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Shiraz is one of the important Iran’s religious cities and its importance is because of a Shah Cheragh’s shrine (Ahmad ibn Musa’ Imam Reza’s brother). The Shrine has a history of several centuries of architecture. during the last two centuries Shah Cheragh’s dome has been damaged that has been reconstructed and now is one of the most important pilgrimage complex of Shias. The current reconstructing of Shah Cheragh has happened during Pahlavi dynasty with the help of Astan-e Qods. A subject that has not been paid attention in art and architecture researches. The available documents shows more aspects that how Astan-e Qods started its co-operation during the custodianship of Fakhr al-din shade man, Seyyed Jalal al-din Tehrani, Mohammad Mehran, Amir Azize, Butmun Qelich and Pirnia, during the years 1337-1348, that has been neglected in Persianologist researches.
In this Article which relies on news-papers published in Mashhad and Shiraz tries to investigate the reasons and the manner of Astan-e Qods co-operations in repairing and reconstructing of Shah Cheragh’s dome, policies and activities of each Nayeb al-tolieah, paid expenses on repairing, artistic and architectural effects on the dome and the complex of Shah Cheragh.
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