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The Mausoleum of Sultan Oljeïtu at Sultaniyya
The Mausoleum of Sultan Oljeïtu at Sultaniyya (1307-13). Intended as a major component of a larger complex, this octagonal structure with eight slender minarets and a huge, blue-glazed dome is not well understood. Oljeïtu had the idea of transforming it into a mashhad for Ali and his son al-Husayn when he converted to Shiism but then changed his mind again and made it his own, and plastered the interior. The building shows the striving for verticality and the perfection of pre-existing traditions.
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Photograph
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Image courtesy of Nasser Rabbat of the Aga Khan Program at MIT.
MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin
4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002
MIT Course Instructor
Rabbat, Nasser O.
MIT Department
Architecture
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The Mausoleum of Sultan Oljeïtu at Sultaniyya
The Mausoleum of Sultan Oljeïtu at Sultaniyya (1307-13). Intended as a major component of a larger complex, this octagonal structure with eight slender minarets and a huge, blue-glazed dome is not well understood. Oljeïtu had the idea of transforming it into a mashhad for Ali and his son al-Husayn when he converted to Shiism but then changed his mind again and made it his own, and plastered the interior. The building shows the striving for verticality and the perfection of pre-existing traditions.
Format
Photograph
Credit
Image courtesy of Nasser Rabbat of the Aga Khan Program at MIT.
MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin
4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002
MIT Course Instructor
Rabbat, Nasser O.
MIT Department
Architecture
License
Publisher