Iranian Architects
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Persian architects were highly sought in the old days, before the advent of Modern Architecture. For example, Ostad Isa Shirazi is most often credited as the chief architect (or plan drawer) of the Taj Mahal. These artisans were also highly instrumental in the designs of such edifices as Afghanistan's Minaret of Jam, The Sultaniyeh Dome, or Tamerlane's tomb in Samarkand, among many others.
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Tomb of Humayun, India. Many Iranian architects built edifices outside their homeland.
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The Taj Mahal, a prominent Iranian architectural work in India. It has many ideas from Indian architecture too.
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The medieval royal courtyard and its Chahar Bagh garden in Samarkand.
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