Editing Iranian architecture (section)

=== Categorization of styles ===
[[File:One of the room in Atabaki sahn at Fatima Masumeh Shrine3, Qom, Iran.jpg|right|thumb|A ''hujra'' (room) at Atabaki sahn at [[Fatima Masumeh Shrine]], [[Qom]]]]
Overall, [[Mohammad Karim Pirnia]] categorizes the traditional architecture of the [[Greater Iran|Iranian lands]] throughout the ages into the six following classes or styles ''("sabk")'':<ref>''Sabk Shenasi Mi'mari Irani'' (Study of styles in [https://memari98.com/ Iranian architecture]), [[Karim Pirnia|M. Karim Pirnia]]. 2005. {{ISBN|964-96113-2-0}} p.24. Page 39, however, considers "pre-Parsi" as a distinct style.</ref>

*'''Zoroastrian''':
**'''The Parsian style''' (up until the third century BCE) including:
***Pre-Parsian style (up until the eighth century BCE) e.g. [[Chogha Zanbil]],
***[[Medes|Median]] style (from the eighth to the sixth century BCE),
***[[Achaemenid architecture|Achaemenid style]] (from the sixth to the fourth century BCE) manifesting in construction of spectacular cities used for governance and inhabitation (such as [[Persepolis]], [[Susa]], [[Ecbatana]]), temples made for worship and social gatherings (such as [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] temples), and [[mausoleums]] erected in honor of fallen kings (such as the [[Tomb of Cyrus the Great]]),
**'''The [[Parthian style]]''' includes designs from the following eras:
***[[Seleucid]] era e.g. [[Anahita Temple]], [[Mahallat|Khorheh]],
***[[Parthian Empire|Parthian]] era e.g. [[Hatra]], the royal compounds at [[Nisa, Turkmenistan|Nysa]],
***[[Sassanid]] era e.g. [[Ghal'eh Dokhtar]], the [[Taq-i Kisra]], [[Bishapur]], [[Derbent|Darband]] (Derbent).
*'''Islamic''':
**'''The Khorasani style''' (from the late 7th until the end of the 10th century CE), e.g. [[Jameh Mosque of Nain]] and [[Jameh Mosque of Isfahan]],
**'''The Razi style''' (from the 11th century to the Mongol invasion period) which includes the methods and devices of the following periods:
***[[Samanid]] period, e.g. [[Samanid Mausoleum]],
***[[Ziyarid]] period, e.g. [[Gonbad-e Qabus (tower)|Gonbad-e Qabus]],
***[[Seljukid]] period, e.g. [[Kharraqan towers]],
**'''The Azari style''' (from the late 13th century to the appearance of the Safavid dynasty in the 16th century), e.g. [[Soltaniyeh]], [[Arg e Tabriz|Arg-i Alishah]], [[Jameh Mosque of Varamin]], [[Goharshad Mosque]], [[Bibi Khanum mosque]] in [[Samarqand]], tomb of [[Abdas-Samad Esfahani|Abdas-Samad]], [[Gur-e Amir]], [[Jameh mosque of Yazd]]
**'''The Isfahani style''' spanning through the [[Safavid]], [[Afsharid]], [[Zand dynasty|Zand]], and [[Qajarid]] dynasties starting from the 16th century onward, e.g. [[Chehelsotoon]], [[Ālī Qāpū|Ali Qapu]], [[Agha Bozorg Mosque, Kashan]], [[Shah Mosque (Isfahan)|Shah Mosque]], [[Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque]] in [[Naqsh-i Jahan Square]].