تزيينات كتيبه بقعه شاه نعمت الله ولي در ماهان كرمان

INSCRIBED DECORATIONS OF SHAH-NEMAT-ALLAH VAL I MAUSOLEUM

Seyed Noor-al-din Nemat-Allah Kermani known as Shah Nemat-Allah Vali is a great sufi and favorite poet of 14 and .15/8 and 9 century who also is the founder of Nemat-Allahisect and therefore received special attention by Timurid kings. After passing of six centuries from his death, he was still under consideration of Iranian Shiites and rulers so that we can see the continuance of Iranian architecture till Qajarid period in his mausoleum building complex. Since Safavid Shah Abbas (the first) and Qajarid Naser-al-din Shah strongly devoted to him, his mausoleum was mostly developed in their ruling times. Morever, because Timurids and Safavids needed religious individuals to continue their ruling, they valued power full gnostic persons. Studding the mausoleum complex, we can not only get information about Iran s history and religious attitudes of then rulers, but also the religious personality of Shah Nemat-Allah Vali\ the characteristics of mausoleum and its inscribed decorations are studied as well. The present essay attempts to answer these questions: 1 .What are the themes of inscribed decorations on Shah-Nemat-Allah Valli Mausoleum? 2 What kind of inscription had been utilized in each part of the mausoleum? The aims ol this essay are as follow: i. To study structure and characteristics of Timurid architecture: 2To study the biography of Shah Namat-Allah Vali 3.To study tbe structure of his mausoleum and the themes of his religious and literary inscriptions. The method of this research is historical, descriptive and analytical.