Tomb of Nizam al-Mulk

Tomb of Nizam al-Mulk
Tomb of Nizam al-Mulk
Province	Isfahān Province
Location
Location	Isfahan, Iran
Municipality	Isfahan County
Geographic coordinates	32°39′33″N 51°41′27″E
Architecture
Completed	11th century CE

The Tomb of Nizam al-Mulk (Persian: آرامگاه نظام‌الملک, Aramgah-e Nezamolmolk) is in the Ahmadabad quarter of Isfahan. Nizam al-Mulk was the powerful vizier of some Seljuq sultans. Beside his gravestone 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 and structure of tomb, 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 gravestone and has a dimension of 2 m x 35 cm x 38 cm (length x width x height).[1]

References

Hosseyn Yaghoubi (2004). Arash Beheshti (ed.). Rāhnamā ye Safar be Ostān e Esfāhān (Travel Guide for the Province Isfahan) (in Persian). Rouzane. p. 119. ISBN 964-334-218-2.

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[1] Hosseyn Yaghoubi (2004). Arash Beheshti (ed.). Rāhnamā ye Safar be Ostān e Esfāhān (Travel Guide for the Province Isfahan) (in Persian). Rouzane. p. 119. ISBN 964-334-218-2.