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to survey activities during the implementation of the planned scheme of the new city of Gor and the plain. In fact, this grand scheme was centred in Terbal and continued the concentric and radiant pattern of the town, with traces of canals, paths, walls and field borders found up to 10 km
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with the official buildings located at the centre of an inner circle 950 metres (3,120 ft) in radius. The tower-like structure of Terbal was located at the very centre of this circle. Together with
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introduced by Ardashir I. It may have had practical military and civil uses as well, as the tower provided visual contact with some fortifications in the area, and/or may have been used as an
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Similar structures, i.e., staged tower with an outside ramp, have been recorded by ancient historians, including a tower mentioned by
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According to a newer study, the structure, as also described in medieval sources, may have functioned as a
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It is hypothesised that the structure may have been part of a government building and symbolised the
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studies of the structure, Terbal was mistakenly thought to be a descendant of the
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Among Western orientalists and travellers, the structure was first observed by
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It is thought that the Terbal was the architectural predecessor of the unique
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Gottheil, Richard J. H. (1910). "The Origin and History of the Minaret".
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20 m (66 ft) if the ruined stairs and outer wall are considered
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The remaining core of the structure. The stairs and the dome are lost.
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A drawing of the Minar with traces of the outer stairs apparent
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was a staged, tower-like structure built in the center of the
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Collected works of Guy Le Strange: the medieval Islamic world
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The minaret itself inspired that of the 923:مهرآفرین، رضا؛ خراشادی، سرور؛ جامه بزرگ، عباس؛ 774: 772: 742:Post-modern mosque with a spiral minaret near 523:An 1889 artistic impression of the Minar as a 1130: 957: 921: 477:, who called the structure "the Fire temple ( 410: 400: 382: 279: 269: 974:مهرآفرين رضا، خراشادي سرور، جامه بزرگ عباس، 943: 917: 915: 913: 846: 297: 990: 988: 963:, کیهان فرهنگی, دی 1367, شماره 58, صص 26–27 884: 882: 880: 769: 340:. These in turn may have been based on the 1137: 1123: 259: 910: 820: 818: 1057:Washington Report on Middle East Affairs 985: 877: 852: 781:Journal of the American Oriental Society 778: 518: 1076: 824: 1317: 815: 656:, the oldest surviving Muslim minaret. 1118: 951: 888: 976:«اردشير خوره: تختگاه اردشير پاپکان» 925:«اردشیر خوره: تختگاه اردشیر پاپکان» 922: 889:Huff, Dietrich (15 December 1999). 832:. London: I.B. Tauris. p. 45. 411: 401: 383: 298: 280: 270: 13: 14: 1386: 1098: 1003:(in Persian). دانشنامه جهان اسلام 579:distant from this central tower. 324:), several towers at Pirisabora ( 1146: 994: 735: 716: 697: 681: 661: 645: 502: 497:, which contains further details 486: 466: 55: 48: 32: 1070: 1045: 1015: 968: 936: 628:in Cairo, Egypt, and recently 590:, the divinity of the Waters ( 572:divine and centralist kingship 545:, who noted its uniqueness in 1: 1079:Philip Johnson: Life and Work 828:(2014). Kennedy, Hugh (ed.). 763: 557:, while some thought it is a 56: 1299:Zoroastrians Dakhmeh, Kerman 961:«طربال تداوم معماری زیگورات» 599: 16:Tower-like structure in Iran 7: 751: 427:(a reference to a Buddhist 316:(near the Sasanian capital 10: 1391: 1304:Zoroastrians Dakhmeh, Yazd 1279:Tehran International Tower 1274:Tabriz Fire Fighting Tower 723:Chapel of Thanksgiving at 652:The unique minaret of the 514: 264:The structure is known as 171:>30 m (98 ft) 1294:World Trade Center Tabriz 1159: 958: 708:, Egypt, inspired by the 620:, which was built in the 449:L'Art Antique de la Perse 354:'s new city of Gor had a 274:, literally "pillar") or 232: 227: 219: 214: 204: 190: 180: 175: 167: 157: 120: 85: 77: 43: 31: 24: 654:Great Mosque of Kairouan 441:Forsat-od-Dowleh Shirazi 423:to a similar edifice at 322:Lighthouse of Alexandria 320:; he compared it to the 25: 1077:Schulze, Franz (1996). 692:, also in Samarra, Iraq 674:Great Mosque of Samarra 614:Great Mosque of Samarra 260:Description and history 142:28.852861°N 52.532417°E 1345:National works of Iran 1239:Radkan Tower, Chenaran 1209:Gonbad-e Qabus (tower) 944: 744:Enghelab Sport Complex 561:, with the Holy Fire ( 534: 1375:Sasanian architecture 1244:Radkan Tower, Kordkuy 522: 288:, while the medieval 161:9 m (30 ft) 78:Alternative name 1340:Fire temples in Iran 1289:Tomb of Haydar Amuli 1027:www.thanksgiving.org 896:Encyclopædia Iranica 863:Encyclopædia Iranica 856:(15 December 1986). 725:Thanks-Giving Square 634:Thanks-Giving Square 547:Iranian architecture 310:Ammianus Marcellinus 233:Architectural styles 147:28.852861; 52.532417 1370:Gor (Sasanian city) 1194:Chamran Grand Hotel 1109:Dehkhoda Dictionary 706:Mosque of Ibn Tulun 626:Mosque of Ibn Tulun 138: /  21: 1365:Reservoirs in Iran 1330:Observation towers 1234:Pars El-Gölü Hotel 1189:Bank Markazi Tower 758:The Wonderful Barn 535: 19: 1312: 1311: 1229:Minar (Firuzabad) 959:موسوی، سید احمد؛ 576:observation tower 252:circular city of 242: 241: 94:Ardashir-Khwarrah 69:Shown within Iran 1382: 1335:Minarets in Iran 1151: 1150: 1139: 1132: 1125: 1116: 1115: 1093: 1092: 1074: 1068: 1067: 1065: 1063: 1049: 1043: 1042: 1040: 1038: 1029:. 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According to 344:of the ancient 328:) mentioned by 262: 209:Sasanian Persia 162: 146: 144: 140: 137: 132: 129: 127: 125: 124: 102:Sasanian Empire 81:Terbal, Minaret 73: 72: 71: 70: 67: 66: 65: 64: 60: 39: 27: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1388: 1378: 1377: 1372: 1367: 1362: 1357: 1352: 1347: 1342: 1337: 1332: 1327: 1325:Towers in Iran 1310: 1309: 1307: 1306: 1301: 1296: 1291: 1286: 1281: 1276: 1271: 1266: 1261: 1256: 1251: 1246: 1241: 1236: 1231: 1226: 1221: 1216: 1214:Kashaneh Tower 1211: 1206: 1201: 1196: 1191: 1186: 1181: 1176: 1171: 1169:Akhangan Tower 1166: 1160: 1157: 1156: 1153:Towers in Iran 1142: 1141: 1134: 1127: 1119: 1113: 1112: 1100: 1099:External links 1097: 1095: 1094: 1087: 1069: 1044: 1033:on 26 May 2017 1014: 984: 967: 950: 935: 909: 876: 845: 838: 814: 787:(2): 132–154. 767: 765: 762: 761: 760: 753: 750: 749: 748: 741: 734: 732: 722: 715: 713: 703: 696: 694: 687: 680: 678: 667: 660: 658: 651: 644: 630:Philip Johnson 608:(known as the 601: 598: 551:Ernst Herzfeld 539:Eugène Flandin 516: 513: 512: 511: 508: 501: 499: 492: 485: 483: 475:Eugène Flandin 472: 465: 461:of the base". 445:Ernst Herzfeld 439:period writer 361:Takht-e Neshin 261: 258: 240: 239: 234: 230: 229: 225: 224: 221: 217: 216: 212: 211: 206: 202: 201: 192: 188: 187: 182: 178: 177: 173: 172: 169: 165: 164: 159: 155: 154: 122: 118: 117: 87: 83: 82: 79: 75: 74: 68: 62: 61: 54: 53: 47: 46: 45: 44: 41: 40: 37: 29: 28: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1387: 1376: 1373: 1371: 1368: 1366: 1363: 1361: 1358: 1356: 1353: 1351: 1348: 1346: 1343: 1341: 1338: 1336: 1333: 1331: 1328: 1326: 1323: 1322: 1320: 1305: 1302: 1300: 1297: 1295: 1292: 1290: 1287: 1285: 1284:Toghrol Tower 1282: 1280: 1277: 1275: 1272: 1270: 1269:Shebeli Tower 1267: 1265: 1264:Shahran Tower 1262: 1260: 1257: 1255: 1252: 1250: 1247: 1245: 1242: 1240: 1237: 1235: 1232: 1230: 1227: 1225: 1222: 1220: 1217: 1215: 1212: 1210: 1207: 1205: 1202: 1200: 1197: 1195: 1192: 1190: 1187: 1185: 1182: 1180: 1179:Aliabad Tower 1177: 1175: 1174:Aladdin Tower 1172: 1170: 1167: 1165: 1164:A.S.P. 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The remains of the Minar, a square, tower-like structure with upper parts in ruins
Minar is located in Iran
Gōr
Ardashir-Khwarrah
Pars
Sasanian Empire
Firuzabad
Fars Province
Iran
28°51′10.3″N 52°31′56.7″E / 28.852861°N 52.532417°E / 28.852861; 52.532417
Ardashir I
granite
masonry
Sasanian Persia
Sasanian
Sasanian
Gōr
New Persian
Arabic
Ammianus Marcellinus
Nahar Malka
Ctesiphon
Lighthouse of Alexandria
al-Anbar
Zosimus
Borsippa
Babylon
ziggurats
Near East
Ardashir I

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