RS 400 und 401 — Süd-Iwan im Innenhof des ziyarats

• R. Stuckert (1994): Erinnerungen an Afghanistan, S. 62: „[…] Der grau-weisse Marmor ist schön. Die Männer verarbeiten ihn zu Grabplatten mit einfacher Schrift und primitiven Ornamenten. Ich dachte daran, Marmorfliesen und -treppenstufen machen zu lassen, aber es ist zu teuer. Die Steinhauer, ungewohnt eine andere Arbeit zu machen, sind nicht sehr entgegenkommend. Es sind bärtige Gesellen mit hellgelb-ockerfarbenen Chapans, schwerfällig in Wort und Gebärde. Sie machen jahraus, jahrein Grabsteine. Und doch, wieviel sympathischer sind diese Steinmetze als die Grabsteinindustrie Europas. […]“; S. 67: „Im inneren Hof stehen verschiedene Grabstelen in ausserordentlicher Steinhauerarbeit. […] Im 15. Jahrhundert und auch noch später schufen Steinmetze in Herat bedeutende Werke. Dies belegen die Stelen und Grabsteine in Gazar-Gah. […]”
• N. H. Wolfe; I. Hansen; B. McCulloch (1966): Herat, a pictorial guide, S. 52: “An overwhelming profusion of colour and detail greets the eye upon entering the courtyard. […] The two small side iwans are connected by an unbroken single-story arcade; each arch filled with a screen wall simply decorated in mo’aqqali script in blue tile spelling out the words ‘Allah-o-akbar’, God is Great. Behind this arcade there are tomb chambers, some of which are decorated with paintings. In effective contrast to the geometrically austere decoration of the arches, the outer facades are embellished with floral and calligraphic designs in dazzling coloured tile.”
• L. Golombek (1969): The Timurid Shrine at Gazur Gah, S. 27: “[…] The north and south sides [of the courtyard], which constitute the length of the rectangle, are identical. […]”
  S. 28: “From inside the courtyard the two longitudinal sections, north and south, appear to be symmetrically disposed to either side of their central eyvans. The symmetry of the facade is deceptive, for while there were rooms built behind the recesses west of these eyvans, the eastern extension is but a mere curtain-wall. This difference can easily be observed from outside the building on the south. […]”
  S. 30: “The south eyvan […] is much deeper than the west eyvan, and its format called for a narrowing of the vault toward the rear. The door to the outside is now blocked. […] The upper section of the portal-screen was constructed around a brick framework to alleviate the weight of the masonry. […] A relieving arch has also been introduced into the rear wall of the eyvan. […] With regard to the organization of its decoration, the south eyvan resembles the east eyvan. The panels of mosaic-faience below the large inscription frieze of the portal-screen, now evident only on its west flank, are exceptionally well-preserved. […] The Ansari shrine is a rectangular building laid out around an interior courtyard. Upon entering the building through the front portico on the west into the yard, one finds a symmetrically arranged building with a lofty ivan on the east. In front of this ivan is the tomb of Abdullah Ansari within a wooden cage - the cage being definitely a later awkward addition. The main ivan has one large portico with four smaller ones, two on each side. […] The southern side has had similar character to the northern side, except that the rooms are smaller on this side and there is only one row of them. Some of the rooms have graves of the rulers from Genghis Khan's dynasty.”
• T. Allen (1981): A Catalogue of the Toponyms and Monuments of Timurid Herat, S. 67 und S. 177: “Ansari (396-481) was a famous Hanbali scholar, who became Shaykh al-Islam in Herat, and was buried at Gazurgah. […] Shah Rukh erected the present building in 829-30. Sultan Husayn gathered the relics of his ancestors and buried them on a platform (suffah) in the courtyard of the building in 882. Damaged by flood in 898, the hazirah was repaired by 'Ali Shir in 904. The following year Amir Shuja' al-Din Muhammad Barlas made a valuable group of properties vaqf for the shrine; his donation is recorded on a stone slab set into the entry portal of the building. […]”
• M. Fadaeian (2006): Herat Yesterday Today, S. 89–115: Khaje Abdullah Ansari.
• B. Wannell; W. Amini (2013): Herat Elite Burials, S. 18: Abbildung: “Axonometric view of the shrine enclosure.”
  S. 19: Abbildung: “Plan of the Ansari shrine enclosure, highlighting featured cenotaphs.”

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