Recognition of a Monument Called Sharbatkhāneh in Afushteh, based on the Deed of Endowment of Seyyed-i Waqif’s Properties
Stories narrated by ordinary people for some architectural works can be considered as a source for recognizing them. Still, in some cases, these beliefs and myths are so accepted by researchers without any doubt or challenge. An example of this belief is the story narrated by the people of Afusht...
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| Language: | Persian |
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Shahid Beheshti University
2021-02-01
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| Series: | صفه |
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| Online Access: | https://soffeh.sbu.ac.ir/article_100516_39188b2e717c05e6742943ea6a7c9380.pdf |
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| Summary: | Stories narrated by ordinary people for some architectural works can be considered as a source for recognizing them. Still, in some cases, these beliefs and myths are so accepted by researchers without any doubt or challenge. An example of this belief is the story narrated by the people of Afushteh, according to which a decorated pavilion shaped monument is called Sharbatkhāneh. The name Sharbatkhāneh, which seems to be derived from a narration about Taj al-Din Hassan-i Hosseini or Seyyed-i Waqif, is so well established that being invalid never comes to mind. However, a review of the only available document from the buildings of Seyyed Hassan-i Waqif in Afushteh, that is, the deed of endowment of this building, shows that this name is not very documented; In other words, there is no such name in the deed of the endowment. In the same document, another building called Chāhārṣoffeh and Ṭanabī is introduced. In recent years, a study of documents and structures in Afushteh by Hossein Azam-i Wāqifī has suggested that the Chāhārṣoffeh and Sharbatkhāneh buildings were the same without a thorough examination of the reasons. The primary purpose of this study is to clarify how accurate and provable such a hypothesis is. However, proving this assumption does not determine whether the building is Sharbatkhāneh or not, because Chāhārṣoffeh refers to it architecturally and Sharbatkhāneh mentions its function. So the next goal is to find the function of the building, first by validating the name Sharbatkhāneh for this structure and then by examining the names that have been applied to it in other sources. The current research tries to study the historical documents as well as the physical aspects of the building by the aid of the historical interpretive method. The result of this study first confirms the conformity of the Chāhārṣoffeh and Sharbatkhāneh, and secondly chooses the name Timurid Chāhārṣoffeh instead of the use of names derived from unknown and invalid functions. |
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| ISSN: | 1683-870X 2645-5900 |