Radakan Kordkuy Mil

Radakan Kordkuy Mil

Radakan Mil of Kordkuy is located in Golestan province and south of Kordkoy city, near Radakan village. This mill is built on a natural hill made of soil and stone.

The whole body of the building is made of bricks and its bricks are similar to the bricks of Qabus Tower in Goanbad Kavous city in terms of maturity, color and strength. Radakan Kordkuy Mil is in Golestan province and belongs to the 5th century AH and has been registered in the list of national monuments of Iran with number 145. This building is built on a natural rock and has a circular plan with an inner diameter of 6 meters and a thickness of 174.7 cm and a height of 24.90 meters. The roof of the building is in the form of two shells, the inner shell is in the form of an egg and the second shell (outer shell) is in the form of a straight and brick building with gypsum mortar.

Architecture of Radakan Kordkuy Mil

The roof of Radakan Kordkuy Mil is in the form of two shells, the inner shell is in the form of an egg and the second shell (outer) is in the form of a brick building with gypsum mortar. Its entrance is on the south side and has a decorative inscription in Kufic script, although it has been destroyed in the distant past. Its entrance is on the south side and has a decorative inscription in Kufic script, although it has been destroyed in the distant past. Below the Pakar area of Gonbad, beautiful inscriptions in Kufic and Pahlavi scripts have been executed with bricks and plaster.

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The name of the founder of the work and the beginning of the work (407 AH) and the year of completion (411 AH) and the name of its architect named Ahmad Ibn Life is written. The most beautiful part of the building is located in the upper part of it and consists of two rows of trains and two Kufic inscriptions on which the name of the founder and the date of the building are written. The inscription is written in elongated form and some consider it an imitation of the architecture of the Qabus dome. With the difference that the dome of Radakan tower has two covers and the upper cover in the form of a tall cone attracts attention and is considered one of the architectural masterpieces of the early centuries. The entrance is overlooking a precipice. The interior design of Radakan Tower is circular and has a very simple view. The whole body of the building is made of bricks and its bricks are similar to the bricks of Qabus dome in terms of maturity, color and strength. The mortar used in the building is plaster. This tower is the burial place of one of the generals of Al-Bavand of Tabarestan named Abu Ja'far Mohammad Ibn Vanurian Bavandi. The construction of the tower began in 1016 and was completed in 1020.

Tags: Radakan Kordkuy Mil, Mil, Golestan province

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