Bagh-e-Ghoushkhane minaret( fa, مناره باغ قوشخانه) is a historical

minaret A minaret (; ar, منارة, translit=manāra, or ar, مِئْذَنة, translit=miʾḏana, links=no; tr, minare; fa, گل‌دسته, translit=goldaste) is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques. Minarets are generall ...

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 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 ...

. This minaret dates back to the 14th century. In the olden days it was in the neighborhood of the old

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. Because of its proximity to the

Ali ebn-e Sahl mausoleum The Ali ebn-e Sahl mausoleum is a historical mausoleum in Isfahan, 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 and a school in the north of the Toghchi c ...

it is also known as Ali-ebn-e-Sahl minaret. Its newest famous name is Bagh-e-Ghoushkhane minaret, because of its proximity to the

Ghushkhaneh garden The Ghushkhaneh garden is a historical garden in Isfahan, Iran. The garden belongs to the era of Abbas I. In the era of Safavids, the ceremony of samite confessing of the King took place here.' Etymology The word ''Ghushkhaneh'' consists of tw ...

. A part of its

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and

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Buildings and structures completed in the 14th century Minarets in Iran Buildings and structures in Isfahan {{Iran-struct-stub