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List Of Synagogues In Iran
List of active synagogues in Iran Tehran * Abdollah Zadeh Synagogue * Abrishami Synagogue * Aziz-Khan Synagogue * Bagh-e Saba Synagogue ( fa) * Danial Synagogue (Polish) * Darvazeh Dowlat Synagogue * Ettefagh Synagogue ( Iraqi) * Ettehad Synagogue * Ezra Yaghoub Synagogue * Fakhrabad Synagogue * Gisha Synagogue * Gorgan Synagogue * Haim Synagogue * Hakim Asher Synagogue * HaRambam Synagogue (Rambam Synagogue) * Kohan Synagogue * Kourosh Synagogue * Khorasaniha Synagogue (Mashhadi) * Levian Synagogue * Mahariv Synagogue * Molla Hanina Synagogue * Nosrat Synagogue * Orsharga Synagogue * Pol-e Choobi Synagogue * Rafi-Nia Synagogue * Rah-e Danesh Synagogue * Seyed-Khandan Synagogue * Tafian (Hakim) (Pesyan) Synagogue ( fa) * Tarasht Synagogue * Yousefabad Synagogue * Yousefzadeh Synagogue * Zargarian Synagogue Shiraz * Bozorg Synagogue * Delrahim Synagogue * Gharbi Synagogue * Hadash Synagogue ( fa) * Khaneh Javanan Synagogue * Khorasaniha Synagogue * Kohanim Synagogu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, and has the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East, after Cairo. It is ranked 24th in the world by metropolitan area population. In the Classical era, part of the territory of present-day Tehran was occupied by Rhages, a prominent Median city destroyed in the medieval Arab, Turkic, and Mongol invasions. Modern Ray is an urban area absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran. Tehran was first chosen as the capital of Iran by Agha Mohammad Khan of the Qajar dynasty in 1786, because of its proximity to Iran's territories in the Caucasus, then separated from Iran in the Russo-Iranian Wars, to avoid the vying factions of the previously ruling Iranian dynasties. The capital has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zargarian Synagogue
Zargarian Synagogue is a synagogue located in the Amir Abad neighborhood of Tehran. History The synagogue was created in an area of with the help of Abdullah Eliahu Zargarian. With an increase in the number of Jews in Amirabad street, Abdullah Zargarian decided to create the synagogue in 1350 SH (1971–1972 AD). He found a suitable piece of property south of Keshavarz (Elizabeth) Boulevard and he approached the Tehran Jewish Committee The Tehran Jewish Committee, formally registered in 1934, is an umbrella group of Jewish organizations that work on behalf of the Persian Jews in Iran. History Tehran Jewish Committee started in 1270 A.H. from a group of Jewish leaders in Tehran ... with his proposal. He received help from Musa Barlaavi, Esmail Khodadadi, and Musa Sassooni. The Tehran Jewish Committee and the Jews of Tehran helped him in his endeavors and the head of Alliance Israélite Universelle (AIU) in Iran, Mr. Cohenka, pledged help if Abdullah Zargarian creates a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pir Bakran
Pir Bakran ( fa, پیربکران, also Romanized as Pīr Bakrān; also known as Pīr Bāqerān; formerly known as Linjan لنجان) is a city and capital of Pir Bakran District, in Falavarjan County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 10,851, in 2,934 families. It is located southwest by road from Isfahan. Sights It contains the mausoleum of Muhammad ibn Bakran, a Sufi saint who taught theology outside the existing structure at the site. The iwan An iwan ( fa, ایوان , ar, إيوان , also spelled ivan) is a rectangular hall or space, usually vaulted, walled on three sides, with one end entirely open. The formal gateway to the iwan is called , a Persian term for a portal projecting ... was constructed to serve as his classroom, but was uncompleted at the time of his death in 1303. The structure was later modified to function as his mausoleum. The ancient cemetery of the Jews of Esfahan is situated close to this complex. It contains to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jouybareh District
The Jouybareh district is the oldest district of Isfahan. The district originates in the early Achaemenid era and because of the immigration of the babylonian jew Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""T ...s on the order of Cyrus the Great. This district was called ''Dar ol-Johoud'' (Residential area of jews) until the 12th century, but later it was known as ''Jahanbareh'' and ''Jouybareh'' and became one of the districts of Isfahan. In the Seljuq era, the district became the center of the city Isfahan. For that reason, there are very old historical structures like Sarban minaret and Chehel Dokhtaran minaret in this district. References Isfahan Districts of Isfahan Province Populated places with period of establishment missing {{Isfahan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isfahan
Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Region, Isfahan Province, Iran. It is located south of Tehran and is the capital of Isfahan Province. The city has a population of approximately 2,220,000, making it the third-largest city in Iran, after Tehran and Mashhad, and the second-largest metropolitan area. Isfahan is located at the intersection of the two principal routes that traverse Iran, north–south and east–west. Isfahan flourished between the 9th and 18th centuries. Under the Safavids, Safavid dynasty, Isfahan became the capital of Achaemenid Empire, Persia, for the second time in its history, under Shah Abbas the Great. The city retains much of its history. It is famous for its Perso–Islamic architecture, grand boulevards, covered bridges, palaces, tiled mosques, and mina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
