Minaret Kabir (original) (raw)

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Minaret Kabir
Province South Khorasan
Status demolished
Location
Location South Khorasan, Iran
Municipality Tabas
Territory Tabas
Architecture
Type Minaret
Minaret height 40 m (130 ft)

Minaret Kabir (Menār-e Kabir) was an eleventh century brick minaret, located in Tabas (a desert city in central Iran), constructed during the Seljuk Empire.

The minaret was one of the earliest recorded man-made structures in Tabas, constructed between 993 and 1014 (during the late Ghaznavid-early Seljuk period).[1] It was estimated to be approximately 40 m (130 ft) high.[2][3]

It collapsed on 22 February 1907, due to the construction of the Kariz-e Allahabad, a qanat, which weakened the minaret's foundations.[1]

The minaret was recorded as one of Iran's National Heritage on 7 December 1935 (Archeological Department Registration No. 245).[2][4][5]

The remnants of the minaret were removed in the 1960s and bricks from it have been found in the walls of surrounding houses.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Berberian, Manuel (2014). Earthquakes and Coseismic Surface Faulting on the Iranian Plateau. Elsevier. p. 328. ISBN 9780444632975.
  2. ^ a b Ambraseys, N. N.; Melville, C. P. (2005). A History of Persian Earthquakes. Cambridge University Press. p. 197. ISBN 9780521021876 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "The Geographical Journal". 28. Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). 1906: 563.
  4. ^ م ناره کبیر گلشن طبس ، دهکده گلشن ، طبس
  5. ^ Allāh Mishkātī, Nuṣrat (1974). A List of the Historical Sites and Ancient Monuments of Iran. Ministry of Culture and Arts Press. p. 82.