Soltaniyeh could be a town in and capital of Soltaniyeh District of Abhar County, Zanjan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was five,684, in 1,649 families. Soltaniyeh, settled some 240 kilometres (150 mi) to the north-west of national capital, accustomed be the capital of Mongol Ilkhanid rulers of Persia within the ordinal century. Its name interprets as “the Imperial”. In 2005, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization listed Soltaniyeh mutually of the planet Heritage Sites. William Dalrymple notes that Öljaitü supposed Soltaniyeh to be “the largest and most luxurious town within the world” however that it “died with him” and is currently “a deserted, crumbling unfold of ruins.”
The central magnet of Soltaniyeh’s many ruins is that the sepulchre of Il-khan Öljeitü conjointly called Muhammad Khodabandeh, historically called the Dome of Soltaniyeh. The structure, erected from 1302 to 1312 AD, has the oldest double-shell dome in Islamic Republic of Iran. Its importance within the Muslim world could also be compared thereto of Brunelleschi’s cupola for Christian design. It’s one among the most important brick domes within the world, simply at the theoretical engineering limit for a brick dome and also the third largest dome within the world when the domes of Florence Cathedral and Hagia Sophia.
The Dome of Soltaniyeh made-up the approach for additional daring Iranian-style cupola constructions within the Muslim world, like the sepulchre of Khoja Ahmed Yasavi and also the mausoleum. A lot of of its exterior decoration has been lost, however the inside retains excellent mosaics, faience, and murals. Individuals have delineated the design of the building as “anticipating the mausoleum.” The calculable two hundred ton dome stands forty nine meters (161 ft) tall from its base, and is presently undergoing in depth renovation.
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