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Imam Dur Mausoleum

Imam Dur Mausoleum is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Imam Dur Mausoleum rather than just read about it. In short: The Imam Dur Mausoleum (Arabic: قبة امام الدور, romanized: Qubba Imam Al-Dur) was a Sunni mausoleum located 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Samarra, in the Saladin Governorate of Iraq. Completed in c. 1085 CE, during the Uqaylid era, the mausoleum was destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on 23 October 2014.

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Reference excerpt

The Imam Dur Mausoleum (Arabic: قبة امام الدور, romanized: Qubba Imam Al-Dur) was a Sunni mausoleum located 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Samarra, in the Saladin Governorate of Iraq. Completed in c. 1085 CE, during the Uqaylid era, the mausoleum was destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on 23 October 2014.

History The mausoleum dates from the 11th century, and was first administered by the Seljuk court, which was mainly a Sunni institution. The architect of the mausoleum was Abu Shakir ibn Abi al-Faraj. The building was among the many works that the chamberlain, Abu Jafar Muhammad, ordered to be completed. The construction of the mausoleum was eventually completed before 1094 CE. The mausoleum was the earliest datable example of a building that used a muqarnas dome. The legal caretaker, or mutawalli, of the mausoleum was Qadi Mu'nis ibn Hamdan, who was succeeded in this role by Hasan ibn Rafi. At some point of time, a mosque was built next to the mausoleum, but only the mausoleum was present in photographs by travelers in the 20th century.

Architecture The site of the Imam Dur Mausoleum is a walled enclosure. The mausoleum building is a cube-shaped structure topped with a muqarnas dome. The base of the muqarnas dome was a tall cube bolstered by pillars, one in each corner, that were made of baked brick. Banna'i brickwork adorned each pillar and a band at the top of the base. Surmounting the cube was the muqarnas dome resting on a tall, octagonal drum. The shell of the dome consisted of three increasingly narrower octagonal drums, each rotated slightly to form a spiral effect. At the top of each drum was a dome-shaped cupola. The tomb chamber is entered through a door on the north side of the building. Inside, it features stucco ornamentation, which includes rows of blind lobed arches. The inner part of the muqarnas dome's highest cupola is decorated with fluting.

Shrine identity The identity of the entombed person is disputed. An inscription on the exterior of the mausoleum states that the building is a turba, or tomb, of Abu 'Abd-Allah Muhammad Al-Durri, a senior scholar of Ad-Dawr and the son of the seventh Shia Imam, Musa Al-Kadhim. He was buried in 838 CE. Another inscription states that the entombed is the Uqaylid amir, Sharaf al-Dawla Muslim ibn Quraysh who died in 1085 CE.

2014 demolition The Imam Dur Mausoleum was detonated by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on 23 October 2014.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Imam Dur Mausoleum

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Imam Dur Mausoleum claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Imam Dur Mausoleum before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Imam Dur Mausoleum ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Imam Dur Mausoleum

In research: Imam Dur Mausoleum appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Imam Dur Mausoleum in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Imam Dur Mausoleum is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Abbasid mosques, Buildings and structures completed in 1085, Buildings and structures demolished in 2014, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Imam Dur Mausoleum outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Imam Dur Mausoleum matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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