Mir Ali-ebn-e-Hamzeh

Near the lower end of the Qura'an Gate Avenuem before the bridge, there is a Mausoleum, bearing the above name, the western facade, and the entrance of which, are beside the avenue, and it has a very beautiful old door with inlaid decoration, and by means of a vestibule access is obtained to a spacious courtyard. Over the doorway leading into the courtyard, an inscription, engraved on a tablet of red stone, in a fine Sols character, in the handwriting of Ebrahim Soltan, son of Shahrokh-e-Timuri, contains this sentence:

 (Someone said to Abraham (on him be peace!) : "For what did God take you as His friend? He replied: "I never dinednor supped but with a guest").

The Mausoleum consists of a spacious shrine, in the middle of which the tomb of Shah Mir Ali, one of the grandsons of Emam Musa-ye-Kazem (on him be peace!), is Danamire Azodo-d-doleh, and repairs and restorations were effected by the Zand leaders, and by the Qajar Governor-generals. The building faces towards the courtyard in a southerly direction, and two minarets stand on either side.

A large cemetery, called Javanabad, was situated beside this Mausoleum, the northern part of which was transferred in 1926 to the Fars School of Arts, and by degrees buildings were put up there. And the tombs of Rahim Khan, son of Karim Khan Zand, who died in 1191 A.H. (1777 A.D), and that of another son of Karim Khan, who died in 1185 A.H (1771 A.D) are in one of the rooma of the earliest part of the Art School. The rest of the northern part of the cemetery has become one of the public parks of the city of Shiraz.

Pictures of Ali-ebn-e-Hamzeh's Tomb