With the formation of the local and national governments , during the 3rd – 5th centuries A.H. [9th – 11th A.D.], the circumstances for adaption and recreating cultural and artistic traditions of Sassanid Period were prepared. In this regard, the Samanid governors had a key role. Amir Ismail Samanid founded a style which became a pattern for the numerous mausoleums and on the one hand , connected the architectural elements and designs of the Sassanids with the Islamic era by designing and constructing his mausoleum. The mausoleum of Amir Ismail the Samanid shows how the Sassanid architectural elements appear in a new format. Both designing and constructing this building appears to have been conducted objectively, and Amir Samanid had somehow intended to follow the Sassanid dynasty. Studying the architectural elements and features of the Ismail Samanids mausoleum as well as the adaptions from the Sassanid architecture, and also its historical and cultural contexts(the revival of Iranian identity and Returning to the traditions of Sassanian, during the 3rd – 5th centuries A.H.) are the main objectives of the present paper
