Camel Driver's Minaret

Description

A photograph of the Saraban or camel driver’s minaret (confused by Baly with the Chihil Dukhtar minaret). This minar stands very close to the minaret of the forty daughters in Isfahan. The minaret was built in 1130-55 and is almost twice as tall as its neighboring contemporary. It is made of tiers of tapering cylindrical shafts, with decorative bands of Kufic in turquoise tiles, and two girdles of elaborately ornamented cornices which can be seen in this picture.

Image Notes

Photograph created 1967. Photograph processed September 1967. Formerly cataloged as B10.033. Notes written on the slide or index: Isfahan Chehel Doktoran.

Identifier J.033
Collection J: Isfahan
Location Isfahan, Iran
Year 1967
Batch Stamp SEP 67F9
Written Date 1967
Printed Date September, 1967
Slide Notes Isfahan Chehel Doktoran
Index Notes Chehel Doktoran
General Location Sarban Minaret