Kufic Inscription on Dome

Kufic above Doorway


The inscription is an Islamic formula known as the 'salavat'. In modern script it reads as shown below.

Modern transliteration

which translated means ...

O God! May thy peace be upon Muhammad and upon the descendants of Muhammad.

The way in which "the descendants of Muhammad" is defined is one of the critical distinctions between Shi'ites and Sunnis, the latter taking a somewhat wider view than the former.


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07-February-95