Tomb of Nader Shah

Tomb of Nader Shah
Tomb of Nader Shah
آرامگاه نادرشاه
General information
Architectural style	Iranian architecture
Town or city	Mashhad
Country	Iran
Completed	1963
Design and construction
Architect	Hooshang Seyhoun

Tomb of Nader Shah is a building in Mashhad designed by Hooshang Seyhoun.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

History[]

After Nader's successful campaign against the Mughal Empire, he returned to his homeland with immense wealth: the peacock throne, the Koh-i-Noor diamond, and “700 elephants, 4,000 camels and 12,000 horses carrying wagons all laden with gold, silver and precious stones”. Hiding his loot in the town of Kalat, Nader immediately ordered the Mughal craftsmen whom he had brought to Persia to build him a grandiose tomb in Mughal style — the Kakh-e-Khorshid, or ‘Palace of the Sun’.

Nader Shah’s assassination meant the tomb was never fully completed. The Kakhe-e-Khorshid was turned into a residence palace by various tribal leaders and Nader Shah’s body remained un-commemorated until the 1960s when a concrete monument was constructed for him in the vicinity of a heavily polluted traffic intersection in Mashhad.^[5]

Interior[]

Despite its incomplete exterior, the interior of the Khorshid is fully refined: each doorway is decorated by miniature paintings and Mughal frescoes.^[6]

Gallery[]

Sources[]

^ "Tomb of Nader Shah". Visit Nader Shah’s mausoleum in Mashhad. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
^ "Tomb of Nader Shah". www.itto.org. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
^ "Tomb of Nader Shah in Mashhad". www.alaedin.travel/en. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
^ "Encyclopaedia of the Iranian Architectural History". Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran. 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015.
^ Dalrymple, Sam. "Here lay Nader Shah". Conde Nast Traveller.
^ Dalrymple, Sam. "Here lay Nader Shah". Conde Nast Traveller.

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[1] "Tomb of Nader Shah". Visit Nader Shah’s mausoleum in Mashhad. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

[2] "Tomb of Nader Shah". www.itto.org. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

[3] "Tomb of Nader Shah in Mashhad". www.alaedin.travel/en. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

[4] "Encyclopaedia of the Iranian Architectural History". Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran. 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015.

[5] Dalrymple, Sam. "Here lay Nader Shah". Conde Nast Traveller.

[6] Dalrymple, Sam. "Here lay Nader Shah". Conde Nast Traveller.

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