Investigating the shape and function of Tehran’s Hesar during the Qajar period
Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical researchاحمد مسجدجامعی 1 , reza shabani 2
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2 - Department of history, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran
Keywords: wall, Tehran, Qajar, Gate, tower,
Abstract :
From a historical point of view, the Hesar is an interconnected set of walls, gates, towers and ditches that play the defensive function and protect the city's main environment. Until the advent of the modern world and the collapse of the Hesar, it was thought that it would deprive cities of security. Accordingly, most of the cities were within a strong Hesar, and they were repaired from time to time. Tehran’s Hesar was built by the Shah Tahmasb Safavid’s order in 961 AH, and 323 years later, 1284 AH, was destroyed by Nasser al-Din Shah. In the same year, the construction of a new Hesar was began. During the reign of Reza Shah, with the leadership of Karim Agha Bouzarjomehri, the mayor of Tehran, the Hesar was destroyed in order to develop the city. The issue of this article is to study the shape of Tehran's Hesar such as wall area and strength condition, tower and fortification, use of gates and its aesthetic theme in Qajar architecture, ditch dimensions and its function in the Qajar period. The importance of this article is that in the studies of Tehranology, little attention has been paid to the formal issue of the Hesar, while one of the main features of the city of Tehran, for which it created the capability of the capital, was the fence. This research was formed in response to this question: What was the shape and function of Tehran’ Hesar during the Qajar period?
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