Imamzadah Ja'far (Qum)
Qum, Iran
Located to the west of the center of the city, the Imamzade Ja'far has been assigned the earliest date of the many tomb towers in Qom. Constructed in brick, the tomb traces an octagonal plan on the exterior, square on the interior, crowned with an exterior polyhedral tent dome. The exterior faces have a broken headed arch set within rectangular recesses. On the interior, the qibla wall holds a rectangular mihrab niche; the three other walls are articulated with arched entrance portals, two of which have been blocked off.

Source:

Donald N. Wilber. The Architecture of Islamic Iran: The Il Khanid Period, 113-114. New York: Greenwood Press, 1969.

Record updates:

  • August 27, 2018 (AKDC staff): reformatted bibliographic entries.
Location
Qum, Iran
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Associated Names
Events
1268/666 AH
Style Periods
1256-1353
Variant Names
Imamzadah Ja'far (Qum)
امام زاده جعفر
Original
Imamzadah Ja'far
Transliterated
Imamzada Ja'far
Alternate transliteration
Imamzadeh Ja'far
Alternate transliteration
Building Usages
tomb
funerary
shrine
religious