Amol City Iran -Tourism - Tomb Mir bozorg

The Mausoleum of Mir Bozorg, or known as Mir Bozorg Marashi Tomb or Mashhad Mir Bozorg, is a complex located at Sabzeh Meydan Square,

Amol Amol ( fa, آمل – ; ; also Romanized as Āmol and Amul) is a city and the administrative center of Amol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran, with a population of around 300,000 people. Amol is located on the Haraz river bank. It is less than ...

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 ...

. The Mausoleum was dedicated to the founder of the reign

Marashis The Marashiyan or Marashis (Mazandarani language, Mazandarani: مرعشیون, fa, مرعشیان) were an Iranian peoples, Iranian Sayyid Twelver Shia Islam, Shiʿite dynasty of Mazandarani people, Mazandarani origin, ruling in Mazandaran from ...

, Qavam al-Din Marashi, also known as

Mir-i Buzurg Qavam al-Din ibn Abdallah al-Marashi ( fa, قوام‌الدین بن عبدالله مرعشی), better known as Mir Buzurg or Mir Bozorg ( fa, میربزرگ, ''Mīr-e Bozorg'', lit. "The great Mir"), was the founder of the Marashi dynasty, ruli ...

. In the complex includes a museum and a library. The original structure was square in shape, and was constructed in the 8th century AH. The tomb tiles are very valuable. It is one of the well-known historical monuments of Mazandaran Province.

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File:Mir bozorg-amol 05.jpg, At night File:Mir-iBuzurgTomb.jpg, At day File:Mazandaran Province Arch.JPG, View of the front entrance

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* ''An introduction to shell structures Book by Michele G. Melaragno'' * ''Iran (Bradt Travel Guides) by Patricia L Baker ()'' {{Mausoleums in Iran Buildings and structures in Mazandaran Province Tourist attractions in Mazandaran Province Tourist attractions in Amol Mausoleums in Iran