The Tomb of Sayyed Rukn ad-Din (
Persian: آرامگاه سید رکن الدین) or the Sayyed Rukn ad-Din
Madrasa
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...
(
Persian: مدرسه سید رکن الدین) is a 14th century mausoleum in
Yazd
Yazd ( fa, یزد ), formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located southeast of Isfahan. At the 2016 census, the population was 1,138,533. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a Wor ...
,
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 ...
. It is the burial place of Sayyed Rukn ad-Din Mohammad Qazi Hosseini Yazdi (
Persian: سید رکن الدین محمد قاضی حسینی یزدی) who served as the chief
Qadi
A qāḍī ( ar, قاضي, Qāḍī; otherwise transliterated as qazi, cadi, kadi, or kazi) is the magistrate or judge of a ''sharīʿa'' court, who also exercises extrajudicial functions such as mediation, guardianship over orphans and minor ...
of Yazd for a while.
History
Sayyed Rukn ad-Din was a cleric and scholar of the city of Yazd. Due to him being involved in sect conflicts in the city,
Atabeg Yusof Shah arrested and imprisoned Rukn ad-Din in Khormiz castle. Following this Rukn ad-Din's son, Shams ad-Din, traveled to
Tabriz
Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quru River valley in Iran's historic Azerbaijan region between long ridges of vo ...
and managed to use his acquaintance with
Rashid al-Din Hamadani
Rashīd al-Dīn Ṭabīb ( fa, رشیدالدین طبیب; 1247–1318; also known as Rashīd al-Dīn Faḍlullāh Hamadānī, fa, links=no, رشیدالدین فضلالله همدانی) was a statesman, historian and physician in Ilk ...
to get him a decree from the
Ilkhan
The Ilkhanate, also spelled Il-khanate ( fa, ایل خانان, ''Ilxānān''), known to the Mongols as ''Hülegü Ulus'' (, ''Qulug-un Ulus''), was a khanate established from the southwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. The Ilkhanid realm, ...
ruler
Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan
Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan (June 2, 1305 – December 1, 1335) ( Persian, Arabic: ), also spelt Abusaid Bahador Khan, Abu Sa'id Behauder ( mn, , ''Busayid Baghatur Khan'', ''Бусайд баатар хаан'' / ''Busaid baatar khaan'', in mod ...
to free his father.
Another story states that Yusof Shah being envious of the popularity of Rukn ad-Din's Madrasa, accused him of murder of a
Christian
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words '' Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρ ...
merchant to imprison him.
After being released, he spent the rest of his days teaching in the
Madrasa
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...
he had made and was buried there after his death.
The complex included a
Khanqah
A khanqah ( fa, خانقاه) or khangah ( fa, خانگاه; also transliterated as ''khankah'', ''khaneqa'', ''khanegah'' or ''khaneqah''; also Arabized ''hanegah'', ''hanikah'', ''hanekah'', ''khankan''), also known as a ribat (), is a buildi ...
, a Madrasa, a mausoleum, a library, an observatory and a mill of which only the mausoleum survives.
The mausoleum is currently under repair.
It was listed in
the national heritage sites of Iran with the number 246 on 17 December 1935.
References
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National works of Iran
Buildings and structures in Yazd Province