The Tower Tomb of Gunbad-i-Qabus in Gurgan, Iran: (1006-7), a ten-sided star plan, a high cylindrical tower (52 m) that ends in a conical dome. Paradoxically identified as a qasr in the inscription.

 

Gunbad-i-Qabus, Gurgan, general view.

 

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