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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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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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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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Mir Sayyid ‘Ali Jinab's house
Muhammad Husayn Mirza, the father of Saltanat Khanum (the wife of Mir Sayyid 'Ali Jinab, known as Shazdah Jan), built this complex of connected yards and residential buildings about two hundred years ago in a neighborhood in Isfahan. One of the alleys still carries Mir Sayyid 'Ali Jinab's name. However, all of the buildings and yards have since been divided into modern residences and sold. As of the date of this documentation (2015), Mir Sayyed Ali Jenab (the owner of this collection and the grandson of Saltanat Khanum and Mir Sayyid 'Ali Jinab) continues to live in one of the residences,...
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- ‘Abd al-‘Ali Khan Sufi Siyavush(1)
- Zarbanu Ardashir Kadkhuda(1)
- Umm Hani Khanum(1)
- Shukuh Sadat Muqimi(1)
- Parviz Varjavand(1)
- Nusrat Allah Khan Sufi Siyavush(1)
- Muhtaram Ashrafi(1)
- Muhammad Husayn Mirza (father of Saltanat Khanum)(1)
- Mir Sayyid ‘Ali Jinab(1)
- Mir Sayyed Ali Jenab(1)
- Mihrbanu Isfandiyar Bahman Kadkhuda(1)
- Khavar Bihruzi(1)
- Kaykhusraw Khudadad Bahman Rustam Kadkhuda (1)
- Haji Sayyid Razi Rashti(1)