This is a list of mausoleums in Iran. A mausoleum is a building constructed as a monument enclosing a grave of a person or a group of people.[1] In Iran, a mausoleum can be a standalone building, or it can be attached to a mosque or even function as one.[2] Sometimes such buildings can be known as Imamzadeh.
The Mausoleum of Prophet Qeydar in Zanjan province.
The tomb of Cyrus the Great, an example of pre-Islamic mausolea
Pre-Islamic mausoleums
Achaemenid Empire
Unknown period of construction
Post-Islamic mausoleums
Ardabil Province
East Azerbaijan Province
- Tomb of Qara Qoyunlu emir Jahan Shah
- Mausoleum of Awn and Zayd, sons of Ali
Gilan Province
Fars Province
Hamadan Province
- Tomb of the Prophet Habakkuk
Kermanshah Province
- Tomb of Wais-e Nāzār
Isfahan Province
- Monar Jonban
- Al-Rashid Mausoleum
- Baba Ghassem Mausoleum
- Mausoleum of Safavid Princes
- Shrine of Abdul Samad al-Isfahani
- Shahshahan mausoleum
- Imamzadeh Ismail and mausoleum of Prophet Isaiah
- Tomb of Roknolmolk in the Roknolmolk Mosque
- Mausoleum of Baba Rukn al-Din Beyzayi
- Soltan Bakht Agha Mausoleum
- Chehel Dokhtaran mausoleum
Razavi Khorasan Province
Zanjan Province
Modern (20th century) mausoleums
See also
- List of Imamzadeh for a more comprehensive list on the Imamzadeh shrines and mausoleums of Iran
- List of mosques in Iran
References
- ↑ كتابات في الميزان: المقام والمرقد والعتبة، يوسف البيومي، تاريخ الوصول 27 نوفمبر 2013. Archived 2017-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Esposito, John L. 2003. The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford University Press. Oxford. p 136.
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