Tomorrow is ours Today’s Weather Call to prayer time in Isfahan Isfahan Tehran Morning call to prayer : ° ° 05:27:47 3 c 11 c Noon call to prayer : 11:55:46 Yazd Evening call to prayer: ° 17:16:50 1 c ° 18 c Qibla Direction Shiraz 2 ° c 17 ° c 0 ° c 13 ° c NasPro-environment e NewspaperFarda Saturday|9December2017 |No.55635561 naslfarda naslefardanews 30007232 WWW.NASLEFARDA.NET Page:19 Soltanieh Dome: The largest brick dome worldwide Soltanieh Dome was constructed in Soltanieh. This never happened and renovations in the 19th century CE. 10 years. Its construction included the shrine became the mausoleum of At the same time, the plain served as two eras: One included brick and tile Oljaytu instead. The soil of Karbala an instruction camp for the army of while the other included plasterworks. and Najaf has been used in the tomb Qajar kings. It is the Mausoleum of Oljaytu which house to improve the spirituality.Lots Soltanieh is one of the outstanding was constructed during 1302–12 CE of houses were purchased and their examples of Persian architecture and in Soltanieh.Soltanieh was the third lands were added to the precincts of a key monument in the development capital of the Ilkhanid dynasty (after Soltanieh Dome. of Islamic architecture. The octagonal Maragheh and Tabriz), founded by Soltanieh Dome is the largest brick building is covered in turquoise-blue the Mongols. Since the area had horse- dome worldwide. The building’s faience. It is the earliest example of the riding site and greenery, it was located foundation is 0.5 meter. But it should double-shelled dome which still exists along the Silk Road. be at least 2.5 meters. However, it in Iran. The mausoleum’s interior On the sides of the ceiling, Qur’anic can bear the weight because of its decoration is also outstanding. verses and attributes of God have octagonal shape, Iran Daily wrote. Arghun Khan, the fourth Mongol ruler been written in beautiful scripts— Also, eight minarets help the building in Persia, decided to build a summer symbolizing both the Iranian art and maintain the balance. In addition, the residence in this region because it the submission of Iranians to the last building has been buttressed by many boasted good hunting grounds and divine religion.The dome is 48.5 scaffolds installed within it.Soltanieh rich pastures for horse breeding. His meters in height and 25.5 meters in Dome has witnessed and resisted 33 son, Ghazan Khan, had a mausoleum diameter. earthquakes — 1990 Manjil-Roudbar built over his tomb, known as Noor The length of each side at 17 meters. earthquake was the biggest one.After Hill. It has eight doors and eight porticos. It the death of Oljaytu in 1316 CE, the There is little information about dark blue faience tiles. Later, it was converted to Islam and the links with the octagonal pillars supporting the includes three stories and comprises city went into oblivion. Later, it fell the start of the new settlement until redecorated with plaster by using fine China became weaker. The Ilkhanid minarets. three sections: Dome, cellar, and into the hands of minor dynasties. Oljaytu (later Soltan Mohammad ornaments. dynasty governed Iran until 1335 CE. The entrance to the cellar is from the tomb.” In 1384 CE, Tamerlane’s army Khodabandeh) came to power in 1304 The immediate surroundings of The dome is the largest in the world southern portico. The layout or plan of Soltan Mohammad Khodabandeh has seized the city and sacked it, but CE when he decided to expand the the mausoleum consist of a stone after Santa Maria and Hagia Sophia. this cellar is a complex one, consisting been buried somewhere in the cellar. spared Oljaytu’s mausoleum. In the city and make it his capital, naming it terrace in citadel form. Today, it is an The structure is made of a mixture of seven segregated sections, each Since Mongols were afraid of the following years, the city suffered, Soltanieh. archeological site. of gypsum and to a lesser proportion part independent of the other. exhumation, they kept the burial place though it continued to function as a Together with Tabriz, Soltanieh The Mongols founded Ilkhanid limestone. The main elements of the artistic a secret. The tomb house is located on commercial center comparable to became a major trading center on the Empire in Iran with the capital in Soltanieh Dome is erected in three effects revealed in Soltanieh top of the cellar. Tabriz. In the 16th and 17th centuries route linking Asia and Europe. Tabriz, in the northwest. The title floors. The ground floor consists Dome are the inlaid brickwork, The Ilkhanids had converted to Shia CE, Soltanieh gradually declined Structurally, the building is ‘Ilkhan’ indicated subordinate or of eight sections. The first floor plaster moldings, engravings, religion, and they are believed to and remained in ruins. Only a village considered a masterpiece. The interior peaceful khan in deference to the comprises of halls that run throughout and tilework. All these create a have wanted to transfer the relics of was built over the remains. Oljaytu’s walls were originally decorated Great Khan in China. After Kublai this floor. On the third floor is the harmony that is of great artistic Imam Ali (PBUH) from Baghdad to Mausoleum underwent some with light golden-toned bricks and Khan died in 1294 CE, the Ilkhanids foundation column of the dome and value.

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