Momine Khatun

This piece draws inspiration from an ornament in the Mausoleum of Momine Khatun (or Mu’mine Khatun) located in Nakhchivan City, the capital of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in Azerbaijan. Commissioned by Ildegizid Atabeg Jahan Pahlawan (1175-1186) to honor his first wife, Mu’mine Khatun, it was completed in 1186-1187, as noted on the Kufic-style inscriptive plaque above the entrance.