Rehabilitation of a forgotten urban element: Clock tower known as Zill al-Sultan in the Shahcheragh Shrine

Authors

  • Ali Bamdad M.A Student, Department of Architecture, Fars Science & Research, Islamic AzadUniversity,Fars, Iran
  • Zahra Valipour PhD researcher, Young Researchers and Elites Club, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
  • N. Abedi PhD researcher, Young Researchers and Elites Club, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran
  • Tahereh Shibaniyan PhD researcher, Young Researchers and Elites Club, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran.

Keywords:

Keywords: Shiraz, Shahcheragh, Clock Tower, Zill al-Sultan, the Qajar period

Abstract

The Holy Shrine of Shahcheragh is the third holy place in southern Iran. Thefirst building of this shrine had been built in Ezadal’ dulehDeilamiarea and in 1323AD, Tashy Khatun, mother of King Isaac ben Mahmoud repairedand completed it. It includes Ahmadi and Mohammad's shrine. The building is one of the most important shrines including thecourtyard, portico, dome and minaret and also the layoutof the elements of Persian architecture can  be seen in different part of it.Ahmadishrine had been restoredindifferent historical periods, and during thesetimes architectural elementsareaddedordropped.ByLibraryresearch, field data, the shrinearchives and old photographs werecognized thatthe Qajar era clock tower known Zill al-Sultan located between the current poolin the courtyard and Saqa’khaneh (place for pray) which had been destroyed dueto development of the shrine in the early of Pahlavi period.Considering thefact that this element is rooted in memories of old Shiraz, need to recognizeit again and recommend for rebuild and restore it in order to remember the oldshrine is very important.

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Published

2014-07-25

How to Cite

Bamdad, A. ., Valipour, Z. ., Abedi, N. ., & Shibaniyan, T. . (2014). Rehabilitation of a forgotten urban element: Clock tower known as Zill al-Sultan in the Shahcheragh Shrine. Scientific Journal of Review, 3(7), 505-513. Retrieved from http://sjournals.com/index.php/sjr/article/view/530

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Engineering