Isfahanis’ Smart Comments

One Shahi!

Isfahanis are always been known to be funny and smart. Many old texts have also mentioned this characteristic of Isfahani people and have mentioned some examples as well. “Jafar Shahri” writes: “one day an Isfahani goes to the Hakimbashi Bathhouse in Tehran’s Bazaar.

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One Shahi!

Isfahanis are always been known to be funny and smart. Many old texts have also mentioned this characteristic of Isfahani people and have mentioned some examples as well. “Jafar Shahri” writes: “one day an Isfahani goes to the Hakimbashi Bathhouse in Tehran’s Bazaar.

As he sits under the hands of the Dallak (the person who washed and groomed the customers) he notices that the Dallak kept facing the other Dallak and talked about other customers; and at the end he kept saying such and such customer gave me this much tip and such and such customer gave me that much.

He would talk about large numbers, too, like 5 Shahi and 10 Shahi. When the Isfahani realizes that all the talk is because of him, he looked at the Dallak and said: “you don’t have to keep talking about 5 Shahi and 10 Shahi! God bless our 1 Shahi; do your work man!”; and this is how this phrase became an antidote. This story has also been told that a smartarse non-Isfahani starts talking with an Isfahani and he was in first place! The conversation of the Isfahani and the one from Shahr-e Rey continues in regards to the good things about their cities, each were talking about the arts of their city; when the Isfahani said: “Isfahan’s soil doesn’t decompose a corpse for 30-40 years. Razi replied: “Rey’s soil brings a 30-40 year old corpse to business and doesn’t let it die; and this is how the Isfahani lost to a non-Isfahani!

Name Jafar Shahri Baf
Profession Author, Tehran Researcher
Lifetime Year 1914 thru 1999
Tomb Artists’ Section of Behesht-e Zahra Graveyard of Tehran

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