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Kashan is a city in the province of Isfahan, Iran. It had an estimated population of 272,359 in 2005.
Kashan (Persian: کاشان, also Romanized as Kāshān and Kachan) is a city in and the capital of Kashan County, in the province of Isfahan, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 248,789, in 67,464 families.
The etymology of the city name comes from Kasian, the original inhabitants of the city, whose remains are found at Tapeh Sialk dating back 9,000 years; later this changed to Kashian, whence the town name. Between the 12th and the 14th centuries Kashan was an important centre for the production of high quality pottery and tiles. In modern Persian, the word for a tile (kashi) comes from the name of the town.
History
Archeological discoveries in the Sialk Hillocks which lie 4 km west of Kashan reveal that this region was one of the primary centers of civilization in pre-historic ages. Hence Kashan dates back to the Elamite period of Iran. The Sialk ziggurat still stands today in the suburbs of Kashan after 7000 years.
The artifacts uncovered at Sialk reside in the Louvre in Paris and the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Iran's National Museum.
By some accounts - though not all - Kashan was the origin of the three wise men who followed the star that guided them to Bethlehem to witness the nativity of Jesus, as recounted in the Bible. Whatever the historical validity of this story, the attribution of Kashan as their original home testifies to the city's prestige at the time the story was set down.
Abu-Lu'lu'ah/Pirouz Nahāvandi, the Persian soldier who was enslaved by the Islamic conquerors and eventually assassinated the caliph Umar al-Khattab in AH 23 (643/4 CE), reportedly fled to Kashan after the assassination and lived there some years before being finally caught and executed. His tomb is one of Kashan's conspicuous landmarks (see gallery below).
Sultan Malik Shah I of the Seljuk dynasty ordered the building of a fortress in the middle of Kashan in the 11th century. The fortress walls, called Ghal'eh Jalali still stand today in central Kashan.
Kashan was also a leisure vacation spot for Safavi Kings. Bagh-e Fin (Fin Garden), specifically, is one of the most famous gardens of Iran. This beautiful garden with its pool and orchards was designed for Shah Abbas I as a classical Persian vision of paradise. The original Safavid buildings have been substantially replaced and rebuilt by the Qajar dynasty although the layout of trees and marble basins is close to the original. The garden itself however, was first founded 7000 years ago alongside the Cheshmeh-ye-Soleiman. The garden is also notorious as the site of the murder of Mirza Taghi Khan known as Amir Kabir, chancellor of Nasser-al-Din Shah, Iran's King in 1852.
House of Borujerdis. 1870s.
The earthquake of 1778 leveled the city of Kashan and all the edifices of Shah Abbas Safavi, leaving 8000 casualties. But the city started afresh and has today become a focal tourist attraction via the numerous large houses from the 18th and 19th centuries, illustrating the finest examples of Qajari aesthetics.
Today
Although there are many sites in Kashan of potential interest to tourists, the city remains largely undeveloped in this sector, with fewer than a thousand[when?] foreign tourists per year. Qamsar and Abyaneh are notable towns around Kashan, which attract tourists all year around. The nearby town of Niasar features a man-made cave and fireplace of historical interest.
Kashan is internationally famous for manufacturing carpets, silk and other textiles. Kashan today houses most of Iran's mechanized carpet-weaving factories, and has an active marble and copper mining industry. Kashan and suburbs have a population of 400,000.
Ghaleh Jalali is not located in the centre of kashan as the text indicates. It is located on the edge of souther margin of the old wall of the city. As a matter of fact the southern part of the wall and the Ghaleh ( the citadel ) join up and forms just one piece. Out of wall areas used to be simply irrigated farm lands, but today is sporadically residential.
Main sights
Kashan's architectural sights include:
Agha Bozorg Mosque.
Boroujerdi House
Tabātabāei House
Āmeri House
Abbāsi House
Attarha House
Al-e Yaseen House
Sultan Amir shrine and bath
40 Dokhtaran Fortress
Pirouz Nahavandi/Abu-Lu'lu'ah Shrine (the assassin of Sunni's second Caliph)
Fin Garden
Sialk ziggurat
Ghal'eh jalali
Kashan Bazaar
Timcheh Amin-o-dowleh
Education
Colleges and universities in Kashan include:
Kashan University of Medical Sciences
Islamic Azad University of Kashan
University of Kashan
Roads
Road 71
Freeway 7, located near the city
Kashan is connected via freeways to Isfahan and Natanz to the South, and Qom, which is an hour drive away to the north.
Famous Kashanis
Ayatollah Seyed mahdi Yasrebi
Sohrab Sepehri
Ghyath ad-Din Jamshid Kashani
Kamal-ol-Molk
Mohammad-Nabi Sarbolouki
Ustad Ali Maryam
Muhsen Feyz Kashani
Hosein-Shirazi
Seddighi
Yedidia Shofet the former chief rabbi of Iran and the worldwide spiritual leader of Persian Jewry.
Leghāi-e Kāshāni, poet
Amir Ghiāss od-Din, one of the generals of the Safavid King Shah Abbas II who accompanied Shah Abbas in the wars leading to the conquest of Kandahar in 1648. He is the patriarch of the Zarrābi family in Kashan and one of the ancestors of the renowned Iranian poet Mohammad-Taqí Bahār.
Isaac Larian is the Chief Executive Officer of MGA Entertainment
David Alliance, Baron Alliance Businessman and a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom.
Ruknaddin Masud Masihi, Azeri poet.
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Leading Islamic Philosopher and exponent of the Perennial Philosophy
Kashan (Persian: کاشان, also Romanized as Kāshān and Kachan) is a city in and the capital of Kashan County, in the province of Isfahan, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 248,789, in 67,464 families.
The etymology of the city name comes from Kasian, the original inhabitants of the city, whose remains are found at Tapeh Sialk dating back 9,000 years; later this changed to Kashian, whence the town name. Between the 12th and the 14th centuries Kashan was an important centre for the production of high quality pottery and tiles. In modern Persian, the word for a tile (kashi) comes from the name of the town.
History
Archeological discoveries in the Sialk Hillocks which lie 4 km west of Kashan reveal that this region was one of the primary centers of civilization in pre-historic ages. Hence Kashan dates back to the Elamite period of Iran. The Sialk ziggurat still stands today in the suburbs of Kashan after 7000 years.
The artifacts uncovered at Sialk reside in the Louvre in Paris and the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Iran's National Museum.
By some accounts - though not all - Kashan was the origin of the three wise men who followed the star that guided them to Bethlehem to witness the nativity of Jesus, as recounted in the Bible. Whatever the historical validity of this story, the attribution of Kashan as their original home testifies to the city's prestige at the time the story was set down.
Abu-Lu'lu'ah/Pirouz Nahāvandi, the Persian soldier who was enslaved by the Islamic conquerors and eventually assassinated the caliph Umar al-Khattab in AH 23 (643/4 CE), reportedly fled to Kashan after the assassination and lived there some years before being finally caught and executed. His tomb is one of Kashan's conspicuous landmarks (see gallery below).
Sultan Malik Shah I of the Seljuk dynasty ordered the building of a fortress in the middle of Kashan in the 11th century. The fortress walls, called Ghal'eh Jalali still stand today in central Kashan.
Kashan was also a leisure vacation spot for Safavi Kings. Bagh-e Fin (Fin Garden), specifically, is one of the most famous gardens of Iran. This beautiful garden with its pool and orchards was designed for Shah Abbas I as a classical Persian vision of paradise. The original Safavid buildings have been substantially replaced and rebuilt by the Qajar dynasty although the layout of trees and marble basins is close to the original. The garden itself however, was first founded 7000 years ago alongside the Cheshmeh-ye-Soleiman. The garden is also notorious as the site of the murder of Mirza Taghi Khan known as Amir Kabir, chancellor of Nasser-al-Din Shah, Iran's King in 1852.
House of Borujerdis. 1870s.
The earthquake of 1778 leveled the city of Kashan and all the edifices of Shah Abbas Safavi, leaving 8000 casualties. But the city started afresh and has today become a focal tourist attraction via the numerous large houses from the 18th and 19th centuries, illustrating the finest examples of Qajari aesthetics.
Today
Although there are many sites in Kashan of potential interest to tourists, the city remains largely undeveloped in this sector, with fewer than a thousand[when?] foreign tourists per year. Qamsar and Abyaneh are notable towns around Kashan, which attract tourists all year around. The nearby town of Niasar features a man-made cave and fireplace of historical interest.
Kashan is internationally famous for manufacturing carpets, silk and other textiles. Kashan today houses most of Iran's mechanized carpet-weaving factories, and has an active marble and copper mining industry. Kashan and suburbs have a population of 400,000.
Ghaleh Jalali is not located in the centre of kashan as the text indicates. It is located on the edge of souther margin of the old wall of the city. As a matter of fact the southern part of the wall and the Ghaleh ( the citadel ) join up and forms just one piece. Out of wall areas used to be simply irrigated farm lands, but today is sporadically residential.
Main sights
Kashan's architectural sights include:
Agha Bozorg Mosque.
Boroujerdi House
Tabātabāei House
Āmeri House
Abbāsi House
Attarha House
Al-e Yaseen House
Sultan Amir shrine and bath
40 Dokhtaran Fortress
Pirouz Nahavandi/Abu-Lu'lu'ah Shrine (the assassin of Sunni's second Caliph)
Fin Garden
Sialk ziggurat
Ghal'eh jalali
Kashan Bazaar
Timcheh Amin-o-dowleh
Education
Colleges and universities in Kashan include:
Kashan University of Medical Sciences
Islamic Azad University of Kashan
University of Kashan
Roads
Road 71
Freeway 7, located near the city
Kashan is connected via freeways to Isfahan and Natanz to the South, and Qom, which is an hour drive away to the north.
Famous Kashanis
Ayatollah Seyed mahdi Yasrebi
Sohrab Sepehri
Ghyath ad-Din Jamshid Kashani
Kamal-ol-Molk
Mohammad-Nabi Sarbolouki
Ustad Ali Maryam
Muhsen Feyz Kashani
Hosein-Shirazi
Seddighi
Yedidia Shofet the former chief rabbi of Iran and the worldwide spiritual leader of Persian Jewry.
Leghāi-e Kāshāni, poet
Amir Ghiāss od-Din, one of the generals of the Safavid King Shah Abbas II who accompanied Shah Abbas in the wars leading to the conquest of Kandahar in 1648. He is the patriarch of the Zarrābi family in Kashan and one of the ancestors of the renowned Iranian poet Mohammad-Taqí Bahār.
Isaac Larian is the Chief Executive Officer of MGA Entertainment
David Alliance, Baron Alliance Businessman and a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom.
Ruknaddin Masud Masihi, Azeri poet.
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Leading Islamic Philosopher and exponent of the Perennial Philosophy
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashan
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 33°58'26"N 51°25'57"E
- دهستان گلاب 34 km
- Esfahan 116 km
- Shahin Shahr 118 km
- Khomeini Shahr 139 km
- City District 15 142 km
- Najaf Abad 144 km
- Fouladshahr 160 km
- Zarrin Shahr 170 km
- Shahrekord 187 km
- Shahreza 217 km
- Tabatabai Historical House 0.6 km
- قلعه جلالي 0.7 km
- Hammam of Sultan Amir Ahmed 0.8 km
- Abbasiha Historial House 0.8 km
- Boroujerdi House 0.8 km
- Ameriha historical house 0.9 km
- Agha Bozorg Mosque 1.3 km
- مرقد ابولوو 1.5 km
- Motahhari High school 2.3 km
- Shahid Jahani High School 2.4 km
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