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Fundamentals of Color Symbolization in Shia and Sunni Theosophy and the Application Patterns in Shia and Sunni Monastery-mausoleums in Iran (Focusing on Monastery-mausoleums of the 8th and 9th Centuries AH in Iran) [PDF]

open access: yesنگره, 2021
Colorful decorations in Islamic architecture have always been the means of expressing meanings. In Islam and Islamic mysticism, color, like other creatures of the universe, is a symbol of something beyond matter. The one and only deity, without forms and
mansooreh mohseni, Mehdi Hamzenejad
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Mausoleums in the Medieval City of Syganak

open access: yesПоволжская археология, 2023
The city of Syganak was recognized as one of the major political centers in the middle reaches of Syrdarya in the 11th and 16th centuries. The city was one of the main centers of the Kypchak Khanate, the White Horde, the Abulkhair Khanate and the Kazakh ...
Sizdikov Bagdaulet S.   +6 more
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Islam and survivals of pre-islamic beliefs in the Gol­den Horde on the materials of architectural funeral structures

open access: yesЗолотоордынское обозрение, 2023
The purpose of the study: To consider how monumental architecture, in particular memorial buildings, reflected the changes in society associated with the adoption of Islam in the Golden Horde and ties with other Muslim states.
Zilivinskaya E.D.
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Style and Shape of Bolgar-Tatar Sepulchral Monuments: unity and uniqueness

open access: yesПоволжская археология, 2023
The installing of sepulchral monuments is not an obligatory element of funeral culture in Islam. However, this phenomenon is widespread among the Tatar people. The tradition, which appeared in ancient times, still exists today. This article discusses the
Mukhametshin Dzhamil G.
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Localization of the Settlement of the Hillfort of Madjary and Its Topography Based on Archival Materials of the XVIII–XIX Centuries

open access: yesАрхеология евразийских степей, 2022
The paper analyses information about historic topography of the hillfort of Madjary taken from the research works of the first explorers of that unique historic monument. The information of S.G.
Babenko Vitaly A.
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Les mausolées de la fin de l’Antiquité au Moyen Âge central : entre gestion d’un héritage et genèse de nouveaux modèles

open access: yesGallia, 2019
Addressing the issue of mausoleums during the Middle Ages implies taking into account several realities: the future of pagan mausoleums, on one hand, the appropriation then the gradual abandonment of mausoleums by Christians, on the other hand, and the ...
Thomas Creissen
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The study and analysis of Semiran City-Castle based on the results of archaeological surveys [PDF]

open access: yesCercetări Arheologice, 2023
Semiran city-castle consists of a series of monuments dated in the 10th century AD1, located on the banks of the Qezel Owzan River, in north-western Iran. On this river, Sefid-rud Dam has been built (1956-1962), behind which a lake has developed.
Alireza Rostami   +2 more
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The Underground Domed Crypt in the Mound no. 5 From the A.V. Tereshchenko’s Excavations in Tsarev Hillfort in 1843

open access: yesВестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2015
The article is devoted to the A. Tereshchenko’s archaeological excavations of the underground domed crypt in 1843 in Tsarev hillfort - the second largest monument of the Golden Horde period in the Lower Volga located on the left bank of Akhtuba-river.
Glukhov Aleksandr Anatolyevich
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The place of return. Settlement principles of the Islamic tomb

open access: yesFestival dell'Architettura Magazine, 2022
The Islamic concept of Maʿda as “place of return” indicates the circular nature of Muslim ritual by denying a clear separation between a “ritual that follows” and a “ritual that hands on”.
Claudia Sansò
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