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- Permanent Link:
- https://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAC000301/00001
Material Information
- Title:
- Interior of a Parsee burial ground near Teheran
- Series Title:
- Sketches in Persia
- Donor:
- Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Publisher:
- The Graphic
- Publication Date:
- 1871
- Language:
- English
- Materials:
- Paper ( medium )
- Technique:
- Engraving
Subjects
- Subjects / Keywords:
- Cemeteries ( lcsh )
Dokhmas ( lcsh )
گورستان
دخمه
آسیا -- ایران -- استان تهران -- تهران -- قصر Ùیروزه
- Spatial Coverage:
- Asia -- Iran -- Tehran Province -- Qasr-e-Firuzeh-ye-Yek -- Tehran
- Coordinates:
- 35.673243 x 51.497319
Notes
- General Note:
- Published in The Graphic on 30 December 1871, page 1
- General Note:
- The Parsi, or Parsee, is a Zoroastrian community. The Parsi burial ground, dakhma or dokhma (from Middle Persian dakhmag) , often referred to as a Tower of Silence in English, is a circular, raised structure for excarnation built by Zoroastrians for the transfer of the dead to birds
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding Location:
- Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- This image is believed to be in the Public Domain
- Resource Identifier:
- MCA/01/03/07 ( SOAS Archives reference number )
MCA/E/7 ( Collector's reference )
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