A vast expanse of land about 110 hectares in the north of Tehran, at the foothills of Mount Tochal, forms the palatial ensemble of  Sadabad (Sa’dābād). A much smaller piece of land, near 8000 meters, used to lodge the summer house of Qajarid authorities. However, after the 1920 coup-d’etat, Reza Shah took hold of the old summer-house, and turned it into a much more expanded, bigger and loftier one. Then, in the 1970s, Mohammad-Reza Shah and his royal family became the residents of the Saad...

Though one of the first and oldest neighborhoods of Tehran, it seems that Tajrīsh neighborhood has not changed much geographically. As the evidence shows, the major part of this neighborhood was located in the southern part of Imam-Zadeh Saleh Mausoleum, Tajrish square, and Elahieh gardens. This village included two neighborhoods: Takiyeh Bala and Takiyeh Paein, the present Bazar-e Tajrish formed its central part. The village came into being 500 to 600 years ago and, during the Qajarid era, it was the center of Shemi...

Niavaran complex is located in a majestic, refreshing garden which measures about 11 hectares and includes monuments belonging to the Qajarid and Pahlavid eras. The beginning history of the garden is contemporaneous with the reign of Fath Ali Shah, the second Qajarid king (r. 1797-1834). To have a place of entertainment and a summer resort, Fath Ali Shah ordered the construction of a pleasing garden beyond the northern borders of Tehran. So, a canebrake near a village called "Kordeh-Vi" or "Kordeh-Beh" was chosen and the garden something much smaller than what can be visited today, was built ther...