Timeline of Isfahan

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Isfahan, Iran.

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Prior to 16th century[]

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  • c. 538 BC - Jews settle in Isfahan
  • 771 - Friday Mosque established in Yahudiyya (approximate date).[1]
  • 1051 - Isfahan besieged by Seljuk forces of Tughril;[2] city becomes capital of the Seljuk Empire.[3]
  • 1070 - Nezamiyeh Madrasa built (approximate date).[1]
  • 1107 - Chihil Dukhtaran (minaret) erected.[1]
  • 1194 - Khwarazmian Ala ad-Din Tekish in power.[4]
  • 1226 - City sacked by Mongol forces.[2]
  • 1228 - City besieged by Mongol forces again.[2][5]
  • 1240/1241 - Isfahan taken by Mongol forces.[5][4]
  • 1325 - Emamzadeh Jafar (tomb/shrine) built.[1]
  • 1341/1342 - Shaikh Abu Esḥāq Inju becomes governor of Isfahan.[2]
  • 1356 - Amir Mobārez-al-Din Mo-ḥammad Moẓaffari becomes governor of Isfahan.[2]
  • 1387 - Isfahan besieged by forces of Timur.[2][6]

16th-19th centuries[]

20th century[]

  • 1919 - Zaban-e Zanan women's magazine begins publication.[12]
  • 1920 - Population: 80,000 (approximate estimate).[13]
  • 1921 - Waṭan textile factory in business.[14]
  • 1941 - Population: 204,598.[15]
  • 1946 - University of Isfahan established.
  • 1953 - Sepahan F.C. (football club) formed.
  • 1959 - Hamadāniān cement factory in business.[14]
  • 1966 - Population: 424,045.[15]
  • 1970s - Polyacryl Iran Corporation established.[14](en)
  • 1971 - Āryāmehr steel mill begins operating near city.[14]
  • 1973 - Naqsh-e jahan derby (football contest) begins.
  • 1976 - Population: 661,510.[15]
  • 1977 - Ālī Qāpū, Chehel Sotoun, and Hasht Behesht palaces restored.[1]
  • 1977 - Isfahan University of Technology established.
  • 1979 - Naqsh-e Jahan Square designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • 1983 -  [fa] becomes mayor.(fa)
  • 1984 - Isfahan International Airport opens.[16]
  • 1986 - Population: 986,753.[15]
  • 1996 - Population: 1,266,072.[17]
  • 1999 - February: Local election held.[16]

21st century[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l "Isfahan". Oxford Art Online. Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 8 February 2017
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Kamaly 2012.
  3. ^ John L. Esposito (2003). Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-975726-8.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Bosworth 2007.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Woods 1977.
  6. ^ "Iran". Political Chronology of the Middle East. Europa Publications. 2003. pp. 45–64. ISBN 978-1-135-35673-6.
  7. ^ Haneda 2012.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Macmillan 2004.
  9. ^ BBC News. "Iran Profile: Timeline". Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  10. ^ Britannica 1910.
  11. ^ Hooshang Amirahmadi (2012). Political Economy of Iran under the Qajars: Society, Politics, Economics and Foreign Relations 1796-1936. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0-85772-258-4.
  12. ^ Ghada Talhami (2013). Historical Dictionary of Women in the Middle East and North Africa. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6858-8.
  13. ^ "Persia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust. Ispahan
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Borjian 2012.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Zanjani 2006.
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b "Iran". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
  17. ^ "Countries of the World: Iran". Statesman's Yearbook 2003. UK: Palgrave Macmillan. 2002. ISBN 978-0-333-98096-5.
  18. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Persian Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

in English[]

Published prior to 20th century
  • Charles Wilson, ed. (1895), "Isfahan", Handbook for Travellers in Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, Persia, etc., London: John Murray, OCLC 8979039
Published in the 20th century
  • "Ispahan", Jewish Encyclopedia, 6, New York, 1904
  • Guy Le Strange (1905). "Jibal: (Isfahan)". Lands of the Eastern Caliphate. Cambridge University Press.
  • "Isfahan", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • Huart (1927). "Iṣfahān". In M.T. Houtsma; et al. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. Brill.
  • C. A. Storey (1936). "History of Persia: Isfahan". Persian Literature: a Bio-Bibliographical Survey. 1. London: Luzac & Company. OCLC 1312518.
  • Wilfred Blunt (1966). Isfahan: Pearl of Persia. OCLC 711992.
  • Renata Holod, ed. (1974), Studies on Isfahan, Iranian Studies, OCLC 4762427
  • John E. Woods (1977). "Note on the Mongol Capture of Iṣfahān". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 36 (1): 49–51. doi:10.1086/372531. JSTOR 544126.
  • W. Barthold (1984). "Isfahan, Kashan, and Qum". An Historical Geography of Iran. Translated by Svat Soucek. Princeton University Press. pp. 169–179. ISBN 978-1-4008-5322-9.
  • Eckart Ehlers. "Capitals and spatial organization in Iran: Esfahân, Shirâz, Tehran," in Chahryar Adle and Bernard Hourcade, eds., Téhéran: Capitale bicentenaire, (Paris and Teheran: Institut Français de Recherche en Iran, 1992), pp. 155–172.
  • Andrew Petersen (1996). "Isfahan". Dictionary of Islamic Architecture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-61365-6.
  • Noelle Watson, ed. (1996), "Esfahan", International Dictionary of Historic Places, Fitzroy Dearborn, ISBN 9781884964039
  • Stephen P. Blake. Half the World: A Social Architecture of Safavid Isfahan, 1590-1722 (Costa Mesa, Cal.: Mazda, 1999)
  • Heidi Walcher (2000). "Face of the Seven Spheres: Urban Morphology and Architecture in Nineteenth-century Isfahan". Iranian Studies. 33 (3/4): 327–347. doi:10.1080/00210860008701985. JSTOR 4311377. + part 2, 2001
Published in the 21st century

in other languages[]

  • Abu’l-Šayḵ ʿAbd-Allāh b. Moḥammad, Ṭabaqāt al-moḥaddeṯin be-Eṣfahān wa'l-wāredin ʿalayhā (in Arabic) (Biographical dictionary written in 10th century CE)
  • Mafarrukhi,  [fa] (in Arabic) (Written in 11th century CE)
  • Abu Noʿaym Eṣfahāni, Ḏekr akbār Eṣfahān (in Arabic) (Biographical dictionary written in 11th century CE)
  • Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1676). "Description d'Ispahan ville capitale des Estats du Roy de Perse". Les Six Voyages (in French). Paris.
  • Jean Chardin (1811) [1686]. "(Ispahan)". Voyages du chevalier Chardin en Perse (in French). 7. Paris. pp. 289+.
  • Claude Anet (1906). "Une semaine a Ispahan". La Perse en automobile: à travers la Russie et le Caucase (in French). Paris:  [fr]. pp. 233+.
  • Sayyid Ali Al-Jinab. al-Iṣfahān (in Persian). circa 1920s?
  • André Godard (1937). "Isfahan". Āthār-é Īrān / Annales du Service archéologique de l'Iran (in French) (2): 7–176. OCLC 3230219.
  •  [de] (1967). "Persische Stadttypen. Eine vergleichende Betrachtung der Städte Teheran - Isfahan - Abadan - Chorramschahr, und Buschir in Iran". Geografische Rundschau (in German). 19. ISSN 0016-7460.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • H. Gaube and E. Wirth. Der Bazar von Isfahan, Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients, Beihefte B/22, Wiesbaden, 1978.
  • Rosemarie Quiring-Zoche (1980). Isfahan im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert: Ein Beitrag zur persischen Stadtgeschichte. Islamkundliche Untersuchungen (in German). Berlin:  [de].
  • Quaderni del Seminario di iranistica dell'Università di Venezia (in Italian), 1981 (Special issue on Isfahan)

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