Sufi's Tomb Style in East of Khorasan: Bakharz, Torbat_e Jam, Taibad and Harat

Khorasan has always been the source of inspiration for design and construction of tombs in Iran. In this regard,and at the same time in Jam during the Seljuq period with the presence of Sheikh Ahhmad-e Jami, a new style of open-tomb architecture, built on stage (or platform) was in fashion and this tradition continued until the Safavid period. The idea of building such tombs was justified based on the Holy Quran and its instructions on celebration of divine rituals and the prophet’s advises concerning prohibition of building tomb for graves. The building of such tombs in this region of Iran has been very common, and the most important of these tombs to mention are the tombs of Sheikh Ahmad- e Jami, Shahaboddin Abdullah Bakharzi, Abubakr Zeinuddin Taibadi, Khaje Abdorrahman Jami and Khajeh Abdullah Ansai. This article is about to study the sources and causes for this style of architectures based on the historical counterparts and archaeological evidences and analysis of architectural features of these tombs in the eastern parts of Khorasan. These tombs have a set of features based on Islamic sublime wisdom such as; the grave situated in the front of the abbey or the place of worship, a tree planted on the grave for its shade, a pool which collects and deposits water ahead of the grave and long grave stone on which two pillars stand at the both end of it and they have a root in the Islamic Transcendent Wisdom.