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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 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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‘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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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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House of Haj Fakhr al-Mulk Ardalan
Plans and photographs of Haj Fakhr al-Mulk Ardalan's house, located in the Udlajan [‘Udlajan] neighborhood of Tehran, including: the entrance, entrance corridor, courtyard, covered passage (ground floor), void and stairs, east summer-room, west summer-room, storage room, hall, gushvar, main hall and veranda, room, joint between main hall and room, kitchen, underground cistern, and hawz khanah [room with a small pool].