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Tomb of Abdolabad

mausoleum in Bardaskan County, Iranian national heritage site

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ6419538 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Tomb of Abdolabad (Persian: آرامگاه عبدل‌آباد) is a historic tomb and chahartaqi of the Ilkhanid era in Abdolabad village, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. The tomb was added to the Iran National Heritage List as the 10,908th monument.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Tomb of Abdolabad” as mausoleum in Bardaskan County, Iranian national heritage site. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 38-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Tomb, Abdolabad and mausoleum can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as mausoleum in Bardaskan County, Iranian national heritage site. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6419538. Authority coordinates are 35.095, 57.977. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Tomb of Abdolabad”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Tomb of Abdolabad primary sources, Tomb of Abdolabad archive and Tomb research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Tomb of Abdolabad”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Tomb of Abdolabad” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.