view of courtyard, The Timurid madrasa of Khargird, Khorasan, Iran
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5731 x 3821 px | 48.5 x 32.4 cm | 19.1 x 12.7 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
15 July 2013Location:
Khorasan, IranMore information:
The Madrasa al-Ghiyathiyya is located in Khargird, a village 147 kilometers southwest of Mashad in Khorasan province. The madrasa takes its name from its founder Pir Ahmad, who was Shah Rukh's (1405-1447) vazir, under the title of Ghiyath al-Din, from 1417 until his death in 1447. Inscriptions reveal that the madrasa was designed and built mainly by the engineer Qavam al-Din Shirazi between 1438-1444. However, he died before its completion, at which time another architect took up the remaining work. The calligrapher, Jalal al-Din, was the same man who worked on Gawhar Shad's madrasa at Herat.