Many of the Safavid additions to Qazvin have been destroyed, especially those belong to Shah Tahmasb era. The extent of these damages and subsequent changes to such an extent that there is now no understanding of the layout or position of Meidān-i asb as a royal square. This will undermine the understanding of Qazvin's cultural significance, and more importantly, it changes our understanding of...

Introduction: The Transparency is a basic principle in Iranian architecture that has reached prosperity during the time. Isfahan is an important city in architecture because it has been as the political capital in the two important periods. So many valuable buildings have been built in these periods that the houses are more important between them.   Literature review: The architecture was m...

Covering one of the most important spaces, domes have a magnificent role in Persian mosques. During continuous eras of Islamic architecture masons could promote this techno-spiritual heritage and developed its spatial value. This process reached its apogee in Safavid era. Overshadowing Shia conceptual system carved the cultural context of Safavid society and consequently changed its architectur...

The inscription dedicated to permissible water in the Isfahan Grand Mosque is one of the valuable endowment letters of the Safavid period. The content of the above inscription refers to the name of Amir Aslan bin Rostam Sultan Laleh Afshar Arshlou, who during the reign of Shah Tahmasb I, by digging a river, brought the permissible water to the mosque and dedicated it to this building. This rese...