INVESTIGATING AND STUDYING DECORATIVE ELEMENTS AND ARRAYS IN KABOOD AND GHAFARIEH DOME

Saeed SATTARNEJAD¹ , Samad PARVIN² , Shima AZIZI³

Construction of tombs in the era of Islamic architecture was began as a manifestation of beliefs and rituals related to the honoring of the dead, along with other religious buildings including mosques, and almost proceed parallel to it. The various structural methods of the tombs have been structurally influenced by various cultural and material factors and passed a way along with the religious beliefs of the society. However, different opinions and votes have been allocated to the issue of tombs laws in Islamic jurisprudence, but the presence of many these buildings in many Islamic countries shows the special position of this structure in the Islamic society. Various types of Islamic decorative arts can be studied about Kabood and Ghafarieh domes which are one of the most beautiful historical domes of Iran. In this research, we tried to study some applied elements such as tiling (Kashi Kari) and brickwork. Also, some of the architectural elements in the domes of Maragheh such as polo that have not been observed in other Iranian buildings are not Iranian.

Keywords
Ghafarieh Dome, Kabood Dome, Mosaic Tile, Glaze Tile, Seljuk, Ilkhani,