Mausoleum of Shaykh Shams

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Interior: Mausoleum of Sheikh Adi

Date

1073-1162

Creator
Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir (Arabic patron, 1073-1162)
Material/Technique
  • limestone
  • marble
Work Type
architecture
Culture
Yazidi
Culture 2
Kurdish
Location
Lalish (Iraq)
Notes

The complex experienced several renovations and additions since its first erection in the 12th century.

Image Source

Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archeology, Columbia University

Photographer
Serdar Yalcin
Record ID
1314_iraq2013_lalishsheikhaditemple_vr_02
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