Mohammed Reza Khan Palace (bastak)

Iran / Fars / Lar / bastak
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Coordinates:   27°11'51"N   54°22'20"E

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  • THE PALACE OF MOHD REZA KHAN(SATVATULMAMALEK)THE RULER OF BASTAK AND JEHANGIRIYAH,WHO WAS BORN IN 1298AH,1877AD AND PASSED AWAY IN 1944AD IN SHRAZ,HE WAS BARRIED IN EMAMZADEH HAMZA IN SHIRAZ.THE PALACE OR THE GRAND HOUSE (SERA BARA IN BASTAKI)WAS ORIGINALY FOUR STORY HIGH.IN 1950 AFTER THE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE THEY WERE FORCED TO DEMOLISH THE UPPER TWO SORIES.THE PALACE ORIGINALLY CONSIST OF ATLEAST 250ROOMS,WITH 3 TOWERS, ONE ROUND TOWER AT NORTH POINT OF THE CASTLE,AND TWO SQUARE TOWERS AT THE FRONT, ONE IN THE ADDMINSTRATION QUARTERS WHICH IT STILL REMAINS WAS DECORATED WITH COLOURFULL MIRRORS AND MIRROR FRAMES CONTAINING THE PHTOGRAPHS OF THE KINGS OF IRAN AND SOME OF OUR GRAND FATHERS.THE PALACE CONTAINED SIX LIVING QUARTERS,ONE FOR THE ADDMINSTRATION AND VISITING DEGNETORIES AND GUESTS,AND THE OTHERS FOR THE ELDER SONS OF THE KHAN.OVER 300 PEOPLE USED TO LIVE IN THE PALACE.AT THE ENTRANCE GATE OF THE PALACE WERE LIVING ARMED GUARDS,OVER 50 IN ALL TO PROTECT THE INHABITANTS OF THE PALACE.AT THE FRONT OF THE CASTLE WAS A HUGE OPEN SPACE WITH ITS OWN BAUNDARY WALLS ON BOTH SIDES AND A STABLE FOR 200 HORSES AND 2 GARAGES AND THE DIVER`S QUARTER.IN ONE OF THE GARAGES WAS A 1924 FORD CONVERTABLE WHICH MY GRANDFATHER BOUGHT AND BROUGHT IT ALL THE WAY FROM BANDAR LENGAH TO BASTAK WITHOUT ANY PROPER ROADS AND HAD TO BE DISMANTLED TO PIECES TO BE CARRIED ON CAMEL`S BACK AND 20 MEN.IN BASTAK THEY HAD TO MAKE ROADS FOR THEM TO DRIVE THE CAR FROM PLACE TO PLACES.THEY EVEN SEND A BRIGHT YOUNG MAN ALL THE WAY TO BOMBAY,INDIA TO BE TRAINED AS DRIVER AND MECHANIQUE FOR THE KHAN OF BASTAK.
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