Identification of a Pair of Diamond Earrings inside Atabah Alaviyah’s Shrine based on the Documents of Astan Quds Razavi

Seyed Bonakdar, Seyed Masoud

doi:10.30481/psa.2025.381975.1017

Identification of a Pair of Diamond Earrings inside Atabah Alaviyah’s Shrine based on the Documents of Astan Quds Razavi

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Seyed Masoud Seyed Bonakdar

Associate Professor, Department of History, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Isfahan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30481/psa.2025.381975.1017

Abstract

Valuable treasures of the holy shrines of Shia Imams have been formed due to the expression of love and devotion of some rulers and their followers. However, the trajectory of of many of these works has been forgotten due to the passage of time. Retrieving documents related to these works is one of the most basic ways of identifying their histories. The treasure in Alaviyah's tomb holds a collection of the most exquisite works of the Islamic era, but so far, many of its works have not been carefully and scientifically scrutinized and documented. Relying on the documents of the Astan Quds Razavi document collection, this study tried to identify and document a pair of diamond earrings that is considered one of the most exquisite pieces of jewelry found in the treasure of Alaviyah.

Keywords

Jewelry

Diamond Earring

Atabah Alaviyah

Astan Quds Razavi

Heshmat al-Mulk

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