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T I L E O F B E I G E
K A S H A N – A R D E H A L – N Y A S A R

KERMANSHAH
KHORAMABAD
HAMEDAN
QAZVIN
TAFRESH
BORUJERD
ARAK
DORUD
ALIGUDARZ
SAVEH
KHOMEIN
TEHRAN
SALAFSHEGAN
DELIJAN
GOLPAYEGAN
SHIRAZ
REY
ARDEHAL
QOM
MARAGH
ABYANEH
ESFAHAN
VARAMIN
KASHAN
NATANZ
ARDESTAN
NAIN
YAZD
MEIBOD
KERMAN

KASHAN was formerly a superb antique city. Most houses are still earth made but damaged.
The old borroughs are a pleasant medina-like dedalum.

ENTERING OLD BAZAR, KASHAN

KASHAN Bazar from rooftops

Huge marketplace
compound. Sidebuilt
courtyards &
caravanserails give
acccess to the main
gallery Left : inner
view of a side
enterance ; Right :
outter view of the
same side entrance

An outter part view of the Bazar
complex, from the courtyard of a
side-built caravanserail. Domes
Line embodies the main Gallery.

CARPET LABORS in a side courtyard : the freshly bluecoloured
wool is drying. This will be knoted then, presumately
by carpet « weavers ». Right : workers of the caravanserail.

IN OLD BAZAR, KASHAN

B A Z A R O F K A S H A N
Inside the domes : superb voids supports
huge carpet warehouses. The galleries
length in longer than Semnan’s .
Wool processing for carpets ( spinning,
dyeing , weaving ) is still a prominent activity
in the bazar.

TIMSHEH & FARSH Right : this recent Timsheh ( 19th century) is
the most cosy part of the Bazar. This is wonderfully decorated.

IN THE BAZAR As most companies & owners decorate their buildings
with mourning accessories in the occasion of Ashura, Hardware traders
are very on demand before this celebration.

A GLOOMY WOOL-SPINNER in the bazar of Kashan.

PASSING KASHAN this
picture is a picturesque caricature of
daily urban Iran…

KASHAN the city from bazar rooftops

Ziyarat e Habib Ibn Musa : ( literally : Visit of habib son of
Moshe) is the shrine of king SHAH ABBAS the 1st, but
actually venerated as a saint man. The attached courtyard (not
represented here) is some kind of commemorative cemetary,
and I saw pilgrims near the king’s coffin. In one of the various
sections of the courtyard, they store a Nakhl coffin
presumately for Tazieh purpose.

MADRASEH AGHA BOZORG,
Qajar era ( Kashan ).

« TABATABAE’I» HOUSE. Kashan is famous for superlative palace-houses of the Qajar period.

« BORUJERDI » HOUSE. Kashan is famous for superlative palace-houses of the Qajar period.

« AMERIHA » HOUSE. Kashan is famous for superlative
palace-houses of the Qajar period.

BATHS
( « AMERIHA » HOUSE )
Every palace-houses have
huge decorated baths in their
basements.

EMAMZADEH ABU LOLO

STAIRWAY TO WATERFALL
NYASAR VILLAGE, KASHAN

ABSHAR (WATERFALL)
NYASAR VILLAGE, KASHAN

EMAMZADEH AZRADDIN MARAGHE’I Maragh, 40 km N-W of Kashan.

Deeper to the promising South : a meditative pause out of Kashan. At least small roads led me closer to the
mountains. I detoured after seeing this cone-shaped dome in the silent village of Khoramdasht, on the Natanz Rd.

KHORRAMDASHT, on the Natanz Rd.

HANJAH an emamzadeh
zen wind.

MAZAR-E-SOLTAN ALI, in MASHHAD-E-ARDEHAL (2008 CE) a famous emamzadeh 30 km west of Kashan.

MAZAR-E-SOLTAN ALI, in MASHHAD-E-ARDEHAL (2010 CE) the recent extension of the complex is obvious

MAZAR –E- SOLTAN ALI , In the occasion of Arbaeen,
families visit the imamzadeh of Soltan Ali, Mashhad e
Ardehal, Kashan province

KASHAN TO ABYANEH Natanz Rd through the desert.

KHARVEH VILLAGE, KASHAN PROVINCE

ABYANEH competes with Masuleh & Hawraman for the most picturesque village of Iran

I N S I D E A B Y A N E H
The village is famous for a picturesque ascending
parade during Ashura festivals. Here, there is also a
zoroastrian Fire Temple and inhabitants, despite all
are muslims, still respect some old zoroastrian
traditions. After all, the village is a pleasant walk.