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Varjavand's house

An old house belonging to the Varjavand family in the Khalaf Khan‘ali neighborhood of Yazd, including a plan and photographs of different sections of the house.
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Lariha’s house

A house from the Qajar period, located in the Fahadan neighborhood in Yazd, which belonged to Haj Muhammad Ibrahim Lari and was built in 1863 or 1864. According to the date on one of the painted decorations in the interior, the construction of this house was completed in 1869 or 1870. This building originally consisted of six houses, but only the main outer building has survived.
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Rasuliyan house

One of the houses of the late Qajar period (early 20th c.), located in the Sahl ibn ‘Ali neighborhood in Yazd. The house belonged to Haj Mirza Kazim Rasuliyan and its architect: Ustad Hasan Muhammad Rahim. Both Andaruni and Biruni consist of several interconnected courtyards.
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Kaykhusraw Kadkhuda's house

One of the old houses of the Zoroastrian neighborhood in Yazd. According to the inscription on the stone plaque above the entrance: “In August (or September) of 2011, the children of Kaykhusraw Kadkhuda endowed this house in his memory to the Zoroastrian Society of Yazd, so that it can be used for charitable and religious matters.” The entrance hall leads on one side to a room and on the other to the large main courtyard of the house. As one enters the courtyard, the “piskam mas”(or main open salon), used for ceremonial purposes, is located to the left.
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Anis al-Dawlah's house

Collection of photographs of the last residence of Anis al-Dawlah (1842? -1896/1897). All the photographs of the external views and those of the yard and exterior of the building were taken by WWQI. Photographs of the interior of the house were made available to WWQI; they have been arranged according to the plan of the two halls and the storage room on the ground floor, with a few final images from the rooms on the top floor.
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Shaykh al-Islam's house

Three photographs and three drawings of the Shaykh al-Islam House in Qazvin. The three photos--of the Biruni taken from the street, the Divan-khanah taken from the yard, and the Andaruni taken from the yard--were digitized from prints made of old negatives. Jaleh Jalili drew the house plan, based on sketches provided by Bahram Sheikholeslami, on the basis of his childhood memories of growing up in this complex. The three drawings represent the plans of three levels of the Shaykh al-Islam complex. Built in Qazvin in the Qajar era, the complex was meant to serve as the living space for the...
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Shaykh al-Islam house

Three photographs of the Shaykh al-Islam House in Qazvin: the Biruni, taken from the street; the Divan-khanah, taken from the yard; and the Andaruni, taken from the yard
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House of Parvin I‘tisami

Photographs of Parvin I‘tisami's house, located in the Udlajan [‘Udlajan] neighborhood of Tehran, including: entrance, yard, corridor (ground floor), bedroom (ground floor), corridor (first floor), stairs, living room (first floor), dining room (first floor), rear bedroom (ground floor), kitchen (ground floor), and backyard.
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Ma‘sumah Sufi Siyavush's house

Aqa Karim Sufi built this house for his son, Aqa Husayn Sufi Salihi, in the mid-19th or early 20th century. Ma‘sumah Khanum, the daughter of Safura Khanum and Aqa Husayn, inherited the house. She married Ahmad ‘Ali Sufi Siyavush and they had ten children. Safura Khanum (granddaughter of the above Safura Khanum) currently lives in this house.
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‘Abd al-‘Ali Khan Sufi Siyavush's house

Mirza Yahya Khan was the son of Ma‘sumah Khanum (known as Khanum Buzurg) and Aqa Mirza Nasr Allah. Mirza Nasr Allah built this house for his son's wedding. Shukuh Sadat Muqimi, wife of ‘Abd al-‘Ali Khan Sufi Siyavush currently lives in this house. Only the second floor of this house has been photographed. This floor has more or less retained the old interior design. It includes a living room, a dining room, and a guest room. Since the structure of the first floor changed after renovations, it was not photographed. It originally had a large veranda and three large rooms in the back.

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