Muslims Historic Cities; the Symbol of the Coexistence of Divine Religions (Case Study: Yazd City)

Ehsan Aslani¹ Mohammadhossein Dehghan Pour Farashah² Mohammad Naghizadeh³

1) Ph.d. Candidate in Urban Planning, Department of Civil Engineering, Art and Architecture, Tehran Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2) Department of Architectural and Urban Heritage Conservation, School of Architecture, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Email:
3) Department of Civil Engineering, Art and Architecture, Tehran Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

IOI Code : XBHG-DHGKK
Publication : 2nd National Conference on Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Development of the Islamic World Countries(cau2019.ir)
Abstract :
    The religion of Islam is the last divine religion promised by previous prophets. Due to the existence of the unit source, Islam also looks at other divine religions from the viewpoint of human dignity and authority. Therefore, Islam defines the frameworks to provide living conditions for followers of these religions in Islamic lands. How to emerge of these teachings in relation to the interactions with divine religions in the context of the Islamic city is important, which is also influenced by the specific conditions and requirements of time and place. The aim of the present study is to identify and express the physical components of the coexistence of divine religions in city of Yazd as a sample of the Islamic city. The research method is descriptive and analytical and the documentary approach is used to collect theoretical foundations about the nature of Islamic city and the jurisprudential fields. Also, the physical components of the coexistence of divine religions were recognized in Yazd through field studies. The results of the research indicate that the city of Yazd has the maximum religious tolerance in terms of the architectural features in its physical structure, for example, the neighboring cemeteries, the common holy places, and dispersion and merging of settlements and etc.

Keywords : coexistence divine religions islamic city yazd