Talk:Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini

Size of area?
Are you guys sure you got your numbers right? You say the complex is supposed to be 5000 acres (2000 ha) large. That would correspond to 4km by 5km! In the French Wikipedia it says the whole cemetery is 400ha, so maybe you got a zero too much, no? 85.3.170.158 (talk) 22:36, 14 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes 5000 acres does sound too big. I sourced that from here: http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=43 (that's currently footnote 2). Can you find a better source about the size of the complex? What source does the french page use? Ezra (talk) 02:35, 16 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Ah, I see, you copied the number correctly from this site. No, I can't find better information either (I just thought this was very large, especially close to a big city). The French article (on the cemetery Behesht-e Zahar) has this reference (ref 1): http://www.roozonline.com/english/archives/2007/04/003560.php which says that the cemetery now (after expansion) is 424ha. But it seems that the Khomeini Mausoleum is not really part of it, but next to it. Sorry, criticising is easier that doing better, I admit :-) Greetings, 85.3.35.250 (talk) 19:16, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

$2US billion also sounds like an extraordinarily large sum. I would be curious as to the accuracy of those figures, and how that money is allocated. Remember that this money and the 5000ha is attributed not only to the tomb itself, but to a larger complex including a car park and schools. (though 5000ha still sounds too large) Ezra (talk) 12:49, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

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 * somebody change it to link to empty page--Berserkerus (talk) 23:02, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Informality
I have a source that describes the Mausoleum as differing from many other mosque Mausoleums in its being much more informal and "proletarian". "Ayatollah's tomb is not a mosque, but a more informal `public place of Hossein`, the Shi'ite martyr, thus a Hosseineih. This is a crucial distinction. An Iranian Mosque may be decorated with hand-woven silk rugs and fine mirrors, but a Hossienieh is more everyday."

The writer reckons this is a reflection to "of the industrialized, blue-collar masses [mustazafin] who were Khomeini's constituency .... The ceiling, rather than exhibiting delicate filigree or mosaic, was composed of unadorned steel girders. The carpets in this land of hand-made silk rugs - were machine made and of coarse wool." The Mausoleum has no "gold ornaments [or] crystal chandelier .... Children were now kicking a soccer ball and playing tag a few feet from the green cage that held Khomeini's earthly remains.... Khomeini himself had stipulated that his tomb be an Hosseinieh" in order to "give the working poor what they want, a place where they can feel comfortable." (Kaplan, Robert, Ends of the Earth, A journey at the Dawn of the 21st Century, Random House, 1996, p.179)

The source is by a non-Muslim, non-Iranian and a bit old. Does anyone know if the description of "unadorned steel girders" and such still holds true? --BoogaLouie (talk) 15:56, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

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Still under construction?
The article says: "It is still under construction, but when completed will be the centerpiece in a complex spread over 20 square kilometres" but then in the InfoBox says: "Beginning date: 19 July 1989. Completion date: 2 June 1992." Which is it? --1000Faces (talk) 10:52, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

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