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Damghan Pire Alamdar tower

Pir Alamdar Damghan Tower, which is one of the prominent examples of architecture in the fifth century AH, is located in Shahid Motahari St., Damghan, Semnan Province.

This tomb, which is one of the oldest towers in Iran, is one of the best examples of tomb architecture. Therefore, it has become very popular among researchers. According to the available documents and the Kufic inscription of the tower, it is said that the year of construction of the tomb of Pir Alamdar Damghan was 1026 to 1029 and was built by the order of Abu Harb Bakhtiar Ibn Muhammad, ruler of Qoms during the reign of Massoud Ghaznavi for his father Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim.

Among the features of the building, we can mention three examples of Kufic script used in it; Researchers believe that this type of writing has never been seen in any historical monument. Another thing that is attractive to tourists is the reflection of sound under the dome of the two shells of the building. The monument of Pir Alamdar Damghan was registered in 1893 with the number 79 in the list of national monuments. By participating in Persian trips tours, you can visit this tomb and other attractions of Semnan province.

 

The architecture of Damghan Pire Alamdar tower

 

The architecture of Damghan Pire Alamdar tower and its scriptural decorations out this building in the list of the most important existing buildings. This tower which has 13 meters height has circular design in its interior and exterior. The cylindrical part of the tower is divided into two parts. The lower part of the tower, which covers about half of its total height, has a delicate, simple brickwork without joints between the bricks. In this part, only the entrance gate of the building is located, which with its decorations has destroyed the uniformity of the tower surface. This entrance door, which is located on the south side of the tomb and faces the open courtyard in front of it, has a head decorated with an arch. The brickwork decorations on the front of the building are very impressive. The exterior of Pire Alamdar tomb in Damghan has a brick cover that has been adorned and preserved for many years. The tower has a conical, onion-shape dome. Under the dome there are beautiful brick and plaster decorations in the middle of which there is an inscription in Kufic script. Inside the tower and on the plaster, there is an inscription in crimson color in Kufic script. This inscription, which is one of the verses of Surah Zumr, has been added to the building in later periods. Experts attribute the history of this inscription to the Ilkhanid era based on the available evidence, including the existence of mosque remains from the Ilkhanid period next to the tower. This script is one of the unique and interesting features of the building that distinguishes Pire Alamdar Tower of Damghan from other historical buildings. Because in other historical buildings, the line of colored inscriptions can be seen in the outer part of the building, but the old tower of Pire Alamdar Damghan is the only historical work in which the inscription in dark blue can be seen in the inner part.

 

 

Tags: Attractions of Semnan province, semnan province, Damghan Tarikhaneh Mosque, Semnan Central mosque

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