Tehran – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com A blog exploring India's Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb or its rich multi plural multi cultural heritage via its adab, tehzeeb & tareekh Wed, 26 May 2021 16:23:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg Tehran – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 Takht e Marmar, Golestan Palace, Teheran https://ranasafvi.com/takht-e-marmar-golestan-palace-teheran/ https://ranasafvi.com/takht-e-marmar-golestan-palace-teheran/#respond Wed, 26 May 2021 16:23:14 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/takht-e-marmar-golestan-palace-teheran/ ‪Takht e Marmar ( the marble throne) room was built on orders of Fath Ali Shah Qajar (1797-1834) Golestan palace.‬
‪It’s breath taking -adorned with painting, calligraphy, stucco, carving, enamel,mirror & tile work, glass windows‬
‪Actual Takht itself in the middle of the room comprises of 65 yellow Yazd marble pieces with sculpture and carving and was designed by Mirza Baba Nagash Bashi ( head painter of Qajar Art).
Mohammed Ebrahim the head stone Mason along with several experts supervised it’s construction.
Coronation of Qajar kings were held here on this terrace.
The last coronation held here was of the self proclaimed king Reza Khan Pehalvi in 1925.
‪First Pic is file as now Now front is covered‬ by a cloth.
And the throne looks unusually large.

wanderingsiniran #Iran #beautifuliran #iraniarchitecture #travel #instagram #qajar #FathAliQajar #qajar #architecture #persianarchitecture #iran_tourism @ Golestan, Tehran, Iran

]]> https://ranasafvi.com/takht-e-marmar-golestan-palace-teheran/feed/ 0 37371 A Story, a Tomb, A dargah and The Fall of the Mughal Empire https://ranasafvi.com/12105-2/ Thu, 07 Feb 2019 13:41:00 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/12105-2/ There is a saying that the Mughal Empire was destroyed because Mohammed Shah ( Rangeela) was buried between Mehboob e Ilahi and Hazrat Amir Khusrau thus separating them.

Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya as per legend had said, that if it was permissible by shariah he would have willed they be buried in the same grave.

This is mentioned in many Urdu accounts of 19th and 20th century as being revealed to Bahadur Shah Zafar by a saint.

The dome in the rear of the pic belongs to H Amir Khusrau’s dargah, called Choti Dargah. The people are sitting in front of Mohammad Shah’s tomb facing Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya ‘s shrine

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