Investigating the Effective Components in the Structure of Two-Shell Domes in the Architecture of Iranian Mosques

Peyman Naghipour¹ Alireza Ashraf nahand²

1) Bachelor’s degree student, Architectural Professional Engineering and Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Iran - Email:
2) MA of Architectural Engineering, professor, Faculty of Skills and Entrepreneurship, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran - Email:

IOI Code : XECZ-GKDGC
Publication : 2nd.International Conference on Architecture, Civil Engineering, Urban Development, Environment and Horizons of Islamic Art in the Second Step Statement of the Revolution(2icacu.ir)
Abstract :
    Muslim architects and artists use their utmost artistic taste and creativity in the construction and design of mosques, regardless of its material value. The architecture of mosques in Iran shows a world of excitement and a glorious silence and tranquility that represents a rich aesthetic taste and can have no source other than religious faith and heavenly inspiration. Muslim architects and artists have so far exerted their utmost taste and artistic creativity without regard to wages and salaries, in such a way that they have sometimes even neglected the installation of their name and logo. The dome in mosques has an inseparable relationship with other elements that give meaning to the function and form of Iranian mosques, but it only contains secrets, sayings and unspoken words that have independently raised various issues before researchers. The research method of this article is library. In this regard, the purpose of this research in this article is to review the generals about Iranian domes, the structure of Iranian domes, two-shell domes and brick domes, and finally with Examining all these cases in a case study (Soltanieh dome), according to the form of Soltanieh dome, this dome is in the tomb of Oljaito (Sultan Mohammad Khodabandeh), which was built between 1302 and 1312 AD by his order in Soltanieh (the capital of the Ilkhanids). Important works of Iranian and Islamic architecture are counted. The dome of Soltanieh has been registered in the World Heritage List. The dome of this building is the third largest dome in the world after the dome of the church of Santa Maria del Fiore, and the dome of the Hagia Sophia. Which was built by the Mongols (during the Mongol invasion of Iran). And an attempt is made to clarify the formation of the dome design with geometric analysis. Finally, it can be concluded that the dome as the identity of Iranian mosques is rooted in the beliefs of the people.

Keywords : architecture two shell architecture arch iranian mosques dome structure soltanieh dome