Destruction of Āmul’s Historical Monuments

Subject Areas : The Journal of Islamic History and Civilisation

محمد علی کاظم بیگی ¹ (ندارد)

Received: 2005-01-04 Accepted : 2005-03-02 Published : 2005-08-23

Keywords: Āmul, Monuments, Māzandarān,

Abstract :

Āmul, in the province of Māzandarān (former Tabaristān), is an oldtown from pre-Islamic period. She has a long record of being the mainpolitical and cultural center on the southern shores of the Caspian.Despite such an antiquitiy, the existing monuments in the town arerelatively unconsiderable. The present article intends to discuss causesof destruction of Āmul’s historical buildings and monuments, moreparticularly those which were destroyed in the early 20th century.