Mausoleum, Anatolia - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Mausoleum, Anatolia - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Blessing, Patricia

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1062701
Doc. NO	:	ALei3098
Main Entry	:	Blessing, Patricia
Title & Author	:	Mausoleum, Anatolia - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Blessing, Patricia
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,608 words)
Abstract	:	The predominant type of Islamic mausoleum in Anatolia is a freestanding cylindrical or polygonal building with conical roof often considered typical of the region. Similar shapes were firmly established for Islamic funerary monuments in Central Asia and Iran by the early fifth/eleventh century. 1. Freestanding mausoleums In Anatolia, both stone and brick structures existed; the latter, such as the Mengücek Melik Gazi tomb (c.586/1190–1) in Kemah [Illustration 1], were closely connected to traditions of mausoleum construction in Iran. One of the earliest extant examples in stone
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei3098.pdf