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1405/05/01

Firuz al-Dawlah (فیروزالدوله)

Firuz al-Dawlah (فیروزالدوله) He was the son of Kamran Mirza (کامران میرزا), son of Naser al-Din Shah (ناصرالدین شاه). Firuz al-Dawlah (فیروزالدوله) was the administrator (mobasher) of Moniriyeh School (مدرسه منیریه). The school was located on Khayyam Street (خیابان خیام), shortly before Mohammadieh Square (میدان محمدیه), adjacent to the shrine of Seyyed Naser al-Din (بقعه…

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1405/05/01

Indian Ambassador’s Garden (باغ سفیر هند)

Indian Ambassador’s Garden (باغ سفیر هند) The Indian Ambassador’s Garden (باغ سفیر هند) was a garden separated from the lands of the Mostowfi al-Mamalek Garden (باغ مستوفی‌الممالک) in Vanak. The Mostowfi al-Mamalek Garden, a waqf garden belonging to Mirza Yusuf Mostowfi al-Mamalek (میرزا یوسف مستوفی‌الممالک), the renowned prime minister of Naser al-Din Shah, was well…

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1405/05/01

Indian Ambassador’s Garden (باغ سفیر هند)

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1405/05/01

Nezamabad (نظام‌آباد)

Nezamabad (نظام‌آباد) Although women were socially absent to a considerable extent during the Qajar period, they entered the public sphere, to a greater or lesser degree, during the Constitutional era. “Iranian women are conspicuously absent everywhere. If, from time to time, a few bold women are seen on Lalehzar Street (خیابان لاله‌زار), nothing can be…

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1405/05/01

Naser al-Din Shah’s Prize (جایزه ناصرالدین شاه)

Naser al-Din Shah’s Prize (جایزه ناصرالدین شاه) Historians of this period have written that when the students of the engineering department of Dar al-Funun (دارالفنون), under the direction of their teacher, Monsieur Kresse (موسیو کرشش), drew a map of the city of Tehran for the first time and presented it to the Shah, they were…

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1405/05/01

Mashq Square (میدان مشق)

Mashq Square (میدان مشق) Many urban development measures undertaken after 1307 SH/1928 CE were part of a comprehensive urban-planning scheme prepared for the reconstruction of Tehran (تهران), modeled on European cities of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Among these measures were the following: The construction of new façades along the southern frontage of…

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1405/05/01

Killing of a Prominent Preacher of Tehran (قتل خطیب معروف تهران)

Killing of a Prominent Preacher of Tehran (قتل خطیب معروف تهران) Seyyed Mohammad Tabataba’i (سید محمد طباطبایی), in a letter addressed to Mozaffar al-Din Shah (مظفرالدین شاه), reproached and admonished him, warning him of the consequences of the severe crisis that had spread throughout the country. He explicitly stated that the only remedy was the…

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1405/05/01

Glass and Crystal Manufacturing in Iran (بلورسازی در ایران)

Glass and Crystal Manufacturing in Iran (بلورسازی در ایران) Solid mineral materials composed of molecules, atoms, or ions that are arranged regularly in space or possess a crystalline structure are called crystals (بلور). Crystallization (تبلور) is a process through which crystalline materials are purified and obtained in a desired size. During crystallization, solid particles are…

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1405/05/01

German Embassy Garden (باغ سفارت آلمان)

German Embassy Garden (باغ سفارت آلمان) The garden of Malek al-Ketab Rashti (ملک‌الکتاب رشتی) was located on the eastern side of Safara Street, also known as Ala al-Dowleh Street (present-day Ferdowsi Street). Later, part of the garden was purchased by the German government and another part by the Ottoman government, and the two properties became…

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1405/05/01

Cost of Abbas Mirza’s Wedding

Cost of Abbas Mirza’s Wedding (هزینه عروسی عباس میرزا) Wedding Ceremony (مراسم ازدواج)، 1217 AH The marriage ceremony of Abbas Mirza, Crown Prince (عباس میرزا نایب‌السلطنه), and Golin Khanom (گلین خانم) was held in 1217 AH with great splendor. It was described as follows: “It was one of the greatest celebrations, and for seven days…

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