Bilingual inscription of Middle Persian and Arabic is found on a cylindrical tower in the village of Lājim near Savadkuh in Mazandaran Province. The Bavandid family built this mausoleum tower in the beginning of the 11th century CE.
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Middle Persian Inscription:
(Z)NE ʾn’ Y gwmbd ʾ bwlwʾ ls štrdʾ l bn’ ‘b(‘)s bn’ št(r)d’l ch<l>z’t m’t Y OLE *ʾ tlwk (ch)l[zʾ] (t) B[RTE] bn’ slyhwr” bn’ […] sy[…]t[…](s/š) BYRA štr[ywr] wt[…](?)ml(c)yn ZNE gwmbd MRK t<w>’nmnd <ŠN> T 300 90 BYRA plwltyn bwn plwt *krt.
ēn ān ī gumbad <ī> Abulwari(s) Šahryār bin Abbas bin Šahryār. Cihrzād mād ī ōy. ādarōg Cihr[zā]d *duxt bin Silēxūr bin […]sy[…]t[…]s/š māh šahr[iwar] wad[ … ] marzēn ēn gōmbad <ī> šāh tuwānmand sāl 300 90 māh frawardīn bun frōd kard.
This is the dome of Abulfaris Šahryār son of Abbas son of Šahryār. Cihrzād is his mother. An Ādarōg Fire *Cihrzād daughter of *Silēxūr of [ … ] in the month of Šahriwar [ … ] laid down the foundations of the dome of the powerful king in the year 390, month of Frawardīn.
(Carlo G. Cereti)
