Islamic Ghazni: Funerary complexes
Inv. no. IG-Z021

IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, Scerrato 1958

IG-Z021

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IG-Z022_Neg. n. 11018-6
Socalled Ziyara of Ibrahim (Sultan)
Location: Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace Area
Chronology: 14th-16th centuries
Squared domed mausolem with ivan avant-corps. The mausoleum was built on the western īvān of the Ghaznavid palace a few centuries after it had been abandoned. No eponymous tomb.
No eponymous tomb.
Other tombs: Riza recorded five epitaphs coming from this site (14th and 16th c.).
Re-employments: 53 elements of architectural decoration (Ghaznavid and Ghurid).

A funerary area found on the north side of the palace is probably connected with the ziyara: 2 Ghaznavid fragments of funerary elements and 9 tombs dating back to the 16th century coming fom this site.
Neg. no.: DepCS neg. no. L595/30, 11018/6, 12913/1 (1977), 13393/7a (1978), 13393/9a (19778)
Digital photos: MAIA 2004 MR, MAIA 2013 RG, MAIA Morganti anno?
Drawings: Ioppolo (funerary area north of the palace)

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