Imamzadeh Shah Zeyd

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Emamzadeh Shah Zeyd
Religion
AffiliationShia Islam
ProvinceIsfahan
Location
LocationIsfahan, Iran
MunicipalityIsfahan
Architecture
TypeImamzadeh
StyleIsfahani

Emamzadeh Shah Zeyd (Persian: امامزاده شاه زید) is an imamzadeh in Isfahan, Iran. It belongs to the early Safavid era. It is well known for paintings on its walls. These paintings are about the Battle of Karbala. Cavalries are in in the most parts of the paintings, but there are also other elements such as veiled women, dead bodies, birds, mosques and even flowers and nightingales.[1]

References

  1. ^ Hosseyn Yaghoubi (2004). Arash Beheshti (ed.). Rāhnamā ye Safar be Ostān e Esfāhān(Travel Guide for the Province Isfahan) (in Persian). Rouzane. p. 115. ISBN 964-334-218-2.