Mosque of Maghsud Beyk

Shahnavaz khan

It is told that Alireza Abbasi has written the inscription of portal of the Maghsud Beyk Mosque. After Shah Abbas has expressed his satisfaction with the portal of this mosque, he has ordered him to work on the inscription of Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque.

Dar al Batikh Tomb

The dagger of dervish and Torbat-e Nizam

If at midnight of the twelfth Ramadan 485 Ah, halfway to Baghdad, the guardians of the Malekshah royal camp, followed the security rules more, prevented the man in dervish clothes from approachingfamous Seljuk minister – Khwaja Nizam Al Mulk Tusi – Iran`s history in Seljuk period was different.

Rehnan Bath

God Bless You

There have been four platforms in Rahnan Bath, and each of them had a title.

Jahan nama palace

Excuse of Ozma Ruined The Palace

“Lady Ozma”, sister of Zello Sultan, complained to the king that my residence in Hasht Behesht Palace could be seen very good from Jahan Nama Palace, and insurgent people are obtrusive by attending in this palace.

A Monument Of Isfahan

Sarvghad khanum`s gift of marriage

There is a safavid house in the Homayoun garden neighborhood, around Chahar Bagh paeen street of Isfahan, which is known as Sheikh al eslam historical house.

Vank cathedral

Small Vank

Before the construction of Vank cathedral, there was a small church in the present place of it.

Takht- e Foulad

An endless earth

Moslehoddin Mahdavi, researcher and Isfahanologist has written: centuries before Islam, when Bokht-o Nasr, removed the jewish people from Palestine and bothered them, Cyrus, Achaemenid king of Iran, rescued them from Babylonian captivity, and allowed them to come to Iran.

Khaju bridge

Bridge Inauguration Celebration

Mohammad Taher Wahid, in the book `Abbas-nameh` complied by Mohammad Taher Vahid Qazvini in the 11th century Ah , has been written a detailed description of the building of Hassan Abad Khaju bridge.

khaju Bridge

A bridge with a lot of stories

Shahi bridge or Kaju bridge, which it`s name is derived from a place called Khaju or Khaje around the bridge, has been also called in another names such as shirazi bridge, Baba Rokneddin bridge, Gabr bridge,Hassan Abad bridge and Amir hasan beyk bridge.

Mosque of Sheikh Lotf Allah

The secret way of the mosque

Very beautiful mosque is seen in Nagshe Jahan square, in front of magnificent mansion of Qapu which is called mosque of sheikh lotf Allah. the name of the mosque is derived from the name of the scientist, that shah because of his devotion to him put his name on the mosque.

A Symbol On Top Of The Qeysarie Gate

Sagittarius

On the Qeysarie Gate of Isfahan Bazaar, in the Naqsh-e Jahan Square, an image of a horse archer, formed as half human and half horse is patterned, on a mosaic tile in which the horseman with a bow in hand and arrow aims at his own tail which is a dragon with a fiery breath.

Isfahan quarters- Jolfa

New Jolfa

When Shah Abbas got the power, he tried to move the Armenians of Armenia towards Iran’s frontier and to evacuate that area. By doing so, he had two ideas: first, debilitating the Ottoman Empire since the Ottoman army would come to serious trouble in acquiring logistics for winter in case of evacuation of counties and towns of the area; second, Shah Abbas was aware of the Armenians’ skills in trading and he found it fit for improving the Economic condition of the state.