Wound of writing on the 500-year-old heritage of the border residents of North Khorasan

The 500-year-old historical tomb of “Sayyid Bozorg” in the border city of Razoojrglan in North Khorasan has been so unloved by some guests these days with its inscriptions and that is why it escapes tourists and visitors. We chose to leave early in the morning to When we reached the village for lunch, the farther we got from the center of the province, the less air pollution and the bluer the sky on the eve of spring. We rarely saw a car other than ourselves.

The silence of the route was very pleasant at first, and we just stared and enjoyed the beautiful scenery around us, but entering the narrow roads with dangerous bumps and many turns, the beauties of this pristine area were a little bitter. Finally, passing through narrow roads and dangerous bumps, we reached the border village of Perse Soo from the functions of the slave section at the zero point of the border, an area where the border line between Iran and Turkmenistan was separated by fences and houses. Residential in the neighboring country was well visible.

In this area, our cell phones did not have a proper antenna and there was no internet connection, so we felt we were unaware of everything and we were in dire need of technology and communication.

Then, seeing the signs that forbade movement on this route with vehicles and photography, we walked the rest of the way and after about half an hour, we reached the low slope of the third valley, where there is a historical monument in the heart of the slope. Sarsabz was on the border, a historical monument that dates back to the Timurid dynasty.

The monument of “Sayyid Bozorg” is a building and the plan of a quadrangular tomb with a dome, and according to the surface of a rectangular platform, which unfortunately was covered with white cement mortar before this monument was registered in the list of national monuments. According to the officials, it was built with stone facade and mud mortar.

Regardless of the intrusion and occupation that the locals have diminished the value of this historical monument with white cement mortar, the large number of memoirs of the guests of the historical monuments was very unfortunate. They are destroying the relics of their ancestors.

“Ranjbar, Bahman Ghobadi”, “A memento of Vahid Elahi, always be creative” and “Tell the fashionistas the latest fashion is shroud” are among the mementos of writings that are unfortunately seen on this historical monument.

The tomb had two entrances, one in the west with seven steps and one in the south with three steps to access the courtyard. He left nothing but regret and regret, which shows that this historical monument has been kept in the worst conditions.

Undoubtedly, these memoirs, which have been engraved by some culturally poor people on the defenseless body of the history and identity of this border city, apart from the fact that a lot of money is spent on cleaning it on the cultural heritage organization, leaving an ugly view. A few will flee tourists and visitors.

Informing people about the value of the monument

One of the cultural heritage experts, stating that a coercive approach can not be effective for writing memorabilia, says: “Information and education should be done more so that people are well acquainted with the value of historical monuments and reach this self-awareness.” This is the effect of their historical identity.

Hossein Mahboubi adds: “In this context, families and educational centers, especially schools, have a significant role to play in preserving national monuments.”

He continues: “Adults should also be educated, because our educational dimension is very low in relation to cultural and ancient monuments, and it is the duty of those in charge of cultural heritage who should take the information section seriously.”

“Unfortunately, there are a lot of memorabilia on cultural heritage and historical monuments in the country,” Mahboubi said. That area is lost by creating an ugly landscape.

Rely on local forces for protection

The head of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Department, Razoojrglan, said that the protection of historical monuments requires the participation of the people. We are people.

Aqil Mojaradi, stating that memoir writing is basically a cultural damage, says: “Unfortunately, some tourists have damaged it by writing memoirs in different places of this historical monument.” And to deal with it, work must be done in the field of culture and education.

“Protecting historical monuments is one of the hard tasks of this institution,” he said. Encounter and introduce them to the judiciary.

Mojaradi reminded: The historical tomb of Seyyed Bozorg in 1389 has been registered in the list of national monuments and before the registration of this historical monument, unfortunately, it was covered with white cement by the residents.

He stated that 80 historical monuments have been identified in this border city of North Khorasan so far, and specified: out of this number, only 37 historical monuments, which include tangible, intangible heritage and natural heritage, have been nationally registered.

Chapter 9 of the Islamic Penal Code covers the punishment for the destruction of historical and cultural property, which is stated in Article 558, which states that all or part or all of the buildings, places, sites and cultural, historical or religious collections listed in the National Monuments of Iran Registration, or decorations, accessories of facilities, objects and equipment and lines and motifs appointed or present in the mentioned places, which also have independent cultural-historical or religious status, have caused damage in addition to compensating the damages from imprisonment from one to 10 The year is condemned.

The tomb of Prince Nabi Gholaman, the historical complex of Raz, the historical citadel of Almadoshan, the hill of Arg Bala, the historical site of Rastqan are other historical attractions of this city.

So far, 642 heritages of North Khorasan have been registered in the list of national monuments, of which 509 are historical monuments, 44 natural monuments, 75 intangible monuments and 14 movable historical monuments.

One thousand and 200 historical and natural monuments have been identified in North Khorasan.

The border city of Raz and Jirgalan has a population of 70,000 and its center is located 120 km north of Bojnourd.