Mümine Hatun Kümbeti

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Azerbaijani. (July 2012) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Azerbaijani article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Azerbaijani Wikipedia article at [[:az:Möminə Xatun türbəsi]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|az|Möminə Xatun türbəsi}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Momine Khatun Mausoleum" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

39°12′18.26″N 45°24′22.17″E / 39.2050722°N 45.4061583°E / 39.2050722; 45.4061583

Momine Khatun Mausoleum
Native name Azerbaijani: Möminə Xatun türbəsi
Location	Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
Built for	Momine Khatun
Architect	Ajami Nakhchivani
Architectural style(s)	Architectural school of Nakhchivan
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	The mausoleum of Nakhchivan (Tentative)
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, iv
Added to Tentative List	September 30, 1998
Region	Europe
Location of Momine Khatun Mausoleum in Azerbaijan

Momine Khatun Mausoleum (Azerbaijani: Möminə Xatun türbəsi) is a mausoleum, also known as the Atabek Dome, located in the city of Nakhchivan of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in Azerbaijan. It was built in 1186 by the architect Ajami ibn Abubekr Nakhchivani. The ten-sided mausoleum reached a height of 34 meters. Today its height is only 25 meters (without the tent, which has not been preserved). The mausoleum, built and named after the mother of one of the local rulers of Azerbaijan, Atabek Jahan Pahlavan of Ildegezid dynasty, is masterfully decorated with complex geometric ornaments and inscriptions from Koran.

Although the original height of the tomb, built by the architect Ajami Nakhchivani in 1186, was 34 meters, its tent-shaped dome is not completed nowadays; therefore, the tomb has a height of 25 meters (without the hipped dome). The grave of Momina Khatun is the only monument from the Atabaylar architectural complex that has survived to nowadays.

The general structure of Momina Khatun tomb consists of a crypt and an octagonal tower. The mausoleum is also octagonal in plan. Aside from the crypt and appearance, Ajami avoided complexity in the interior of the tower and favored quantity and integrity. The low platform of the tomb has a decagonal shape and is covered with large polished diorite slabs.

So as not to spoil the purity and geometric simplicity of the tower's prismatic structure, the architect did not differentiate the eastern side with its double-doored entrance from any of the other walls. The rectangular entrance door to the tower is built into a shallow lancet arch above which is a brick inscription in Kufic lines.