Pol-e Safavi, also known as the Safavid Bridge and locally referred to as “Pol-e Gap” (meaning “the Big Bridge”), will be closed to vehicular traffic and transformed into a pedestrian passage. The ...

The exhibition 'Fashioning an Empire: Textiles from Safavid Iran' has opened at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) and will be on view in MIA's Sheikh Saoud Gallery until April 20, 2024, highlighting the ...

Art historian Ilenia Pittui has been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions postdoctoral fellowship to conduct research at ...

The discoveries were made in Safavid Dolatkhaneh when a team of restorers engaged in ongoing efforts to restore and preserve the historical royal site, Qazvin’s tourism chief Alireza Khazaeli said on ...

Patterns--Iran in the Late Safavid Period -- Politics at the Safavid Court, I: shahs and grand viziers, 1629-1666 -- Safavid politics II: shahs, grand viziers, and eunuchs, 1666-1699 -- Monetary ...

Qatar Museums (QM) is set to present Fashioning an Empire: Textiles from Safavid Iran, an exhibition featuring a selection of extraordinary textiles from its collection, on view at the Museum of ...

Iran commemorates Sheikh Baha’i on April 23rd every year for his contributions as a scholar who integrated scientific knowledge with religious thought, shaping intellectual and practical life in the ...

"A remarkable first-person narrative by a sixteenth century Iranian ruler, the Memoirs of the Safavid Shah Tahmasp (1514-1576), originally written in Persian, represent a vitally important primary ...

From the 14th to the 16th century, Iran had witnessed growth and affluence under the Timurid and Safavid dynasties. During this period, many mosques, palaces and pavilions were commissioned and ...

The Safavid Dynasty, a Golden Age in Iran, witnessed a cultural flowering under the charismatic Isma'il and and his son Tahmasp, the first two Shahs of the dynasty. This essay is a short history of ...