Chehel Dokhtaran mausoleum

Chehel Dokhtaran mausoleum
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Basic information
Location Kashan, Iran
Geographic coordinates 33°58′30″N 51°26′17″E / 33.975041°N 51.438168°E / 33.975041; 51.438168Coordinates: 33°58′30″N 51°26′17″E / 33.975041°N 51.438168°E / 33.975041; 51.438168
Municipality Kashan
Province Isfahan
Architectural description
Architectural type mausoleum
Architectural style Azari
Dome(s) 1

The Chehel Dokhtaran mausoleum 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

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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hosseyn Yaghoubi (2004). Arash Beheshti, ed. Rāhnamā ye Safar be Ostān e Esfāhān(Travel Guide for the Province Isfahan) (in Persian). Rouzane. p. 190. ISBN 964-334-218-2.
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