Document Type : Original Article

Author

• Mahnaz Shayestehfar

Associate Professor Islamic Art of Tarbiat Modarres University

Abstract

History of every nation includes the lives of human beings and their relations, from artistic and religious to human ones. Iranian history includes two powerful dynasties of Timurid and Safavid which have left many trails in the biggest religious place in Iran, Imam Reza’s Holy Shrine. Porches made in Timurid and Safavid eras are among the most important architectural works in the country located in Imam Reza’s Shrine. They contain different artistic and religious inscriptions and this difference is a result of variety that existed in their separate eras. This paper seeks to review the differences and similarities of the porches made during Timurid and Safavid eras. The methodology is that the contents of Quranic inscriptions are analyzed while the benedictory ones as well as the Persian verses are compared in order to find an answer to the main question of the article. Results indicate that in Timurid era, more attention is paid to Quranic content while in Safavid, the focus is on artistic decorations.
 

Keywords

• Razavi menology
• Quranic inscriptions
• benedictory
• Hadith
• Persian verses
• Timurid
• Safavid
• porches
• Imam Reza’s Shrine