List of mausoleums in Iran

This is a list of mausoleums in Iran, sorted by period established. A mausoleum is a building constructed as a monument enclosing a grave of a person or a group of people.[1] In Iran, a mausoleum can be a standalone building, or it can be attached to a mosque or even function as a mosque.[2] Sometimes such buildings can be known as an Imamzadeh.

Mausoleum name Established Location Image Notes
Era Year (CE) City/village Province
Tomb of Artaxerxes I of PersiaAchaemenidMarvdashtFars[3]
Tomb of Xerxes IAchaemenidMarvdashtFars[3]
Tomb of Darius IIAchaemenidMarvdashtFars[3]
Tomb of Cyrus the GreatAchaemenid6th century BCEPasargadaeFars[4]
Gur-e-DokhtarAchaemenid6th century BCEDashtestanBushehr[5]
FakhrigahPre-Islamic
(unknown)		near MahabadWest Azerbaijan[6]
Mausoleum of Ali al-Ridha
at the Imam Reza shrine		Abbasid818MashhadRazavi Khorasan[7]
Tomb of Nizam al-MulkSeljukc. 1090sEsfahanIsfahan[8]
Imamzadeh Chaharmanar
(closed since 1965)		Seljukc. 11th centuryTabrizEast Azerbaijan[9]
Al-Rashid MausoleumSeljuk1138EsfahanIsfahan[10]
Shah CheraghSeljuk12th centuryShirazFars[11]
Tomb of Wais-e NāzārSeljukKermanshahKermanshah[12]
Tomb of the Prophet HabakkukSeljuk13th centuryTuyserkanHamadan[13]
Chahar PadshahanKarkiya13th centuryLahijanGilan[14]
Tomb of Saadi13th centuryShirazFars[15]
Chehel Dokhtaran MausoleumIlkhanid13th centuryKashanIsfahan[16]
Monar JonbanIlkhanid1316EsfahanIsfahan[17]
Mausoleum of Prophet QeydarIlkhanid1319QeydarZanjan[18]
Baba Ghassem MausoleumIlkhanid1341EsfahanIsfahan[19]
Soltan Bakht Agha MausoleumIlkhanid1375EsfahanIsfahan[20]
Tomb of Shaykh HaydarIlkhanid14th centuryMeshginshahrArdabil[21]
Mausoleum of Awn and Zayd, sons of AliIlkhanid14th centuryEynali, TabrizEast Azerbaijan[22]
Mausoleum of Baba RokneddinIlkhanid14th centuryEsfahanIsfahan[23]
Tomb of Bibi DokhtaranIlkhanidShirazFars[3]
Shahshahan MausoleumTimurid1449EsfahanIsfahan[24]
Tomb of Qara Qoyunlu emir Jahan ShahQarā Qoyunlu1465TabrizEast Azerbaijan[25]
Mausoleum of Attar of NishapurTimurid15th centuryNishapurRazavi Khorasan[26]
Tomb of Shaykh Zahed GilaniSafavid15th centuryLahijanGilan[27]
Tomb of Pir PalandouzSafavid1577MashhadRazavi Khorasan[3]
Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine EnsembleSafavidc. 16th centuryArdabilArdabil[28]
Tomb of Khajeh RabieSafavid1617MashhadRazavi Khorasan[29]
Tomb of Shaykh Aminuddin GabrielSafavid1622Kalkhuran SheykhArdabil[30]
Mausoleum of Safavid PrincesSafavid1632EsfahanIsfahan[31]
Javan Mard-e Ghassab TombQajarShahr-e RayTehran[32]
Mushtaqieh DomeQajar1838KermanKerman[33]
Tomb of Hassan ModarresPahlavi1943KashmarRazavi Khorasan[34]
Mausoleum of Reza Shah
(destroyed)		Pahlavi1950RayTehran[35]
Avicenna MausoleumPahlavi1953HamadanHamadan
Mausoleum of Omar KhayyámPahlavi1963NishapurRazavi Khorasan[36]
Tomb of Nader ShahPahlavi1963MashhadRazavi Khorasan[37]
Saeb MausoleumPahlavi1967EsfahanIsfahan[38]
Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini2025TehranTehran[39]

See also

References

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