Monar-e-Sareban - The Camel
Drivers' Minaret
Standing in a small square in the middle of a narrow alleyway running south from Khiaban-e-
Sorush is this fine minaret built during the Seljuk period. It is only a few hundred metres from another
slightly earlier Minaret, the Minaret of forty Virgins, Monar-
e-Chehel Dokhtaran. Both minarets are situated in the old Jewish quarter of Jubareh in the North
East of the city. At the time of its construction it would probably have had a small mosque at the base
of it, but this has long disappeared. The minaret is 14m in circumference at the base, and some 48m
high, although it shows signs of shortening at some point, possibly to avoid it becoming dangerous, as
it has a clear tilt towards the West.
The exact date of construction is unknown but is generally thought to be at the beginning of the 12th
Century CE.
Examine the
decorative treatment in detail
North
to the Monar-e-Chehel Dokhtaran - Minaret of 40 virgins
East
to the Dar Al-Ziyafeh.
West to
the Tomb of Baba Qassem.
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