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The interiors of many Imamzadehs are covered with mirrors to create a brilliant display of light.
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Tomb of Sultan Mutahhar, near Roudehen. The current structure was built in the 15th century and contains the tomb of the murdered son of Jafar as Sadiq.
An Imamzadeh (meaning Imam-born) is a Persian word that refers to an immediate descendant of a Shi'a Imam.

The word is also used to refer to a shrine that is specific to Shi'a Islam and in which the Imamzadeh is buried.

These are honored in respect of the Shia Imams, who are venerated in popular Shia tradition.

These shrines attract many visitors and pilgrims for Ziyarat, and are scattered in many numbers throughout the Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

They usually exhibit exquisite architecture and craftsmanship in their interiors.

A typical example: Imamzadeh Saleh

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The architecture of Iran and historical Persia
Elements
Bazaars  The Persian Garden (hayāt)  Windcatchers  Shabestan  Kucheh  Talar  Iwan  Howz  Panjdari  Hashti  Andaruni  Biruni (persian architecture)  Dalan e Vorudi  Qanat  Kariz  Gonbad  Ab anbar  Yakhchal  Caravanserais  Robats  Burj  Khaneqah  Tekyeh  Sahn  Imamzadeh  mosques
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fɒːɾˈsiː in Perso-Arabic script (Nasta`liq style):  
Pronunciation: [fɒːɾˈsiː]
Spoken in: Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and areas of Uzbekistan and Pakistan.
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Prophets, salaf & caliphs:
Prophets of Islam
Ahl al-Bayt
Muhammad's wives
Sahaba
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shrine, from the Latin scrinium (‘box’; also used as a desk, like the French bureau) is originally a container, usually in precious materials, especially for a relic and often a cult image, and/or a holy or sacred place , often containing the same,
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Shī‘a terms
  • Shi'a Islam
  • Moderate Shi'a
  • Real Shi'a
  • Shi'a of Ali
  • Shi'a of Uthman
  • Shi'a of Mauwiyah
Shī‘a Islam, also Shi‘ite Islam or Shi‘ism
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pilgrim is one who undertakes a religious pilgrimage, literally 'far afield'. This is traditionally a visit to a place of some religious significance; often a considerable distance is traveled. Examples include a Muslim visiting Mecca or a Christian or Jew visiting Jerusalem.
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Ziyarat is a pilgrimage to sites associated with the Islamic prophet Muhammad, his companions, or other venerated figures in Islamic history, such as Shi'a imams or Sufi saints. It literally means 'meeting'.
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Sorūd-e Mellī-e Īrān ²


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Motto
الله أكبر    (Arabic)
"Allahu Akbar"   (transliteration)
"God is the Greatest"
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Architecture is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. A wider definition often includes the design of the total built environment: from the macrolevel of town planning, urban design, and landscape architecture to the microlevel of construction details and,
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Imam Zadeh Saleh is a Shi'a Imamzadeh, whose shrine is located at Tajrish Square in Tehran's northern Shemiran district, in Iran.

Imam Zadeh Saleh is the son of the seventh Shi'a Saint Musa al-Kazim, and the brother of Ali ar-Rida.
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Prophets, salaf & caliphs:
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mausoleum (plural: mausolea) is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons.
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Sayyid (سيد) (plural Saadah) is an honorific title that is given to males accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, who were the sons of his daughter
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Architecture in "Greater Iran" has a continuous history from at least 5000BCE to the present, with characteristic examples distributed over a vast area from Syria to North India and the borders of China, from the Caucasus to Zanzibar.
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Ziyarat is a pilgrimage to sites associated with the Islamic prophet Muhammad, his companions, or other venerated figures in Islamic history, such as Shi'a imams or Sufi saints. It literally means 'meeting'.
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Ziyaret is the Turkish term for a place of pilgrimage.It literally means 'meeting'. It seems to be derived from Ziyarat, a Persian term for an Islamic pilgrimage, which itself is derived from the Arabic Ziyarah.
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Architecture in "Greater Iran" has a continuous history from at least 5000BCE to the present, with characteristic examples distributed over a vast area from Syria to North India and the borders of China, from the Caucasus to Zanzibar.
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bazaar (Persian: بازار) is a permanent merchandising area, marketplace, or street of shops where goods and services are exchanged or sold.
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Persian Garden (Persian باغ ایرانی) refers to a tradition and style of garden design which originated in Persia and which influenced the design of gardens throughout the larger region.
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Shabestan or Shabistan is an underground space that can be usually found in traditional architecture of mosques, houses, and schools in ancient Persia (Iran).

These spaces were usually used during summers and could be ventilated by windcatchers and qanats.
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In traditional Persian architecture, a Kucheh (کوچه), is a narrow especially designed alley. Also transliterated Koocheh, remnants of it are still seen in modern Iran and regional countries.
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Talar is the architectural term given to the throne of the Persian monarchs which is carved on the rock-cut tomb of Darius at Nakst in Rustan, near Persepolis, and above the portico which was copied from his palace.
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Iwan or eyvan (Persian: ayvān) is defined as a vaulted hall or space, walled on three sides, with one end entirely open.

Iwans were a trademark of the Sassanid architecture of Persia, later finding their way into Islamic architecture.
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howz is a centrally positioned symmetrical axis pool.

If in a sahn of a mosque, it is used for performing ablutions. If in a traditional house or private courtyard, it is used for bathing or for aesthetics or both.
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panj-dari is a traditional element of vernacular Persian architecture.

The word comes from "panj" (five) and "dar" (window or door), meaning "five windowed room".
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Andaruni (اندرونی) is a term used in Iranian architecture.

In traditional Persian residential architecture, the andaruni, is in contrast to the biruni
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