputed for his famous poem 'Jaam-e-Jam'. It is located in the midst of a verdant garden close to the building of Cultural Heritage Directorate.
This mausoleum is an 18 m. cylindrical structure belonging to the late 7th or 9th century AH. The portal and façade of the building are delicately decorated with tile-work, brick-work, inscriptions with the sacred names etc.
Javanmard-e Ghassab (lit. chivalrous butcher) is a legendary personality whose mosauleum is located in Shahr-e Ray (Rhagae) south of Tehran in a district in his name. The old name of this district was "Mansoor Abad"
Its a square shaped structure with ...
Abolfath Dehqan Samani (Seif-ol-Shoara) was a sufi who lived among the Bakhtiyari Tribes and expired in 1326 AH. The tomb of this sufi is situated approx. 28km to the north of Shahr-e-Kord and near by Zaman Khan Bridge. The architecture and method of ...
The tomb of this great poet lies in the village of Farumad, Shahrood. The structure and tomb are hexagonal, the latter has an engraving on it. The date of birth of this personality being 685 AH.
The said tomb is situated at a distance of 24 km. from Shahrood, in the village of Kherqani. On the tomb, is a slab of marble with a poetical verse engraved on it. Alongside the tomb was a mosque, of which only the altar with decorative plaster work ...
The historical mosque and Tomb of Molana Sheikh Zeinedin (Mevlana Mosque) in Taibad Torbat-e-Jam, lies close to the borders of Iran and Afghanistan. This Mosque constructed by Peer Ahmad Khaafi, Minister of Shahrokh Bahador Teimoori in the year 848 AH.
Qutb ad-Dīn Haydar (Also known as Heyder) was a Persian Sufi saint, of possible Turkic origin. His tomb is located in the Qaem Maqam Avenue of Torbat Heydarieh and consists of a complex of buildings unique in oriental architecture.
Qotbedin Heydar was ...
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