Figures of Isfahan – Haj Mohammad Kazeruni

He passed from the mortal world…

Haj Mohammad Kazeruni is one of the merchants of late Qajar and early Pahlavi periods. He entered the field of economic enterprises by founding the two Eslamieh and Masoudieh companies, with the aim of introducing local productions to the market.

Isfahan’s Foreign Travelogue writers

The legendary downfall of a truth

Merrit Hawkes is the American writer and Journalist who has traveled to Iran during the reign of Reza Shah, and visited the cities of Bushehr, Shiraz, Isfahan, Yazd, Kerman, Qom, Tehran, and the northern parts of Iran.

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.

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’.

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.

Isfahan's Intangible Heritage: Sagittarius

The Symbol of the Old City

On top of the Qeysarie Gate of Isfahan Bazaar in Naqsh-e Jahan Square, an image of a horse archer, formed as half-human and half-horse, is patterned on a mosaic tile.

The Figures of Isfahan: Fazlollah Dahesh

The Light

In 1305 SH, he founded the first electricity company of Isfahan at Telefonkhaneh Alley, Darvazeh Dowlat, and so the first lamps of the Chehel-Sotoun Palace and its surrounding streets were lit by the Dahesh Factory.

Foreign Travel Writers in Isfahan: Engelbert Kaempfer

The Ladies’ Street

Engelbert Kaempfer, the German physician and traveller who travelled to Iran at the time of Shah Suleiman’s coronation, recounted what he saw in his travelogue.

Isfahan's Heritage: Jahan Hotel

The Most Modern Hotel of Isfahan in the Pahlavi Era

Jahan Hotel, which had started working much before the Abbasi Hotel, continued its activities up until the 60s (SH), yet was suddenly abandoned.

Isfahan's Heritage: Chaharbagh

The Most Familiar Path

Isfahan’s Chaharbagh was the busiest passage of the city up until a few decades ago and not just a place to pass along, but one to stay in and visit friends at.

Foreign Travel Writers in Isfahan: Pierre Loti

A Skirt Full of Roses

Up until a hundred years ago, Isfahan’s rose was world famous so much so that a world traveler such as Pierre Loti would take the trouble of going all the way from Champs-Élysées to Chaharbagh.

The Figures of Isfahan: Master Ali-Akbar Memar Isfahani

The Most Turquoise Absence of the Architect

Master Ali-Akbar Memarbashi Isfahani is the architect of the Abbasi Jame Mosque, designed by Sheikh Bahaei.