Shahshahan monument is located in the Shahshahan neighborhood, one of the large districts of Dardashti of Isfahan city. This monument was established upon the tomb of one of the 9th Hijri century mystics named “Shah Aladdin Muhammad” who was killed in 1446 by the order of Shahrokh Timurid, and there are beautiful molding inscriptions inside it. The transom of the tomb has tile decorations. The dome of this tomb is rebuilt. Moreover, the beautiful Thuluth handwritings inside the Shahshahan tomb is done by the 9th Hijri century famous calligraphers of Isfahan. This building is registered in 1948 with the registration number of 268. Top Hotels near to Shahshahan Mausoleum Top […]

In northeast to Isfahan, in the route to Nain, this very beautiful and historical mosque is sunk in the heart of history in the village of Haftshouyeh. The altar of Haftshouyeh central mosque is one of the most beautiful and complicated filers of Ilkhanate era where the Ayat Al-Korsi verse of Quran and the phrase “In the name of God, the merciful the compassionate ” is written in Thuluth manuscript. This is the only altar decorated with flowers and plants that together with love show a standing garden. This mosque was registered in February 24th, 1963 in the list of national relics with the registration number of 430. Top Hotels […]

Sheykh ol-Eslam’s House is a memorandum from Safavi and Qajar eras and has become one of the most elegant historical monuments in Isfahan. Primary construction of the building was done in Safavid era and it was a gift by Shah Abbas to his daughter, “Sarv Ghad Khanoum” and his son-in-law, “Mohaghegh Sabzevari”, one of the great scholars of Safavid era. There used to be religious ceremonies such as mourning for Imam Hossein’s martyrdom in the mosque owned by Sheykh ol-Eslam Isfahan. This house is now under repair by Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization of Isfahan and is dedicated to traditional art workshops such as pottery, gold weaving and Chinese […]

The house of Mohammad Bagher Nilforoushan is related to Qajar era and is located in Dardasht Neighborhood in Isfahan. This building was registered in the list of Iran’s national monuments on 29th of Shahrivar 1353 with registration number 1001. <h2>Top Hotels near to Nilforoushan House</h2> <h2>Top Tours You Can Visit Nilforoushan House</h2>

Mirza Mohammad Ali Saib Tabrizi (born in 1000 Hijri year/1592 in Tabriz and died in 1086 hijri year/1676 in Isfahan) was the greatest sonneteer of the eleventh Hijri century and the most famous poet of Safavid era. Saib developed and perfected a poetry style that was called the Indian style several centuries afterwards. Saib Tabrizi had so many poems such that his Diwan is written up to two hundred verses. There is a Masnavi by him called Ghandharnameh which is about the battles of Shah Abbas and Ghandhar Conquest. He died in 1081-1087 Hijri year in Isfahan and was buried in Lanban Neighborhood. The tomb of Saib is in a […]

Third of Ordibehesht is registered in calendars in the name of Sheikh Bahai, the scientist whose skills in architecture can be seen in all the monuments remained from Safavid era and now his most vivid memorandum is his house in Isfahan and close to Jameh Mosque of the city which dates back to Seljuk period. Sheikh Bahai House was owned by Shah Abbas’s aunt (Maryam Sultan Beigom) which was later on yielded to Sheikh Bahai by Shah Abbas. The history of this house is also in the book on Shah Abbas’s life compiled by Dr. Nasrollah Falsafi. Sheikh House was registered in the list of Iran’s national monuments in 1357 […]

This mosque is located in “Ashtargan” Village in Lenjan County that is today pronounced as “Ashtarjan” and is 38 kilometers from Isfahan. Its portal is 13 meters high and it is decorated by tiles according to the style of early eighth Hijri century and the moldings are also in that style. Its minarets are mobile as those in Menarjonban and the date of its construction is recorded on tiling inscriptions of the main portal and at the end of the inscription inside the dome; the recorded date is 715 Hijri year. The founder of the mosque building whose name is explicitly on the main portal inscription is “Fakhr al-Din Mohammad […]

Shaykh Bahai was one of the greatest Safavid scientists, who was a master in philosophy, logic, commission, and mathematics and his compilations that are remaining are about 88 books and dissertations. He who was buried according to his will beside the tomb of Hazrat Ali Ibn Musa al-Reza (AS) was known in public for his skills in mathematics, architecture, and engineering. The architecture of Imam Mosque in Isfahan and Hesar Najaf, construction of solar clock in Imam Reza Shrine and most important of all construction of a bath that had occupied the minds of all Iranian and people in the world are engineering and architectural activities that have been attributed […]

Marnan Bridge is one of the oldest bridges I Isfahan equal to Ji and Shahrestan Bridge that not much time has passed since its publication but some foundations of the bridge are ascribed to Sassanid era. The bridge has 17 openings at the moment that according to the historians, there were even more in the past. This bridge is also called Sarfaraz and its appellation is that one of the rich religious minorities built or repaired it at Shah Soleiman Safavid time and then it was called Sarfaraz and was known as Sarfaraz for some time. Top Hotels near to Marnan Bridge Top Tours You Can Visit Marnan Bridge