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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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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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Group portraits
From left: Kaykhusraw Rustam Kiyaniyan, Faridun Gharibshahi, and Suhrab Rustam Kiyaniyan; Faridun Gharibshahi was son of Firuzah Gharibshahi (sister of Kaykhusraw and Suhrab)