The Study of Tomb Tower Attributed to Shaikh Haydar from Meshkin Shahr. IRAN(Architecture, Decorations And Historical Attribution)

The Study of Tomb Tower Attributed to Shaikh Haydar from Meshkin Shahr. IRAN(Architecture, Decorations And Historical Attribution)AbstractRecognizing the main nature and verifying the attribution of religious tombs in iran is a challenging issue because in many of them there are no reliable Evidence that can accurately determine the nature of the tomb, in other words the building is attributed to either name of a historical personality (mistakenly) or is denominated by the name of the city which is placed. Among them, can be mentiond the tomb attributed to Sheikh Haidar in Meshkinshahr, Ardabil province, which was known as the tomb of Sheikh Haidar, but today, Refering to historical documents and books, it’s been more than a century that the attribution of this tomb has been considered suspicious. The purpose of this research is a historical and stylistic inspection with a historical evolution approach to find out the originality, history, type of structure, used materials, date of restoration and reconstruction. In the present study, which is analytical, descriptive and based on field and library, in addtion determining the identity of the founders of the building and its attribution in various historical sources, Also doing comperative studies with similar works kn iran and abroad, Construction date of the monument is been estimated. Studies prove that the building dates back to the ilkhanid period and beyond; Reading the inscription of the building and also the date of Sheikh Haidar's death do not correspond to each other, so it seems that the hypothesis is that Sheikh Haidar's body was buried in this building for some time until finally another part of the body was transferred from Tabasaran village of Russia to present-day Iran. And in general, it will be buried in the collection of Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili, it will be strengthened.Keywords: Tomb Tower, Meshkin Shahr, Safavid Era, Shaikh Haydar, Architectural Decorations