List of mausoleums in Iran

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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.{{cite web |url=http://www.kitabat.info/subject.php?id=29761 |date=13 April 2013 |script-title=fa:المقام والمرقد والعتبة]، يوسف البيومي، تاريخ الوصول |script-work=fa:قناتنا على التلغرام |trans-work=kitabat.info |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113112755/http://www.kitabat.info/subject.php?id=29761 |archive-date=13 November 2017 |lang=fa }} In Iran, a mausoleum can be a standalone building, or it can be attached to a mosque or even function as a mosque.{{cite book |author=Esposito, John L. |year=2003 |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Islam |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |page=136 |isbn= }} Sometimes such buildings can be known as an Imamzadeh.

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class="wikitable sortable"
rowspan=2 align=left width=250px|Mausoleum name

! colspan=2 scope="row" |Established

! colspan=2 scope="row" |Location

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align=left width=50px|Era

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Tomb of Artaxerxes I of PersiaAchaemenidMarvdashtFars80px{{cite web|url=http://iranshahrpedia.ir/docs/Asar-e%20Sabti%20(Up%20to%2026666)%20(Version%2090%2008%2029).zip|title=Encyclopaedia of the Iranian Architectural History|last=|first=|date=19 May 2011|website=|publisher=Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406043613/http://iranshahrpedia.ir/docs/Asar-e%20Sabti%20(Up%20to%2026666)%20(Version%2090%2008%2029).zip|url-status=dead|archivedate=6 April 2015|access-date=}}
Tomb of Xerxes IAchaemenidMarvdashtFars80px
Tomb of Darius IIAchaemenidMarvdashtFars80px
Tomb of Cyrus the GreatAchaemenid{{sort
0699|6th century BCE}}PasargadaeFars80px{{cite book |author=Stronach, David |author-link=David Stronach |title=Pasargadae. A Report of the Excavations Conducted by the British Institute of Persian Studies from 1961 to 1963 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |year=1978 |pages=22–23, 42 |isbn=0-19-813190-9 }}
Gur-e-DokhtarAchaemenid{{sort
0699|6th century BCE}}DashtestanBushehr80px{{cite web |title=Gur-e Dokhtar - Iran Culture |url=https://www.irancultura.it/en/tourism/attractions/attractions-bushehr/bushehr-gur-e-Dokhtar/ |work=Iran Cultura |access-date=2019-03-07 |language=en}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
FakhrigahPre-Islamic
{{small|(unknown)}}
near MahabadWest Azerbaijan80px{{cite book |author=Izirtu |title=Mahabad Cultural & Archaeological Monuments |year=2009 |page= |isbn= }}
Mausoleum of Ali al-Ridha
at the Imam Reza shrine
Abbasid{{sort|0818|818}}MashhadRazavi Khorasan80px{{cite book |last1=Dungersi |first1=Mohamed Raza |title=A Brief Biography of Imam Ali bin Musa (a.s.): al-Ridha |date=January 1996 |publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |isbn=978-1502834249 |page=42 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VU9kAwAAQBAJ&q=death+Imam+Ali+al-Ridha&pg=PA7|access-date=2020-10-18 |archive-date=2023-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807043544/https://books.google.com/books?id=VU9kAwAAQBAJ&q=death+Imam+Ali+al-Ridha&pg=PA7 |url-status=live}}
Tomb of Nizam al-MulkSeljuk{{sort|1099|{{circa|1090s}} }}EsfahanIsfahan80px{{cite book |title=Rāhnamā ye Safar be Ostān e Esfāhān |trans-title=Travel Guide for the Province Isfahan |publisher=Rouzane |isbn=964-334-218-2 |author=Yaghoubi, Hosseyn |editor=Beheshti, Arash |page=119 |lang=fa |year=2004}}
Imamzadeh Chaharmanar
{{small|(closed since 1965)}}
Seljuk{{sort|1099|{{circa|11th century}} }}TabrizEast Azerbaijan80px{{Cite web |script-title=fa:بقعه علی‌بن‌مجاهد در آستانه تخریب قرار دارد - تسنیم |url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1396/06/22/1516611/%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%B9%D9%87-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A8-%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF/amp |access-date=2023-12-04 |script-website=fa:خبرگزاری تسنیم |trans-website=Tasnim |lang=fa |date= |work=خبرگزاری تسنیم | Tasnim }}
Al-Rashid MausoleumSeljuk{{sort|1138|1138}}EsfahanIsfahan80px{{Cite journal |last=Sanizadeh |first=Taha |date=2023-06-22 |title=An Investigation of the Historical Evolution of Al-Rashid Bi'llah Mausoleum in Isfahan |url=http://www.jaco-sj.com/article_170926_en.html |journal=Journal of Art and Civilization of the Orient |language=en |volume=11 |issue=40 |pages=55–64 |doi=10.22034/jaco.2023.388545.1305 |issn=2345-6612}}
Shah CheraghSeljuk{{sort|1199|12th century}}ShirazFars80px{{cite web |url=https://itto.org/iran/attraction/shahcheragh-shrine/ |title=Shah Cheragh Shrine |work=Iran Tourism and Touring Organization |date=2025 |access-date=22 March 2025 }}
Tomb of Wais-e NāzārSeljukKermanshahKermanshah80px{{Cite web |last=گشت |first=کرمانشاه |date=2023-07-03 |script-title=fa:آرامگاه ویس قرنی |trans-title=Uwais al-Qarni Mosque |url=https://kermanshahgasht.com/uwais-al-qarni-mosque/ |access-date=2023-12-02 |script-website=fa:کرمانشاه گشت |trans-website=kermanshahgasht.com |lang=fa-IR }}
Tomb of the Prophet HabakkukSeljuk{{sort|1299|13th century}}TuyserkanHamadan80px{{Cite web |script-title=fa:آرامگاه حیقوق نبی (ع)؛ پیامبری که دو بار از دنیا رفت |url=https://reader.newshub.ir/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |lang=fa-IR |script-website=fa:تیتر شهر |trans-website=reader.newshub.ir }}
Chahar PadshahanKarkiya{{sort|1299|13th century}}LahijanGilan80px{{Cite web |script-title=fa:مسجد چهار پادشاهان لاهیجان – جاذبه های گردشگری ایران و جهان با راهنمای سفر ☀️ این تودی |url=https://intoday.ir/mosque-of-four-kings-of-lahijan/ |date= |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=intoday.ir |lang=fa-IR }}
Tomb of Saadi{{sort|1299|13th century}}ShirazFars80px{{cite web |url=https://www.ivisitiran.com/en/tourist-attraction/about/724/Tomb-of-Saadi |title=Tomb of Saadi |work=Visit Iran |date=2025 |access-date=24 May 2025 }}
Chehel Dokhtaran MausoleumIlkhanid{{sort|1299|13th century}}KashanIsfahan80px{{cite book |title=Rāhnamā ye Safar be Ostān e Esfāhān |trans-title=Travel Guide for the Province Isfahan |publisher=Rouzane |isbn=964-334-218-2 |author=Yaghoubi, Hosseyn |editor=Beheshti, Arash |page=190 |language=fa-IR |year=2004 }}
Monar JonbanIlkhanid{{sort|1316|1316}}EsfahanIsfahan80px{{Cite web |date=2022-11-29 |title=Monar Jonban Shakes the World Architecture |url=https://gopersis.com/monar-jonban/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=GoPersis |language=en-US}}
Mausoleum of Prophet QeydarIlkhanid{{sort|1319|1319}}QeydarZanjan80px{{Cite web |last=Faqih Bahrul Uloom |first=Mohammed |date=26 September 2013 |title=The tomb of Kedar Nabi, alayhis salaam |url=http://shrines.ir/post/749/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%89%E2%80%8F-%D8%B9-%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87 |website=Tombs of Iran and the Islamic world}}
Baba Ghassem MausoleumIlkhanid{{sort|1341|1341}}EsfahanIsfahan80px{{cite web |url=https://www.archnet.org/sites/1612 |title=Imamzadah Baba Qasim |work=ArchNet.org |date=n.d. |access-date=23 May 2025 }}
Soltan Bakht Agha MausoleumIlkhanid{{sort|1375|1375}}EsfahanIsfahan80px{{cite web |url=https://www.archnet.org/sites/1615 |title=Du Manar Dardasht |work=ArchNet.org |date=n.d. |access-date=23 May 2025 }}
Tomb of Shaykh HaydarIlkhanid{{sort|1399|14th century}}MeshginshahrArdabil80px{{Cite web |url=https://www.irna.ir/news/85109730/%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%B9%D9%87-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AE-%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B4%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86/ |access-date=2023-12-16 |script-title=fa:بقعه شیخ حیدر مشگین‌شهر نماد معماری ایلخانان |lang=fa |website=www.irna.ir|date=May 22, 2023 }}
Mausoleum of Awn and Zayd, sons of AliIlkhanid{{sort|1399|14th century}}Eynali, TabrizEast Azerbaijan80px{{Cite web |script-title=fa:معرفی امامزاده عون بن علی و زید بن علی در تبریز |url=http://www.shamstoos.ir/fa/news/54059/%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B2 |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=www.shamstoos.ir |lang=fa }}
Mausoleum of Baba RokneddinIlkhanid{{sort|1399|14th century}}EsfahanIsfahan80px{{Cite web |url=https://www.kojaro.com/iran/120279-baba-roknaldin-tomb/ |script-title=fa:آرامگاه بابا رکن الدین ؛ نگین مجموعه تخت فولاد اصفهان - کجارو |access-date=2 December 2023 |work=kojaro.com |date=12 February 1979 |lang=fa }}
Tomb of Bibi DokhtaranIlkhanidShirazFars80px
Shahshahan MausoleumTimurid{{sort|1449|1449}}EsfahanIsfahan80px{{cite web |url=https://www.archnet.org/sites/16393 |title=Buq'ah-i Shahshahan |work=ArchNet.org |date=n.d. |access-date=23 May 2025 }}
Tomb of Qara Qoyunlu emir Jahan ShahQarā Qoyunlu{{sort|1465|1465}}TabrizEast Azerbaijan80px{{cite book |author=Aube, Sandra |chapter=TABRIZ x. MONUMENTS x(1). The Blue Mosque |title=Encyclopædia Iranica Online |publisher=Brill |year=2020 |url=https://doi.org/10.1163/2330-4804_EIRO_COM_10934 |page= |doi=10.1163/2330-4804_EIRO_COM_10934 }}
Mausoleum of Attar of NishapurTimurid{{sort|1499|15th century}}NishapurRazavi Khorasan80px{{Cambridge History of Iran |last=Rypka |first=Jan |author-link=Jan Rypka |chapter=Poets and Prose Writers of the Late Saljuq and Mongol Periods |volume=5 |page=587 }}
Tomb of Shaykh Zahed GilaniSafavid{{sort|1499|15th century}}LahijanGilan80px{{Cite web |date=2021-03-06 |title=Sheikh Zahed Gilani's Shrine is one of the national monuments of Iran |website=IRAN Paradise |url=https://iranparadise.com/sheikh-zahed-gilanis-shrine/ |access-date=2023-11-29 |language=en-US}}
Tomb of Pir PalandouzSafavid{{sort|1577|1577}}MashhadRazavi Khorasan80px
Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine EnsembleSafavid{{sort|1599|{{circa|16th century}} }}ArdabilArdabil80px{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1345 |title=Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil |work=World Heritage Centre |publisher=UNESCO |date=2010-07-29 |access-date=2010-08-02}}
Tomb of Khajeh RabieSafavid{{sort|1617|1617}}MashhadRazavi Khorasan80px{{cite web |script-title=fa:آرامگاه خواجه ربیع مشهد؛ بنایی به قدمت صفویه |trans-title=Tomb of Khajeh Rabie: Mashhad attractions, Iran |url=https://safarmarket.com/blog/attractions/iran/mashhad/tomb-of-khajeh-rabie |access-date=2023-11-30 |script-website=fa:سفرمارکت |website=safarmarket.com |lang=fa}}
Tomb of Shaykh Aminuddin GabrielSafavid{{sort|1622|1622}}Kalkhuran SheykhArdabil80px{{Cite web |title=The Tomb of Kalkhoran by Vida Amani {{!}} Pattern in Islamic Art |url=https://patterninislamicart.com/n/notes-for-the-tomb-of-kalkhoran-by-vida-amani |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=patterninislamicart.com}}
Mausoleum of Safavid PrincesSafavid{{sort|1632|1632}}EsfahanIsfahan80px{{Cite web |script-title=fa:آشنایی با بقعه ستی فاطمه و شاهزادگان – اصفهان – همشهری آنلاین |url=https://www.hamshahrionline.ir/amp/87031/ |access-date=2023-12-12 |lang=fa-IR |website=hamshahrionline.ir}}
Javan Mard-e Ghassab TombQajarShahr-e RayTehran80px{{Cite web |date= May 16, 2021|script-title=fa:بقعه جوانمرد قصاب - مجله مِستر بلیط |url=https://mrbilit.com/mag/javanmard-tomb/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |language=fa-IR |work=مجله مستر بلیط }}
Mushtaqieh DomeQajar{{sort|1838|1838}}KermanKerman80px{{Cite web |script-title=fa:گنبد مشتاقیه ( آرامگاه مشتاقیه ) با تاریخچه و نقشه ☀️ این تودی |url=https://intoday.ir/moshtaghieh-dome/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=intoday.ir |language=fa-IR}}
Tomb of Hassan ModarresPahlavi{{sort|1943|1943}}KashmarRazavi Khorasan80px{{cite web |script-title=fa:عکس + آدرس و هر آنچه پیش از رفتن باید بدانید |website=kojaro.com |date=21 November 2023 |url=https://www.kojaro.com/attraction/26915-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3/ |lang=fa |access-date=2 December 2023}}
Mausoleum of Reza Shah
{{small|(destroyed)}}
Pahlavi{{sort|1950|1950}}RayTehran80px{{Cite news|url=https://apnews.com/a950f574657c4996ad211c15387beaef/Mummified-body-found-in-Iran-could-be-father-of-last-shah|title=Mummified body found in Iran could be father of last shah|work=AP News|access-date=2018-04-24|language=en-US}}
Mausoleum of Omar KhayyámPahlavi{{sort|1963|1963}}NishapurRazavi Khorasan80px{{cite web |url=https://www.archnet.org/sites/5578 |title=Omar Khayyam Mausoleum |work=ArchNet.org |date=n.d. |access-date=31 May 2025 }}
Tomb of Nader ShahPahlavi{{sort|1963|1963}}MashhadRazavi Khorasan80px{{cite web |url=https://www.archnet.org/sites/5577 |title=Nader Shah Mausoleum |work=ArchNet.org |date=n.d. |access-date=31 May 2025 }}
Saeb MausoleumPahlavi{{sort|1967|1967}}EsfahanIsfahan80px{{cite book |title=Rāhnamā ye Safar be Ostān e Esfāhān |trans-title=Travel Guide for the Province Isfahan |publisher=Rouzane |isbn=964-334-218-2 |author=Yaghoubi, Hosseyn |editor=Beheshti, Arash |page=119 |lang=fa |year=2004}}
Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini{{sort|2025|2025}}TehranTehran80px{{cite web |url=https://www.archnet.org/sites/2816 |title=Ustan-i Imam Khumayni |work=ArchNet.org |date= |access-date= }}

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