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The shrine of Darb-e Imam ( fa, امامزاده درب امام), located in the Dardasht quarter of Isfahan,
Peter Lu and Paul Steinhardt have studied Islamic tiling patterns, called '' girih tiles''. They strongly resemble Penrose tilings, to which the designs on the Darb-e Imam shrine are almost identical.
Islamic tiles reveal sophisticated maths
Image of tiles
Ziyarat Islamic architecture Tessellation {{Islam-stub
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...
, is a funerary complex, with a cemetery, shrine structures, and courtyards belonging to different construction periods and styles. The first structures were built by Jalal al-Din Safarshah, during the Qara Qoyunlu
The Qara Qoyunlu or Kara Koyunlu ( az, Qaraqoyunlular , fa, قره قویونلو), also known as the Black Sheep Turkomans, were a culturally Persianate, Muslim Turkoman "Kara Koyunlu, also spelled Qara Qoyunlu, Turkish Karakoyunlular, En ...
reign in 1453.
The girih tiles
Peter Lu and Paul Steinhardt have studied Islamic tiling patterns, called '' girih tiles''. They strongly resemble Penrose tilings, to which the designs on the Darb-e Imam shrine are almost identical.
See also
*Azulejo
''Azulejo'' (, ; from the Arabic ''al- zillīj'', ) is a form of Spanish and Portuguese painted tin-glazed ceramic tilework. ''Azulejos'' are found on the interior and exterior of churches, palaces, ordinary houses, schools, and nowadays, r ...
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Islamic tiles reveal sophisticated maths
Image of tiles
Ziyarat Islamic architecture Tessellation {{Islam-stub