University of Tehran Iranian Studies 2252-0643 4 2 2014 11 22 Iranian Art and Architecture in Islamic Buildings of Dagestan Iranian Art and Architecture in Islamic Buildings of Dagestan 103 122 56687 10.22059/jis.2015.56687 FA Sayed Mehdi Mousavi Kouhpar Associate Professor, Department of Archaeology, Tarbiat Modarres University Mohammad Reza Mohammadi Associate Professor, Department of Russian Studies, Tarbiat Modarres University Anahita Shahrokhi PhD Candidate of Archaeology, Tarbiat Modarres University Journal Article 2015 02 17 Cultural communications among nations consist of various subjects and architectural art styles are the most distinct and recognized subjects in this area of studding. The republic of Dagestan in south of Russian Federation, not only from the past has cultural and historical relation with Iran, but also CT located in the Historical geography of cultural Iran. This relationship was more due to the political and social domination of Iran from Sassanian period till Tsar’s reign in 19_th century. This land is close to Northern provinces of Iran, Gilan and Mazandaran. Dagestan has so many cultural interrelationships with these provinces. In the province of Mazandaran very special architectural art style could be observed which is comparable and similar with religious monuments in south Dagestan. These similarities could be seen on wooden decorations such as on columns and windows, painting on roof and walls, plan of the buildings. In this article has been tried to focus on these similarities and compare two styles.  Cultural communications among nations consist of various subjects and architectural art styles are the most distinct and recognized subjects in this area of studding. The republic of Dagestan in south of Russian Federation, not only from the past has cultural and historical relation with Iran, but also CT located in the Historical geography of cultural Iran. This relationship was more due to the political and social domination of Iran from Sassanian period till Tsar’s reign in 19_th century. This land is close to Northern provinces of Iran, Gilan and Mazandaran. Dagestan has so many cultural interrelationships with these provinces. In the province of Mazandaran very special architectural art style could be observed which is comparable and similar with religious monuments in south Dagestan. These similarities could be seen on wooden decorations such as on columns and windows, painting on roof and walls, plan of the buildings. In this article has been tried to focus on these similarities and compare two styles.  https://jis.ut.ac.ir/article_56687_58bbb4856da4e62d3162ba5186ae6401.pdf