Architectural Basics of Imams Descendants’ Holy Shrines in Iran

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Masoudi Asl Behzad; FARZIN AHMAD ALI; JAVADI SHOHREH; BARATI NASSER

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Journal: BAGH-E NAZAR Year:2018 | Volume:15 | Issue:64 Page(s): 5-18

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Architectural Basics of Imams Descendants’ Holy Shrines in Iran

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Masoudi Asl Behzad | FARZIN AHMAD ALI | JAVADI SHOHREH | BARATI NASSER | Issue Writer Certificate

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architectural style of holy shrines of Imams’descendantsQ1

death architectureQ1

mausoleumsQ2

architectural basicsQ1

sacred placesQ1

Abstract

Statement of Problem: According to existing statistics, there are more than four thousanddescendants of Shia Imams in Iran as the major hub of Shiism. During Islamic era in Iran, anumber of magnificent mausoleums were constructed for these respected descendants of ShiaImams which have given rise to a special style within Iranian architecture after the mosques. It isnoteworthy that in many of the mausoleums of descendants of Shia Imams their basic influenceon the process of formation, identity and expansion of many of Iranian cities in the Islamic era. Therefore, according to the fundamental and ideological importance of the holy shrines in Iran, it is important to perform explorations and researches in various aspects regarding the origin andthe genesis and the formation foundations and development of them so that the architects canbe provided with a better recognition thereby to copy their models and patterns. Of course, it isworth mentioning that, besides the Shiite holy shrines, there are many other mausoleums in Iran’ sSunni-dwelling regions constructed with the same patterns that belong to the assistors of theprophet (may Allah bestow him and his sacred progeny with the best of His regards), Rashedincaliphs and Sunni Scholars. Study Objectives: the present study aims at investigating the importance and the position ofarchitectural basics of the honorable holy shrines in Shiite denomination that can open a novelorifice to discussions on Iranian-Islamic architecture and, in fact, the main objective of thestudy is acquiring the architectural principles and basics of the holy shrines and figuring out andrecognizing the quality of their commonalities in conceptual and objective forms and, eventually, using these principles as theoretical foundations in the contemporary memorial holy shrinearchitecture. Study Method: the present study has been carried out based on an analytical-descriptive methodand utilizes qualitative research style to analyze the content and finally infer and express thegeneral principles. The information has been collected through library research and referring toauthentic historical documents as well as via field studies. To do so, the historical backgroundand the theoretical basics of the topic have been seminally investigated. In a second stage, fiveexamples of the prominent architectural styles belonging to various eras have been selected andthe geometry and the constituent elements, spatial position, naturalism and decorations thereinhave been evaluated and analyzed. Study Results: in the end, the study findings revealed many considerable points regarding theprinciples and basics of the holy shrines’ architecture and they are all indicative of the idea thatdespite their being built in various eras and making use of different forms and inscriptions andeven varying functional roles, these holy shrines feature common and identical principles suchas naturalism, symbolism, introversion, similar vernacular masonry, geometry, regular polygons, use of sacred religious symbols and elements like four-dome roofs as well as the collective spacefunctioning.

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Masoudi Asl, Behzad, FARZIN, AHMAD ALI, JAVADI, SHOHREH, & BARATI, NASSER. (2018). Architectural Basics of Imams Descendants’ Holy Shrines in Iran. BAGH-E NAZAR, 15(64 ), 5-18. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/125670/en

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Masoudi Asl Behzad, FARZIN AHMAD ALI, JAVADI SHOHREH, BARATI NASSER. Architectural Basics of Imams Descendants’ Holy Shrines in Iran. BAGH-E NAZAR[Internet]. 2018;15(64 ):5-18. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/125670/en

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Behzad Masoudi Asl, AHMAD ALI FARZIN, SHOHREH JAVADI, and NASSER BARATI, “Architectural Basics of Imams Descendants’ Holy Shrines in Iran,” BAGH-E NAZAR, vol. 15, no. 64 , pp. 5–18, 2018, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/125670/en

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