Funerary complex of the Sheiykh Abd al Samad, by Unknown Artist, 1307, 14th Century. Iran, Esfahan, Natanz, Natanz, Mausoleum of Sheiykh Abd al-Samad. View Burial complex Mausoleum of Sheiykh Abd al Samad Detail of the vault. The gate door portal is built into an Ivan completed by a monumental pishtaq and is much higher than the outer walls of the building. The broad pointed ogival arch almost reaches the top of the structure and is framed by a series of decorative bands, where masonry, ceramic tiles, extended calligraphies and niches have been alternated with great skill and balance. 2009 photograph.