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LNS 129 S

Limestone tombstone in the form of an architectural niche with muqarnas squinches and inscriptions in naskhi script (the inner rectangular frame with Chapter 112 of the Qur’an, and the lower part identifying the tomb as that of Shaykh Zad Muhammad bn Muhammad and giving the date of his death). The upper part of the inner niche filled with an infinite-repetition geometric star pattern (triangle plan of repetition, six-pointed stars and other polygons)

Inv. no. LNS 129 S
Carved by mason’s means
Height 40.5 cm; width 33 cm
Iranian world, dated Rabi‘ al-Awwal 704 AH/October-November 1304 AD

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