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Pearl Cannon
The Pearl Cannon (Persian language, Persian: توپ مروارید) is an old cannon in Tehran, Iran. It was involved in several cultural practices of the people of Tehran in Qajar Iran, Qajar era. It is now located north of the National Garden, Tehran, National Garden, in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran), Ministry of Foreign Affairs building. The cannon was first placed in Arg Square, before being transferred to a place known as the Military officers' club, Officers' Club. The Officers' Club was later used as an office for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the cannon remains there today. The namesake of the cannon is unknown. Some, however, have suggested that it is named after several pearl necklaces decorating its muzzle. Oral Culture Many stories are told about the origins of the Pearl Cannon. For instance, it is said that Abbas the Great, Shah Abbas took it from the Portuguese at Hormuz Island, or that it was built on the orders of Karim Khan Zand in Shir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Language
Persian (), also known by its endonym Farsi (, ', ), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutually intelligible standard varieties, namely Iranian Persian (officially known as ''Persian''), Dari Persian (officially known as ''Dari'' since 1964) and Tajiki Persian (officially known as ''Tajik'' since 1999).Siddikzoda, S. "Tajik Language: Farsi or not Farsi?" in ''Media Insight Central Asia #27'', August 2002. It is also spoken natively in the Tajik variety by a significant population within Uzbekistan, as well as within other regions with a Persianate history in the cultural sphere of Greater Iran. It is written officially within Iran and Afghanistan in the Persian alphabet, a derivation of the Arabic script, and within Tajikistan in the Tajik alphabet, a der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
