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.
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.
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.
Archive Figures of Isfahan
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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: 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: 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.
