Ali Dome
The Ali Dome is a mausoleum tower located in Abarkuh, in the province of Yazd, Iran. The mausoleum was completed in the Seljuk style in c. 1056 CE on the order of Firuzan, a son of Amir Shams ad-Dowleh ibn Ali Hezarasb, a Daylamite ruler.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: mausoleum tower in Abarkuh, Iranian national heritage site
- Also known as: “Ali Mausoleum”, “Ali Tomb”, “Gonbad ‘Ālī”, “Gonbad `Ali”, “Gonbad-e Ali”, and “Gunbad-i Ali”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aqazade’s House and Solat Mansion.
Aqazade’s House
Photo: Ali Karimzadeh 1355, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Aghazadeh Mansion is a mansion with a windcatcher, located in Abarkooh, in the province of Yazd, Iran. The mansion was built during the Qajar era, and added to the Iran National Heritage List on 12 February 1997, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran. Aqazade’s House is situated 2 km northwest of Ali Dome.
Solat Mansion
Museum
Photo: Sanam saffari, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Solat Mansion is a museum, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Ali Dome.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maduiyeh and Azizabad.
Maduiyeh
Village
Maduiyeh is a village in Tirjerd Rural District, in the Central District of Abarkuh County, Yazd Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 138, in 39 families.
Azizabad
Village
Azizabad is a village in Tirjerd Rural District, in the Central District of Abarkuh County, Yazd Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 583, in 166 families.
Shahrabad
Village
Shahrabad is a village in Mehrabad Rural District, Bahman District, Abarkuh County, Yazd Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 245, in 87 families. Shahrabad is situated 3 km south of Ali Dome.
Ali Dome
- Categories: mausoleum, tower, cultural property, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Yazd, Central Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Ali Dome” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قبة عالي”
- Persian: “گنبد عالی”
- Persian: “گنبد علی یا (عالی)”
- Turkish: “Ali Türbesi”
- Turkish: “Kümbet-i Ali”
- Uzbek: “Ali gumbazi”
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