Isfahan Personage - Alireza Abbasi

A Royal Candle For Calligrapher

Shah Abbas loved The calligrapher of his court, Alireza Abbasi, so much that sometimes he himself took the candle personally to make Alireza Abbasi comfortable for writing.

Ali Qapu Palace

Virtual Delight Hall

Many stories and narratives have been quoted about the sixth floor of Ali Qapu which is known as music hall, stories which are sometimes fantastic and strange. There is a lot of questions about how the wall and ceiling plasters work.

Chaharbagh Religious School

Madar Shah School

European tourists, in their itinerary, mentioned Chaharbagh School as Madar Shah School …

The Qeysarie Gate

The lost plunders

On the top of the Qeysarie Gate, there are some foramens as the empty place of a clock made by an English man named ‘Fasty’ for Shah Abbas I. when the creator died, the clock stopped working and no one else was ever found to be able to launch the clock’s hands again.

The Hasht Behesht Palace

The first school

By the request of Zell-e Soltan from Naser al-Din Shah, the first school of the new form was established in the Hasht Behesht Mansion in Isfahan.

The Figures of Isfahan-Sheikh Baha'i

The bitter Shahrivar

In September 1621, Isfahan was in ardour; it was burning of a pain which its turmoil caused world unrest. The greatest scholar of the time, the cherished character in the hearts of Iranians and especially Isfahanian people was ailing.

Naqshe Jahan Square

The tale of Naqshe Jahan

As it is gathered from evidence, the name of Naqshe Jahan comes from a garden with the same name in the vicinity of the current location of the Square.

Naqshe Jahan Square

Burning Tobacco in the Naqshe Jahan Square

Isfahan was one of the first cities to outlaw the sales and usage of tobacco.

Naqshe Jahan Square

The shah walking behind knowledge

One day, Shah Abbas went to the Bazaar to visit Molla Abdelah at the Molla Abdelah School. Amazingly, he found the school to be empty from students.

Naqshe Jahan Square

The owner of Naqshe Jahan Square

Saremodoleh, the son of Zellosoltan, being the grandson of Naserodin Shah and a descendant of Safavid bloodline, claimed himself to be the inheritor of Safavids. Hence, he claimed ownership of the Naqshe Jahan Square, which he believed to belong to the Safavid dynasty.

Isfahan’s Foreign Travelogue writers Jean-Baptiste Tavernier

The atmosphere of Moharram in the Naqshe Jahan Square

“Jean-Baptiste Tavernier” is one of the travelers who was in Isfahan at the beginning of Shah Suleiman’s rule. He described the Moharram atmosphere in the Naqshe Jahan Square as follow:

Original Isfahani Games

Chogan In Royal Square!

The Naqshe Jahan square, with its vast dimensions, was the best place to play Polo. In this game, two teams of six, mounted on horses, were to gain possession of the ball with their long rods with crooked heads, and shoot it into the other side’s goal.