Darb-e Imam

Darb-e-Imam shrine, Isfahan

The shrine of Darb-e Imam (Persian: امامزاده درب امام), located in the Dardasht quarter of Isfahan, Iran, is a funerary complex, with a cemetery, shrine structures, and courtyards belonging to different construction periods and styles. The first structures were built by Jalal al-Din Safarshah, during the Qara Qoyunlu reign in 1453.

The girih tiles

Girih tile subdivision found in the decagonal girih pattern on a spandrel from the Darb-e Imam shrine

Further information: girih and Islamic geometric patterns

Peter Lu and Paul Steinhardt have studied Islamic tiling patterns, called girih tiles. They strongly resemble Penrose tilings, to which the designs on the Darb-e Imam shrine are almost identical.

See also

• Azulejo

References

• Lu, P. J.; Steinhardt, P. J. (2007). "Decagonal and Quasi-crystalline Tilings in Medieval Islamic Architecture". Science. 315 (5815): 1106–1110. doi:10.1126/science.1135491. PMID 17322056. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-04.

External links

• Islamic tiles reveal sophisticated maths
• Image of tiles