The Ali ebn-e Sahl mausoleum is a historical
mausoleum
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be consid ...
in
Isfahan
Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...
,
Iran. The
mystic Abolhassan Ali ebn-e Sahl Azhar Esfahani lived in the era of the
Al-Mu'tadid, the
Abbasid caliph. He had a
khanqah
A khanqah ( fa, خانقاه) or khangah ( fa, خانگاه; also transliterated as ''khankah'', ''khaneqa'', ''khanegah'' or ''khaneqah''; also Arabized ''hanegah'', ''hanikah'', ''hanekah'', ''khankan''), also known as a ribat (), is a buildin ...
and a school in the north of the
Toghchi cemetery. He died in 894 in Isfahan and was buried in his khanqah.
The Ali ebn-e Sahl mausoleum became a meeting place of mystics and
dervishes. At present the mausoleum belongs to the Khaksari dervishes. the mausoleum has a vast
garden. The larger part of the garden is under the possession of the ''Welfare Organisation''.
Description
Ali ebn-e Sahl's
grave is located in the middle of the cross-shaped building. Its
gravestone is
quadrilateral. It is 2 m long and 120 cm high. It has been decorated with yellow, white, blue and black
tiles. The names of
Ali and
Mohammad have been written on the tiles. There are also other gravestones in the structure. The mausoleum is open to visitors every day except Thursday afternoon.
See also
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References
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Buildings and structures completed in the 9th century
Mausoleums in Isfahan