Kouh Sangi
(Stone Mountain)


Asia: Iran, Khorasan Province

Abbas-Qoli Khan School

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Meshed City
 
 

Abbas-Qoli Khan School

This school, which is four-terraced, is rectangular in shape. The building is in two floors, containing 104 chambers, with a booth facing the Shrine, in front of each chamber.

Entrance is on the Northern end of a terrace, decorated with tiles and stalactites.

According to the script on the portal cornice of school, its construction dates back to 1657; and its founder was "Abbas-Qoli Khan Beiglar Beigi".

The material used is essentially brick and decorations are:
Tiles
Stalactites
Writing (on entrance portal, main corridor and Southern terrace)

Arched part or terraces are decorated with upright sleeping bricks.

The school is used for training and residence of Theology (Islamic) students.

 

 

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