Haruniyeh Dome (or simply Haruniyeh) is a historical monument in
Tus
Tus or TUS may refer to:
* Tus (biology), a protein that binds to terminator sequences
* Thales Underwater Systems, an international defence contractor
* Tuscarora language, an Iroquoian language, ISO 639-3 code
Education
* Technological Univ ...
, northeast
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
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Haruniyeh Dome is the oldest monument left in the city. This historic site is located about 600 meters from the tomb of
Ferdowsi
Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi ( fa, ; 940 – 1019/1025 CE), also Firdawsi or Ferdowsi (), was a Persians, Persian poet and the author of ''Shahnameh'' ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poetry, epic poems created by a sin ...
, famous Iranian poet. It is exclusively a monastery or tomb that was built on the ruins of Tabran in the fifteenth century. Tabran was a section of Tus which does not exist today.
Next to this building a black stone as the memorial of
Al-Ghazali
Al-Ghazali ( – 19 December 1111; ), full name (), and known in Persian-speaking countries as Imam Muhammad-i Ghazali (Persian: امام محمد غزالی) or in Medieval Europe by the Latinized as Algazelus or Algazel, was a Persian polymat ...
, one of the Iranian mystics of the 13th century. Haruniyeh was built on the
Early Post Islamic Iranian of architecture. It is among the historical sites recorded by the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization.
Haruniyeh Dome – Mashhad
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Gallery
ماکت بنای بازسازی شده هارونیه در شهر توس.jpg, A replica of harooniyeh Tus
File:Harooniyeh.jpg, Harooniyeh in winter
File:Haruniyeh.JPG, Harooniyeh in Tus
References
{{Razavi Khorasan Province
Buildings and structures in Razavi Khorasan Province
Domes
Tourist attractions in Razavi Khorasan Province