Tourist Attractions

The Tomb of Sheikh Mahmoud Shabestari

The tomb of Sa’d al-Din Mahmoud bin Abd al-Karim bin Yahya (1288-1340 CE), popularly known as Sheikh Mahmoud Shabestari, is located in the city of Shabestar (in East Azarbaijan Province of Iran), the construction of which dates back to the Ilkhanid era (late 6th century and early 7th century AH) and was reconstructed during the Qajar era.

The tomb of Sheikh Mahmoud Shabestari, which is located in a garden called Golshan, has been built according to the traditional Iranian and Islamic architecture and in the form of a ring and his grave is located where a gem is usually placed in a ring.

Two pieces of Nasta’liq marble inscription are installed on the graves and in the garden of the tomb. There are several exquisite carved stone pieces in the garden, two of which are in the shape of a box and one is a Mogharnas stone base.

In addition to the tomb of “Bahauddin Yaghoub Tabrizi”, this complex, which is built in the form of a cultural and artistic complex, comprises a specialized public library of Islamic literature and mysticism, art education classes, a conference hall, a traditional teahouse, a guesthouse, etc.

The “Golshan-e Raz” mathnavi is Sheikh Mahmoud Shabestari’s most important and famous work of poetry, which is replete with philosophical, theological and wisdom themes that has been translated into different languages.