Koran prescribed that the dead should be buried with the greatest simplicity. But the
impulse to commemorate and perpetuate was too deeply rooted, especially in ruling
families, to be resisted for long It has a square plan with 4 columns supporting a domed roof, the mass takes the form of a cube
with a slightly sloping sides, capped by a dome and probably inspired from a Zoroastrian fire
temple. Baked bricks used for both construction and decoration, creating varied surface pattern Brickwork appears to be woven out of wickerwork and drapes in fabric or basketryStructure
and ornament were completely integrated but the structure was not expressed by the ornament.
The columns at the corners have no structural function