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• Situated in the middle of the courtyard of the majestic mausoleum.

• Surrounded by square-shaped walls.

• One can enter the mausoleum from the entrance gate in the middle of the northern wall.

• The tomb of Hoshang shah is a grand construction.

• Having a square plan and a dome.

• It is built on a basement of remarkable width and height.

• The entire building including the dome is covered in marble.

• the main entrance and stairs are situated in the south side.

• the other side of the entrance to the courtyard.

• In the four corners of the domed roof, there are constructions with battlements and small domes.

• Hindu patterns can be observed in the decorations.

• The main body of the mausoleum has walls with large arch-shaped entrances in the north and south.

• The walls in the east and west have no openings.

• The inside walls of the tomb chamber are covered by white marble.

• By the use of squinches, the builders made the upper part of the square room octangular and the top part 16-gon.

• Arches in either side of the north and south entrances are filled with an openwork of geometric patterns.

• In the middle of the tomb chamber, is the tomb of Hoshang Shah.

• Near this tomb, there are 5 other tombs.

planentrance gate of mosque

entrance gate

•tomb of Hoshang Shah.

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