The inscriptions on this cenotaph include a prayer to the ‘Fourteen Immaculates’, Muhammad, Fatimah and the Twelve Shi‘ite Imams; a record of the donors, Darwish ‘Abdallah, his brother, Darwish Rustam and other individuals; and the signature of the craftsman, Shams al-Din ibn Ustad Ahmad najjar-i balada-yi Sari (‘Shams al-Din, the son of the cabinet-maker and joiner Ahmad, in the town of Sari’). His signature is recorded on woodwork in various shrines in northern Iran.
Date
between 1496 and 1497
date QS:P,+1496-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1496-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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