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Description
Property Name: Imamzadeh Shah Hussein
Inventory No: 98-21-3
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-06-10
Country (State party): Iran
Province: Tehran
Town: Varamin
Geographic coordinates: 35° 19′ 15″ N
51° 38′ 42″ E
Historic Period: Ilkhanid
Year of Construction: 1330
Style: Ilkhanid
Original Use: Mausoleum
Current Use: Mausoleum
Architect: Unknown
Significance
This structure is known locally as the Imamzadeh Shah Husayn and is situated near the center of modern Varamin, a few hundred meters southeast of the Friday Mosque.
Selection Criteria
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State of Preservation
This work has been registered as a National Monument of Iran on June 28, 2009
References
Bloom, Jonathan M.- Blair, Sheila S., The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture Volume 2, New York, 2009.
Dieulafoy, Jane, La Perse, la Chaldée et la Susiane, Hachette, Paris, 1887.
Hutt, Antony, Islamic architecture Iran 1, London: Scorpion Publications Limited, 1977.
Pope, Arthur Upham, Persian architecture, Soroush Press, Tehran, 1976.
Wilber, Donald N. , The Architecture of Islamic Iran, Greenwood Press, New York, 1969.