The Boq'eh-ye Khajeh Rabi mausoleum is a beautiful building with a blue dome surrounded by a park, about 6km north of the centre of Mashhad. The mausoleum contains the tomb of an apostle of the prophet Mohammad and was completed in 1612. The interior of the building is lavishly decorated with Islamic patterns in golden and blue tones. Around the mausoleum is a large cemetery paved with thousands of tombstones.

01 Boq e-ye Khajeh Rabi mausoleum
02 Garden flowers
03 Inner court
04 Colonnade
05 Blue dome
06 Tombstones with Arabic inscriptions
07 Boq e-ye Khajeh Rabi mausoleum
08 Alcove
09 Mausoleum hall with decorated walls
10 Decorated ceiling
11 Decorated wall
12 Persian carpet
13 Mausoleum hall with decorated walls
14 Decorated ceiling
15 Interior hall
16 Mausoleum hall with decorated walls
17 Mausoleum hall with decorated walls
18 Mausoleum hall with decorated walls
19 Decorated ceiling
20 Mausoleum hall with decorated walls
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