Momine-Khatun-Mausoleum

The Momine - Khatun Mausoleum is the tomb of the first wife of Atabegs of Azerbaijan Muhammed Jahan Pahlavi in Nakhchivan City, in present-day Azerbaijan. The building was built in the 12th century by the architect Adschemi ibn Abubekr and is considered the most important work.

Components

The mausoleum is a ten square brick building. The foundation is with sheets of diorite, since buildings designed with colorful tiles, primarily decorated in blue. This form geometric patterns. The main room has three small windows, formerly there were only two. Under one of the windows is the door. At the corners of ten clustered columns are arranged on the outside. The exterior walls are richly decorated with pattern forming rods and Moresken. At the cornice and the arches Kufic inscriptions are attached. The roof is designed as a tent roof.

The entrance to the mausoleum is located in the east. The upper memorial room and the lower grave chamber can be reached independently from the outside. The vault of the grave chamber is supported by a central pillar. The upper space is circular layout and 27.5 meters high. The walls are largely unadorned.

Not belong to the tomb before more buildings in the area, as a madrasa, which was already mentioned in 1186, also a mosque and other buildings for religious purposes. 50 meters from this place today for a gate with two minarets.

History

The mausoleum was / ( according to the Islamic calendar 582 ) built in 1186 87 for the first wife of Muhammad Jahan Atabegs Pahlavi. The plant with Mosque and Madrasa disintegrated in the 19th century, remained only the gateway with two minarets. The mausoleum was redeveloped in the 19th century, it incorporated a third window.

From 1999 to 2003, the mausoleum was restored again. This was part of a World Bank program.

Importance

The building is the creation of the School of Nakhichevan, an architectural style that was developed by Adschemi ibn Abubekr, in the region was widely read and as far as India was known.

The building still dominates the surrounding landscape and is a landmark of the region.