Iranian historical heritage en route to being inscribed on UNESCO list
Iran and Germany are expanding archeological collaboration in line with plans to inscribe the ruins of Rab’-e Rashidi, an educational complex in the northwestern Iranian province of East Azarbaijan dating back to the 14th century, on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
Archeologists are now carrying out a new study on the site, hoping to inscribe the historical heritage on UNESCO’S list based on a multilateral agreement signed by East Azarbaijan’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization, Tabriz Municipality, Tabriz Islamic Art University and German Archeological Institute, mehrnews.com wrote.
Back in 2016, researchers implemented the first chapter of an international project that laid the basic groundwork for UNESCO’S recognition of Rab’-e Rashidi.
Among the exertions carried out during the project were archeological speculations, geophysical surveys and 3D laser scans.
Situated in the northwestern city of Tabriz, Rab’-e Rashidi was built during the reign of Ghazan, a ruler of the Ilkhanid dynasty. It includes a paper factory, a library, a hospital (Dar-al-shafa), a Quranic center (Dar-al-quran), residential facilities for teachers, students’ quarters and a caravanserai amongst other facilities.
It is said that students from Iran, China, Egypt and Syria studied in the complex under the supervision of physicians, intellectuals, scientists and Islamic scholars.