Faqragah Rock Tomb

🕰️When was it built?

The exact date of the tomb is not known, and it is counted among the tombs of the Median period. Dating a site like this depends on comparing its architecture and burial customs. Faqragah was added to Iran's National Heritage List in 1937.

🏛️What was it built for?

This stone space was made for burial, and the graves inside belong to that purpose. Rather than raising the walls of a separate building, the tomb was carved out of the rock itself; the columns and ceiling are part of the same rock-cut architecture.

👀What you will see

• The tomb has two levels and takes the form of a stone tomb, not a building with brick walls.
• There are four stone columns; look at how they are carved and how they meet the ceiling.
• Three empty graves lie inside the tomb and show what the space was used for.
• The ceiling is plain stone carried by the columns; no separate forecourt has been described for this tomb.

🎒Good to know before you go

• To see the tomb you travel from Mahabad to the village of Agriqash; check the way there before you set off.