The Tomb of Khaju-e-Kermani

The Tomb of Khvaju-ye-Kermani, and the adjacent buildings:

On the western side of the Qor'an Gateway, that is, on the right of it, a little distance above that gateway, on the mountain side, there is a pleasant site, which is shaded by trees, and has a pool of water, and the tomb of Khvaju-ye-Kermani, a poet and mystic of the time of Soltan Abu Sa'id, the son of Oljaitu, whose personal name was Mahmud, and who died in 753 A.H. (1352 A.D), is situated there. Near by, arches have been carved in the rock of the mountain, and a large arch of brick also can be seen, where the tomb of Emado'd-din Mahmud, the chief minister of Shah Shoja, who died in 828 A.H (1424 A.D), is situated. He is also called Mashreqi (Eastern), and it seems that in view of the fact that the arch faces the east this name was applied to him.

Near this place a carving in relief of Rostam, the legendary hero of Iran, was made in the time of Hosayn'Ali Mirza, the Governor-general of Fars, and the son of Fath'Ali Shah, in the year 1218 A.H. (1803 A.D), and there is a carving of that prince in the act of hunting, and also a carved scene of Fath'Ali Shah and several of his sons is to be seen there, which is of the same period as the previous carving. The area below this part is called Mosalla, and there is a portico, containing a prayer-niche, called Qorbangah (the place of Sacrifice), which apparently was made in 1295 A.H (1878 A.D) by the late Haji Mo'tamado'd-doleh Farhad Mirza. Near this portico, in the area of Mosalla, on Idain (the two festivals of fetr and Azha) prayers were offered, and also on 'Id-e-Qorban (the Festival of Sacrifices), and when Governor-generals of Fars (now called Ostandaran) arrived, ceremonies of sacrifice used to be performed.

The Tomb of Khaju-e-Kermani Pictures