Images of buildings and landscapes in Hamadan Province, Iran. Photographs taken by&nbsp;<a href="https://archnet.org/authorities/1910" target="_blank" data-bypass="true">Baroness Marie-Thérèse Ullens de Schooten</a>&nbsp;between 1951 and 1972.

Marie-Thérèse Ullens de Schooten

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Known as the Gunbad-i Alayvian, this structure is assumed to be a mausoleum; square on exterior and interior, with the dome no longer extant. The plan incorporates an unusual stellar flange that protrudes from each exterior corner, rising to a height lower than the main mass. The period of construction is contested, ranging from late twelfth century Seljuk to fourteenth century Mongol. Wilber proposes construction c.1315. Rich ornamentation covers the exterior; terracotta and stucco form inscriptions, and geometric and brick bonding patterns. The interior is plaster coated, with areas of carved stucco in high relief. Sources: Pope, Arthur Upham. "Architectural Ornament." In A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present, edited by Pope, Arthur Upham and Phyllis Ackerman (assistant editor), Vol. 3 Architecture, Its Ornament, City Plans, Gardens, 3rd ed., 1301-1302. Tehran: Soroush Press, 1977. Wilber, Donald N. The Architecture of Islamic Iran. New York: Greenwood Press, 1969.

Gunbad-i Alaviyyan

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In 1036 the physician, mathematician and philosopher Ibn Sina (Avicenna) died on a journey from Isfahan to Hamadan, where he had earlier been a vizier. The extant monument was build in the 1950's, and includes a library and museum. The tower on the site is a modern interpretation Ziyarid tomb towers such as the <a href="https://www.archnet.org/sites/1606" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gunbad-i Qabus</a>. The tomb of <a href="https://www.archnet.org/collections/2369" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Qajar</a>-era poet Abolghassem Aref is located in the courtyard.

Aramgah-i Bu 'Ali Sina

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This mausoleum is the most celebrated shrine for Iranian Jews, who venerate it as the burial place of two biblical figures, Esther and Mordechai. According to the Book of Esther in the Old Testament, Esther, the wife of Ahasuerus (probably a transcription of Xerxes, the Achaemenid king of Persia ca. the 4th century BCE) saved the lives of her uncle Mordechai and the entire Jewish community in the Persian Empire from a sinister plot by Haman, one of the king's courtiers. The Jewish feast of Purim is based on the tale of Esther. Christians and Muslims alike venerate the shrine, which was once situated within the Jewish quarter of Hamadan. The building is attributed to the fourteenth century. Oriented toward west (Jerusalem), the mausoleum consists of a 12-meter-high domed chamber (5.3 meters per side) with secondary rooms attached to the north and east. According to historical sources, famous rabbis were buried in these rooms. The building is accessed through a shallow iwan containing a low doorway with a massive granite door, which obliges visitors to bow upon entering. Interior walls are covered with Hebrew inscriptions executed in stone or plaster. In the main hall are two wooden coffins; these are attributed to Esther and Mordechai and carved in intricate geometric patterns and Hebrew inscriptions. While the sarcophagus attributed to Esther is dated 1291 (692 A.H.), the other was made in the second half of the seventeenth century. In the early 1970s, the shrine was renovated and expanded by the order of the Iranian Jewish Society. The renovation, undertaken by architect Yassi (Elias) Gabby, involved the demolition of surrounding residential buildings and the erection of a modern synagogue. Sources: "Esther and Mordecai." Encyclopedia Iranica. http://www.iranica.com [Accessed Nov. 30, 2010]. "Esther and Mordechai." Iranshahr Encyclopedia ofIranian Architectural History. <a href=" http://iranshahrpedia.ir/arch/handle/10667/25947" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> http://iranshahrpedia.ir/arch/handle/10667/25947</a>. [Accessed Nov. 30, 2010] "Esther’s Tomb." http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Jewish_Holidays/Purim/History/esther-tomb.shtml [Accessed Nov. 30, 2010]

Mausoleum of Esther and Mordecai

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Brickyard. Hamadan. Iran.

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Village alley. Near Malayir. Iran.

Hamadan Province (Ullens Collection)

<a data-bypass="true" target="_blank" href="http://archnet.org/authorities/1910">Baroness Marie-Thérèse Ullens de Schooten</a> (1905-1989, Belgium)&nbsp;traveled widely over the course of her husband's diplomatic career, visiting&nbsp;Egypt in the 1920s and Iran in 1948, among other destinations. It was her&nbsp;second trip to Iran in 1951 that marked the start of Ullens' documentary work.&nbsp;She continued to work in Iran into the 1970s. In her audio recordings and her&nbsp;film work, Ullens focused on the Iranian nomadic tribes, notably the Qashqai&nbsp;(Kashkai), to whom she gained privileged access.&nbsp;The Harvard Fine Arts Library made the video files available to&nbsp;Archnet in 2010. Archnet researchers have edited the videos, adding titles,&nbsp;translations, and information on themes and locations that appear in the films.&nbsp;A selection of still images from the Ullens Collection at the Harvard&nbsp;Semitic Museum Photographic Archives is also made available on Archnet. In this online collection, images are grouped in sub-collections by geographic location (province or city), and all videos can be found in the sub-collection titled "Videos (Ullens Collection)." The online collection is a work in progress, and more material will be added over time.

Baroness Ullens de Schooten: Iran, Iraq & Egypt

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Welcome to ARCHNET, an open access, interdisciplinary, intellectual resource focused on the built environment of Muslim societies.Focused on the built environment of Islamic civilizations past and present, we seek to:<ul><li>Facilitate excellence in scholarship and professional work by&nbsp;providing reliable information and ready access&nbsp;to vetted, high-quality textual and multimedia resources&nbsp;focused on architecture, urbanism, environmental and landscape design,&nbsp;heritage&nbsp;conservation, economic and environmental sustainability, community development and resilience in the face of rapid change, and related topics.</li><li>Enable teaching and learning in these domains by providing educators with reliable, effective pedagogical material and teaching aids.&nbsp;</li><li>Serve as a platform through which scholars, practitioners, and institutions can bring their work to new global audiences.&nbsp;</li><li>Promote intercultural understanding and dialogue through reliable, high-quality, peer-reviewed material on the diversity of and pluralism within Muslim societies and the interaction between Islamic and other religious, cultural, and philosophical traditions as it relates to architecture and urbanism.</li><li>Enable easy access to a wide variety of resources via a custom-built, web-based, mobile-friendly platform optimized to minimize financial, infrastructural, linguistic, and other barriers to access.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul>Launched in 2002 after several years of development, ARCHNET is a pioneering digital resource that has proven a reliable authority on the built environment of Muslim societies, past and present.&nbsp;ARCHNET is a partnership between the <a href="https://www.archnet.org/collections/1342" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aga Khan Documentation Center, MIT Libraries</a> (AKDC@MIT) and the <a href="https://www.archnet.org/authorities/1903" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aga Khan Trust for Culture</a> (AKTC), with support from the <a href="https://www.archnet.org/collections/50" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture</a> at Harvard and MIT.&nbsp;ARCHNET is developed and maintained by <a href="https://www.performantsoftware.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Performant Software Solutions</a>.

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