The Tomb of Nizam al-Mulk ( fa, آرامگاه نظامالملک, Aramgah-e Nezamolmolk) is in the
Ahmadabad quarter of
Isfahan.
Nizam al-Mulk was the powerful
vizier
A vizier (; ar, وزير, wazīr; fa, وزیر, vazīr), or wazir, is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east. The Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called '' katib'' (secretary), who was ...
of some
Seljuq sultans. Beside his
gravestone
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there are two other gravestones which belong to
Malik-Shah I and his wife
Tarkan Khatun, who may have had a hand in Nizam's murder. Besides the many changes in the
garden
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and structure of
tomb
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, the three valuable gravestones have been changed also. The current simple gravestones date back to
Safavid era. No names are mentioned on them (perhaps by intention) and there are some sentences from Quran on them. The gravestone, which is known as Nizam al-Mulk's gravestone is a
marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite. Marble is typically not foliated (layered), although there are exceptions. In geology, the term ''marble'' refers to metamorphose ...
gravestone and has a dimension of 2 m x 35 cm x 38 cm (length x width x height).
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Mausoleums in Isfahan
Tombs in Iran
Cemeteries in Iran