Shah Abbas Square is a square located in the historical center of the city of Ganja, Azerbaijan. At one time, it was the main memorial complex of the suburb of the Ganja fortress. The complex of Shah Abbas Square was firstly mentioned in the plan of the Ganja fortress of 1797. This architectural ensemble, located in the center of the suburb, consisted of a mosque, a bathhouse and other buildings.
The area, elongated in the northeast and southwest directions with dimensions of 65x320 meters, has an irregular rectangular shape. The Shah Abbas Mosque is located in the narrow southeastern part of the square. The northwestern and southeastern parts of the square are built up with arched buildings used as shops. On the southeast side of the shops, there were several buildings with mixed yards.
leaders, Murshid Qoli Khan, overthrew Shah Mohammed in a coup and placed the 16-year-old Abbas on the throne. However, Abbas soon seized power for himself. Under...
the Shah, University of California Press, January 2009, ISBN 0-520-25328-0, ISBN 978-0-520-25328-5 Abbas Milani, The Persian Sphinx: Amir Abbas Hoveyda...
Javad Khan's tomb is in Ganja, ShahAbbasSquare, near the ShahAbbas Mosque. At the time of the USSR, during excavations, the excavator was accidentally...
behalf of) Mohammad's son, Abbas. Ali Quli Khan Shamlu, the lala of Abbas and Ismail II's man in Herat proclaimed Abbasshah there April 1581. The following...
the Naqsh-e Jahan Square to the Chahar Baq Boulevard. The building, another wonderful Safavid edifice, was built by decree of ShahAbbas I in the early seventeenth...
society. The reign of Shah Safi (reigned 1629–1642) was notable for its arbitrary violence and territorial retreats; that of ShahAbbas II marked the beginning...
Milani, Abbas (1982). Malraux and the Tragic Vision. Agah Press. Milani, Abbas (1987). On Democracy and Socialism. Pars Press. Milani, Abbas (1998). Modernity...
other symbols. Reza Shah Pahlavi was born in the town of Alasht in Savadkuh County, Mazandaran province, in 1878, to son of Major Abbas-Ali Khan and wife...
not have access to it. To avoid having to walk across the Square to the mosque, ShahAbbas had the architect build a tunnel spanning the piazza from the...
southwestern corner of the prayer hall, a staircase led to the bell tower. ShahAbbasSquare Avalov 1977, p. 49. Avalov 1977, p. 50. Salamzadeh 1964, p. 96. Avalov...
his companions here included Syed ShahAbbas, Syed Dilal Bukhari, Shah Sultan, Shah Karam Ali and Nusrat Shah. Shah Makhdum spent the rest of his life...
inscription: "Sultan ibn Sultan Fath-Ali Shah Qajar" (Sultan son of Sultan Fath-Ali Shah Qajar), in reference to Abbas Mirza's title. The flags and standards...
A.D., the reign of ShahAbbas I, who finally drove out the Uzbeks from Khorasan. Sahn Atiq was extended in the time of ShahAbbas I, and during the Safavid...
Empire. She was the second and the eldest surviving child of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal. After Mumtaz Mahal's untimely death in 1631, the...
1978–79. New York: Holmes & Meier Publishers, 1980. Milani, Abbas, The Persian Sphinx: Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Islamic Revolution, Mage Publishers...
Sahib-kiran (Timur), Mir Shah Rukh, and Mirza Ulugh Beg were engraved on it. When in course of time it came into the possession of Shah 'Abbas, his name was added;...
days before he finally died. During the crisis, the Shah quickly appointed Mansur's friend, Amir-Abbas Hoveida as the acting prime minister, in which role...
Mehdigulu Khan Javanshir wrote to Abbas Qoli Khan asking him to come to Shusha under the pretext of his own safety. Abbas Qoli Khan did not refuse, but feeling...
households. In 17th century AD, Ashraf became a site for the Safavid shah, Abbas the Great to build palaces and gardens, because of his devotion to his...
113:"Mubarak Shah Khalji was in love with Khusro to the point of distraction" Banarsi Prasad Saksena 1992, p. 431. Saiyid Athar Abbas Rizvi 1987, p. 42:"Mubarak...
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