Recognition of Two Lesser-Known Patriarchal Monuments in Qumes Region (Khodabandeh Mosque and Bahadur Khan Mosque)

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 PhD student of Islamic Art,, Faculty of Artificial Arts, Tabriz University of Islamic Art, ,Tabriz,. Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Conservation and Restoration of Historical Monuments, Faculty of Art, Architecture and Urban Planning, Semnan University, Semnan. Iran

3 Instructor.Department of Conservation and Restoration of Historical Monuments,, Faculty of Art, Architecture and Urban Planning, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

Abstract

The state of Qumes, which today corresponds to the current Semnan province, was one of the areas that were considered by the Ilkhanate rulers, where many architectural works were built. The importance of studying destroyed or less remaining architectural works is that some of them have unique architectural or decorative aspects; Or they may answer some historical questions. The destroyed Khodabandeh Mosque in Damghan and the other parts of what is today the tomb of Sheikh Abulhasan Kharqani in the village of Qala-e-Naw of Shahroud are the two places investigated in this research. The purpose of the upcoming research is to recognize these two lesser-known architectural works of the Ilkhanate era and to propose theories about their antiquity and functional accuracy; The research method in this article is comparative-analytical and the data were collected by library and field methods.
The results of the research showed that the mihrab which is part of Sheikh Abolhassan Kharaghani's tomb today is a part of a mosque attributed to Abu Saeed Bahadur Khan from the Ilkhanid era. The specific deviation of the direction of the mihrab towards Bayt Al-Maqdis and the inclusion of the word "Bait al-Ma'mor" in the text of the mihrab's inscription are factors that make it clear that the direction of the mihrab was purposely built towards Bayt Al-Maqdis. It seems that the use of Persian language in the inscription of the Mihrab is the first example in the history of Iranian architecture. Also, the results showed that the destroyed mosque of Damghan, known as the ruined mosque, is the same mosque that Herzfeld calls the Khudabandeh mosque, and it was built a few steps away from Pir Alamdar's tomb in order to mistake the Qumes regional governor for a mystic.

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Journal of Applied Arts
Volume 3, Issue 3 - Serial Number 11
November 2024
Pages 63-74

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  • Receive Date: 17 July 2020
  • Revise Date: 15 October 2024
  • Accept Date: 14 December 2024

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