5534 x 3330 px | 46,9 x 28,2 cm | 18,4 x 11,1 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
4 octobre 2008
Lieu:
Mashhad-i Misriya, Dehistan, Turkmenistan
Informations supplémentaires:
The Shrine of Shir Kabir is located within the historic cemetery complex, seven kilometers northeast of the old city of Dehistan, in northern Khorasan. Although the date of construction, patron and architect of the shrine is unknown, historians have dated it between the ninth and the eleventh century based on comparisons with stylistically similar structures. The interior walls of the burial chamber are plastered in white and have three arched niches carved into them. One of the three niches on the northern wall serves as the entrance. The central niche of the southern wall serves as the mihrab and is differentiated with two nestled arches. The lower arch has Quranic inscriptions carved in relief, framed with vegetal and geometric decorative patterns. The upper multifoliate arch (now damaged) has verses from the Ayat al-Kursi.
