Shahshahan mausoleum
{{Short description|Heritage site in Isfahan, Iran}}
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|caption= A composite of two images. On the left is the gateway of the mausoleum, on the right is the mausoleum itself.
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|district= Ebn-e Sina
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|website= http://shahshahani.info/monument/ (Now defunct)
|architecture_type= mausoleum
|architecture_style= Timurid
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|year_completed= 15th century
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Shahshahan Mausoleum ({{langx|fa|آرامگاه شهشهان}}) is a historical mausoleum in the Ebn-e Sina district of Isfahan, Iran. The mausoleum contains the tomb of Shah Ala al-Din Muhammad, or known simply as Shah Alaeddin. It was built in the 15th century, and it is the 368th national monument of Iran.
History
Shah Alaeddin was executed by hanging in 1446 on the orders of Timurid ruler Shah Rukh for being a close associate of his rival, Sultan Muhammad ibn Baysunghur.{{Cite web |last=سایت |first=مدیریت |date=2019-01-04 |title=آرامگاه علاءالدین شهشهان |url=https://www.injaisfahan.ir/news/228/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=اینجا اصفهان |language=fa-ir}} His body was dumped in the town of Saveh. A year later, Shah Rukh died, and so Sultan Muhammad came to power. Sultan Muhammad moved the body of Shah Alaeddin from Saveh to Isfahan, and buried him in the old neighbourhood of Hosseiniyeh, where his khanqah was, adjacent to the Jameh Mosque of Isfahan. The Sultan also built a domed mausoleum for him over his new grave.
During the Safavid era, under rule of Shah Abbas I, the mausoleum was repaired by a woman named Khanum Sultan (or Banoo Sultan).{{Cite web |date=2022-01-01 |title=بقعه شهشهان |url=https://www.imna.ir/news/545733/%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%B9%D9%87-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86 |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=ایمنا |language=fa}} She was not buried there, however, and was moved to Mashhad instead.
The mausoleum received a revival in 1950, when a descendant of Shah Alaeddin, Hossein Shahshahani, repaired and rebuilt the mausoleum.{{Cite web |date= |title=بقعه شهشهان؛ تاریخچه + راه های دسترسی - مجله مِستر بلیط |url=https://mrbilit.com/mag/the-tomb-of-the-shahshahan/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |language=fa-IR}} He also constructed a madrasah and a health centre beside it. His work was assisted by his younger brother Morteza Shahshahani.Honarfar, Dr. Lotfollah, A Treasure of The Historical Monuments of Isfahan, (Ganjine-e Asar-e Tarikhi-e Esfahan), Isfahan, 1344 (1965). He was buried in the mausoleum in the year 1962.Mirza Zamani, Mohammad Reza, Shahshahan Mausoleum and Its Documents, Salname-e Keshvar Iran, 11th Year, 1958 (1336), pp.61-64.
Architecture
The Shahshahan Mausoleum is decorated both inside and outside with intricate plasterwork and tiling. All around the inside of the dome, there are calligraphy of fourteen poems in Arabic which describe the execution of Shah Alaeddin in the 15th century. These calligraphy works were done by Seyyed Mahmood Naghash.
File:Shahshahan Mausoleum Main Door.JPG
File:بقعه شهشهان (4).jpg plasterwork visible on the upper part of the entrance to the mausoleum]]
File:کتیبه داخل بقعه شهشهان.jpg
The lower section of the walls of the mausoleum are decorated with tile works that are hexagonal in shape. On the top of the entrance door, on the east side, there are three lines of poem from Saadi Shirazi, which are now barely visible and have nearly faded off.
See also
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