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Eṣfahān , or Iṣfahān, City (pop., 2007 est.: 1,628,000), west-central Iran. An ancient Median town, it was known as Aspadana. It was a major city in the 11th–12th century under the Seljūq Turks and during the Ṣafavid dynasty of Iran (16th–18th century). Its golden age began in 1598 when Shah ʿAbbās I made it his capital and ...
5 days ago · In the late eleventh century, the city became one of the most famous cities of Islam and could rival other important Islamic cities such as Baghdad and Cairo. The city's most splendid time began in 1598 when Shah Abbas the Great (1587-1629) decided to make it his capital and rebuilt it into one of the largest cities of the world.
- From The Achamaenids to The Seljuks
- From The Il-Khans to The Safavids
- From The Afghani Interregnum to The Qajar
Between 651 C.E. and 1220 C.E. Iran managed to extricate from the Arab conquest and establish thePersian Empire with an Iranian dynasty. The most important monuments, such as the dome of the Friday Mosque (‘Masjid-e-Jāmeh Isfahān’) constructed by Nizam al-Mulk, date from this period. The mosque as it is today, is the result of continual constructio...
Under the reign of the Il-Khans, or the ‘Lords of the World’, Oljeitu Khan was the most important ruler. He had a high interest in art, which is represented in the stucco prayer niche in the Friday Mosque. He also was the first ruler to accept the Shi’ite belief. The greatest poet of Iran, Hafez, lived at the time of the Muzaffarid. This period was...
The only construction at the time of the Afghani interregnum is the “Porch of Omar”, which is a mehrab in the Friday Mosque. In 1753, Karim Khan took over the authority and made Shiraz the capital. Moving the capital to Tehran, during the period of the Qajar, stopped any further building in Isfahan. The only architectural construction built at the ...
Abbas I reformed the military and civil service and built a showpiece capital city, Isfahan, which remains one of the masterworks of Persian Islamic art and architecture. Figure 4.21 Shah Abbas I. This detail from a series of seventeenth-century paintings decorating the walls of the Chehel Sotoun Palace in Isfahan, Iran, depicts Shah Abbas I, who ruled over Iran at the height of the Safavid ...
The mosque’s core structure dates primarily from the 11th century, when the Seljuq Turks established Isfahan as their capital. Additions and alterations were made during Il-Khanid, Timurid, Safavid, and Qajar rule. An earlier mosque with a single inner courtyard already existed in the current location. Under the reign of Malik Shah I and his ...
Mar 23, 2024 · The city was built as a showpiece, with administrative buildings and public markets opening on the enormous Naqsh-e Jahan (“Exemplar of the world”) Square (Figure 4.22). Figure 4.22 Naqsh-e Jahan Square. The Shah Mosque, built by Abbas I, is located on the south side of Naqsh-e Jahan Square in the center of Isfahan. The square, a UNESCO ...
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Solitary Wandering and Civic Pleasures: viii Con T en T s A Daylong Journey in Isfahan 185 Conclusion: Isfahan as an Early Modern City 209 aPPendix: “guide for stroLLing in isfahan” 213 notes 223 BiBLiograPhy 237 index 249 Introduction Isfahan as Urban ExpErIEncE S ometime in the middle years of the seventeenth century, a young poet named Mir Rukn al-Din composed a letter to his friend and ...
