Imam Dur Mausoleum
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The Imam Dur Mausoleum was a Sunni mausoleum located 20 kilometres north of Samarra, in the Saladin Governorate of Iraq. Completed in c. 1085 CE, during the Uqaylid era, the mausoleum was destroyed by
The former mausoleum in 2005, prior to its 2014 destruction
Muqarnas
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Muqarnas, also known in Iberian architecture as Mocárabe, is a form of three-dimensional decoration in Islamic architecture in which rows or tiers of niche-like elements are projected over others belo
Imam Dur Mausoleum
…The construction of the mausoleum was eventually completed before 1094 CE. The mausoleum was the earliest datable example of a building that used a muqarnas dome. The legal caretaker, or mutawalli, of the mausoleum was Qadi Mu'nis ibn Hamdan, who was succeeded in this role by Hasan ibn Rafi. At some point…
Muqarnas as seen from below in the iwan entrance to the Shah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran (17th century)
Muqarnas dome in the Sala de Dos Hermanas at the Alhambra in Granada, Spain (14th century)
Close-up of muqarnas vaulting in the Alhambra (14th century) in Granada, Spain, showing horizontal courses of cells projecting over those below
Muqarnas vaulting covered with tilework, seen from below, in the iwan entrance of the Fatima Masumeh Shrine in Qom, Iran