A research on the funerary monuments of Royan Province and causes of entombing in the area

Mirazi, Zahra (2017) A research on the funerary monuments of Royan Province and causes of entombing in the area. Masters thesis, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili.

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Abstract

The tradition of building a shrine in Iran dates back to the era of the Ilam regime, and it continued to dominate in the domain of the realm of Iranian governments until Sasanian period. During this period, according to the religious beliefs of this tradition, it was somewhat abandoned and was used by student and blackout towers. With the fall of the Sasanian dynasty and the advent of Islam, despite of the explicit prohibition of the narrations, after a while Muslim people – especially the Shiites- according to some other narration and also from the head of enthusiasm and devotion to the prophets and the Imams, the construction of distinct and distinctive structures was made. It was not until then that the bounty began to work, and later on by the benefactors and rulers in order approach them and seek the ghosts of these magnates to expand and improve and rebuild the building. In the southern parts of the south of Mazandaran, before the advent of Islam, the monastery has not been registered. Such buildings were built in the eastern parts of this area, namely, in the provinces of Golestan and the eastern and central parts of Mazandaran province in the early centuries of Islam (such as the Lajim, Raskat, and Gonbad Qaboos towers). But in the western part of Mazandaran province, which is called Royan province, this building is much more recent and is based on inscriptions, forms, and comparison with the surrounding areas belonging to the 9th century. The following study revealed that the main reason for the change of religion from Sunnis to Shiism by King Kiumars, as well as his own efforts in constructing this building, was to quickly build these buildings. Most of these buildings are in the shape of a four-sided and 8-hinged bricks and dome decks.

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