BĀBĀ ḤĀTEM or locally known as the ''mausoleum of Baba Hatim'' was built in the 11th and 12th centuries. It lies outside Imam Sahib in

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, a town bordering

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Restoration

The mausoleum was restored between 1978 and 1979 by the Délégation Archéologique Française en Afghanistan and l' Institut Afghan d'Archéologie. Prior to the restorations, the

tomb A tomb ( ''tumbos'') or sepulchre () is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes. Placing a corpse into a tomb can be called '' immurement'', alth ...

was structurally unstable, with layers of bricks missing from the exterior's upper walls. Excavating the walls to reveal their original height, the restoration team replaced the missing bricks, restoring the exterior's original cubical shape and the four octagonal

colonette A colonnette is a small slender column, usually decorative, which supports a Beam (structure), beam or lintel. Colonnettes have also been used to refer to a feature of furnishings such as a dressing table and Grandfather clock, case clock, and eve ...

s embedded at its corners. The dome was reassembled with new mortar, and refinished on the exterior with plaster and pairs of bricks protruding in four concentric rings. The dome's circular and octagonal drums were also reconstructed, and a metal

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placed atop it.

Other names

The Baba Hatim Tomb is also known as Baba Hatem Ziyarat, Baba Hatom Ziarat, and Tomb of Salar Khalil (Salar Kalil, Salar Chalil Sayyid).

References

Bibliography

*iranica.com
Emam Sahib - Baba Hatim Tomb
{{Islam-stub Ziyarat Dargahs Shrines in Afghanistan