Islamic Ghazni: Funerary complexes
Inv. no. IG-Z021
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, Scerrato 1958
Socalled Ziyara of Ibrahim (Sultan)
Location: Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace Area
Chronology: 14th-16th centuries
Squared domed mausolem with ivan avant-corps. The mausoleum was built on the western īvān of the Ghaznavid palace a few centuries after it had been abandoned. No eponymous tomb.
No eponymous tomb.
Other tombs: Riza recorded five epitaphs coming from this site (14th and 16th c.).
Re-employments: 53 elements of architectural decoration (Ghaznavid and Ghurid).
A funerary area found on the north side of the palace is probably connected with the ziyara: 2 Ghaznavid fragments of funerary elements and 9 tombs dating back to the 16th century coming fom this site.
No eponymous tomb.
Other tombs: Riza recorded five epitaphs coming from this site (14th and 16th c.).
Re-employments: 53 elements of architectural decoration (Ghaznavid and Ghurid).
A funerary area found on the north side of the palace is probably connected with the ziyara: 2 Ghaznavid fragments of funerary elements and 9 tombs dating back to the 16th century coming fom this site.

























































































