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.