Chehel Dokhtaran mausoleum

Chehel Dokhtaran mausoleum
Chehel Dokhtaran mausoleum
	Mid-19th-century photograph by Luigi Pesce
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Province	Isfahan
Location
Location	Kashan , Iran
Municipality	Kashan
	Shown within Iran
Geographic coordinates	33°58′30″N 51°26′17″E / 33.975041°N 51.438168°E
Architecture
Type	mausoleum
Style	Azari
Dome (s)	1

The Chehel Dokhtaran mausoleum ( Persian : (???????) ?????????? ) is a historical structure in Kashan , Iran . It is located to the west of Emamzadeh Soltan Mir Ahmad . The mausoleum was built in the Ilkhanid era. Its high simple unadorned dome is the hallmark of the architecture in the Ilkhanid era. ^[1]

Etymology [ edit ]

Chehel Dokhtaran means forty girls in the Persian language , but it is unknown for what reason this name has been given to the building. Some people believe that this building had been a mosque and school special to women just like Chehel Dokhtaran minaret and it was built like the minaret in 1112.

References [ edit ]

^ Hosseyn Yaghoubi (2004). Arash Beheshti (ed.). R?hnam? ye Safar be Ost?n e Esf?h?n(Travel Guide for the Province Isfahan) (in Persian). Rouzane. p. 190. ISBN 964-334-218-2 .

[1] Hosseyn Yaghoubi (2004). Arash Beheshti (ed.). R?hnam? ye Safar be Ost?n e Esf?h?n(Travel Guide for the Province Isfahan) (in Persian). Rouzane. p. 190. ISBN 964-334-218-2 .

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