The Figures of Isfahan: Hossein Hamedanian
The Far-Sighted Entrepreneur
Touba Garden reminds the people of Isfahan of Hossein Hamedanian, the renowned entrepreneur and philanthropist of Isfahan, who is buried in the garden’s grounds.
The Figures of Isfahan: Mohammad-Taher Vahid Qazvini
The Bridge’s Inauguration
After completing the Khajou Bridge’s construction, Shah Abbas II made Maqsoud Beyk, the court’s majordomo, responsible for decorating and illuminating the bridge.
The Figures of Isfahan: Alireza Abbasi
A Royal Candle for the Calligrapher
Shah Abbas loved the calligrapher of his court, Alireza Abbasi, so much so that sometimes he himself held a candle in his hand so that the calligrapher could do his writing under its light.
Archive Figures of Isfahan
The Figures of Isfahan: Hossein Hamedanian
The Far-Sighted Entrepreneur
Touba Garden reminds the people of Isfahan of Hossein Hamedanian, the renowned entrepreneur and philanthropist of Isfahan, who is buried in the garden’s grounds.
The Figures of Isfahan: Mohammad-Taher Vahid Qazvini
The Bridge’s Inauguration
After completing the Khajou Bridge’s construction, Shah Abbas II made Maqsoud Beyk, the court’s majordomo, responsible for decorating and illuminating the bridge.
The Figures of Isfahan: Alireza Abbasi
A Royal Candle for the Calligrapher
Shah Abbas loved the calligrapher of his court, Alireza Abbasi, so much so that sometimes he himself held a candle in his hand so that the calligrapher could do his writing under its light.
The Figures of Isfahan: Sheikh Bahaei
The Bitter September
In September 1651 AD (1030 SH), Isfahan was in turmoil. It was burning of a pain, which its tumult caused the world unrest.
The Figures of Isfahan: Mullah Abdollah
The Shah Walking Behind Knowledge
One day, Shah Abbas went to the bazaar to visit Mullah Abdollah at Mullah Abdollah School. Amazingly, he found the school empty of students.
The Figures of Isfahan: Haj Mohammad-Hussein Kazeruni
He Left the Mortal World…
Haj Mohammad-Hussein Kazeruni was one of the merchants of the late Qajar and early Pahlavi periods, known as the second richest man in Isfahan.
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.
The Figures of Isfahan: Molla Abdolbaqi Tabrizi
Abdolbaqi’s Inscriptions
After the passing of Alireza Abbasi, there were no master calligraphers who could finish the inscriptions of the Abbasi Jame Mosque, which were in Thuluth script.
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.
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.
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.
