Also known as: Gur-e Dokhtar, Goore Dokhtar, Tomb of Gur Dokhtar
Goor-e Dokhtar is an ancient tomb located in the province of Bushehr. The structure of 'Goor Dokhtar' (literally the daughter's tomb) is very similar to the mausoleum of Koorush the great (Cyrus II's tomb) in Pasargad (about 600 BC.).
There are some ideas about ordination of it to the Cyrus ...
This structure is made of 24 slabs of stones, according to the 'Orartoie' and Elamite principles such as the ziggurat of Choqazanbil. | Copyright: Ali Gharibi
Gour Dokhtar (also spelled Goor Dokhtar), which resembles the tomb of Cyrus the Great in Pasargadae but has been built on a much smaller scale, where the mother, daughter, sister or an ancestor of Cyrus is believed to have been buried.
There are some ideas about ordination of it to the Cyrus the Younger (the son of Darius II), Chish Pish or Cyrus I (the forefather of Cyrus the Great), Atusa (the daughter of Cyrus), Mandana (the mother of Cyrus) or the sister of Cyrus the Great due to the lack of any epigraphy on the Goor Dokhtar Monument.
Gour Dokhtar (also spelled Goor Dokhtar), which resembles the tomb of Cyrus the Great in Pasargadae but has been built on a much smaller scale, where the mother, daughter, sister or an ancestor of Cyrus is believed to have been buried.
The construction date of this building is related to Achaemenid era at Sixth century BC. In a sense, Goor Dokhtar is the first version of Cyrus the Great mausoleum. | Copyright: Heidar Pirine
Gour Dokhtar (also spelled Goor Dokhtar), which resembles the tomb of Cyrus the Great in Pasargadae but has been built on a much smaller scale, where the mother, daughter, sister or an ancestor of Cyrus is believed to have been buried.
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