Farahabad, Mazandaran

Coordinates: 36°47′30″N 53°06′35″E / 36.79167°N 53.10972°E / 36.79167; 53.10972
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For the city in Sari County, see
Farahabad
.
Safawid mosque at Farahabad

Farahabad (

Shah Abbas I in Mazandaran province, Iran. It was built on a site formerly known as Tahan[1] and linked to the town of Sari
, 17 miles (27 km) away, by a stone causeway. The shah used the city as his winter capital, and he died there in 1629.

Shah Abbas was fond of the province of Mazandaran, the birthplace of his mother

Elburz Mountains, it was decorated with murals by Reza Abbasi
and goldwork by a German craftsman, and surrounded by gardens in the Persian style.

The city grew around the palace. In 1618, the Italian traveller

Jewish families and 25,000 Muslim families from the Caucasus. The Jewish merchants were given privileges similar to the Armenians in New Julfa, Isfahan.[2] Abbas hoped they would help promote Iranian commerce, especially the silk and wine
trades.

Abbas' successors neglected Farahabad. The climate in the summer was unhealthy and

Stepan Razin sacked Farahabad. Today little remains of the town. The main remains today are the restored main mosque, built to a similar ground plan like the Masjed-e Shah in Isfahan, the ruins of the royal palace and parts of a bridge over the Tajandrud river which belonged to the royal road connecting Isfahan with the palaces of the Caspian region.[3]

Farahabad was also the name of a palace and gardens built by

Shah Sultan Husayn near Isfahan
.

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References

Citations

  1. ^ The name of the village might rather have been "Tajan". The entry seems to rely on the quoted book by Savory who gives "Tahan" as the original name. As the local river up to this date is called "Tajan", Savory may have misread the name تجن as "تحن"
  2. ISBN 978-1845110567
  3. ^ cf the entry "Farahabad" in Encyclopedia Iranica http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/farahabad

Bibliography

  • H. Nahavandi, Y. Bomati, Shah Abbas, empereur de Perse (1587-1629) (Perrin, Paris, 1998) pp. 222–226
  • Roger Savory Iran under the Safavids (Cambridge University Press, 2007 reissue) pp. 96–100

36°47′30″N 53°06′35″E / 36.79167°N 53.10972°E / 36.79167; 53.10972[1]

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (17 March 2024). "Shah Abbas Mosque, Sari County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
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