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Jām

town, Afghanistan

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Islamic architecture

  • Al-Ḥākim Mosque
    In Islamic arts: Architecture in Iran

    … (such as the one at Jām). Shorter and squatter towers were mausoleums. Those were particularly typical of northern Iran. The other characteristic architectural type exists only in Eṣfahān in a much-damaged state. It is the pīshṭāq, a formal gateway that served to emphasize a building’s presence and importance.

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