Tehran Picture Agency | Hamid Reza Darajati: Dating back to the 19th century, the House of Imam Jomeh the Imam of Friday prayers is a gem in the heart of Tehran. The House of Imam Jomeh is located in Nasser Khosrow Street, near Imam Khomeini Square of Tehran in Oudlajan, an aristocratic neighbourhood of distant past. An exquisite building of Qajar ...

Financial Tribune - There is a grand historical edifice in downtown Tehran known as House of Sardar Asad Bakhtiari. The beautiful building, however, resembles a palace rather than a house. It was built in 1913 for Ali-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari, a chief of the Haft Lang tribe of the prominent Bakhtiari people, a subgroup of Lurs. Ali-Qoli Khan was one ...

IFP- The Khanat caravanserai is one of the oldest monuments in the Iranian capital, Tehran, dating back to the Qajar era. The caravanserai used to host merchants and travelers in the past. The brick structure was constructed towards the end of the rule of the Persian King Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (16 July 1831 1 May 1896) by the side of a road on the ...

Financial Tribune- A total of 19 relics of Qajar era (1786-1925), part of treasured collection of Golestan Palace in Tehran, are currently on show at Louvre-Lens, an art museum in Lens, northern France, as contribution to a large exhibition of 19th century Iranian art. The artifacts include eight oil paintings and watercolors, an album of photos ...