Figures of Isfahan- Molla Abdolbaqi Tabrizi

The Abdolbaqi inscription

After the passing of Alireza Abbasi, there were no master calligraphers who could finish the inscriptions of the Abbasi great mosque which were in ‘Sols’ script. Hence, Shah Abbas called Abdolbaqi Tabrizi, one of the apprentices of Alireza Abbasi, from Bagdad to Isfahan.

Intangible Cultural Heritage of Isfahan

Five-day feasts in Chehel Sotun Palace

The passing of European tourists and travelers to Iran, their visits and their writings about the way of life, quality, and traditions of the simple folk as well as the men of the court, princes, and Shah’s, are valuable sources to us.

Si-o-Se Pol

Why Thirty three?

According to a five hundred years old document which is attributed to the scholar and theologian ‘Sheikh Bahaei’, dated at “Rajab-Ol-Morajjab, Year 923” of the Lunar calendar, there is an explanation of the measurement of the Zayandeh Rud’s water shares.

Zayandeh Rud

Tirgan feast, or the ‘Ab Pashan’ by the Zayandeh Rud

In the ancient Iranian calendar, the thirteenth day of the month Tir was named Tirgan, in honor of ‘Tishtar, the rain bringing star’.

Figures of Isfahan-“Abbas Beheshtian”

Abbas Beheshtian and the Sio-Se-Pol

His heart beat for his life as well as for Isfahan’s. You must truly love your city to become so upset when any wrong is done by her.

Atiq Jameh Mosque

A golden coin for a palm of land

It is said that the middle, ponded, land in the Atiq Jameh Mosque belonged to a Jewish man who did not have any wish to sell it.

Shah Soltan Hossein

Fire atop Chehel Sotoun

One thousand one hundred eighteen years after the Prophet Muhammad’s hijrah, a fire fell upon the Chehel Sotoun Palace.

Isfahan's Intangible Heritage: The Feasts

Five-Day Feasts in the Chehel Sotoun Palace

Chardin, the French traveller who visited Iran and especially its royal palaces, manors and mansions during the reign of Shah Abbas II, wrote about the feast held in the Chehel Sotoun Palace in his travelogue.

Isfahan's Heritage: The Si-o-Se Pol

Why Thirty Three?!

Leaving aside whether or not the Si-o-Se Pol’s arches are actually thirty three, it is said among the people that the bridge’s name comes from the thirty three shares indicated in Sheikh Bahaei’s scroll.

Isfahan's Natural Heritage: Zayandeh Rud

Tirgan Feast, or Ab-Pashan by the Zayandeh Rud

In the ancient Iranian calendar, the thirteenth day of the month of Tir was named “Tirgan,” in honour of “Tishtar,” the rain-bringing star.

Abbas Beheshtian

Abbas Beheshtian and the Si-o-Se Pol

His heart beat for his life as well as for Isfahan’s. You must truly love your city to become so upset when any damage is done to her. Abbas Beheshtian was such a person.

The Atiq Jameh Mosque

A Golden Coin for a Palm of Land

It is said that the middle ponded land in the Atiq Jameh Mosque belonged to a Jewish man, who did not have any wish to sell it.