Ajudanieh ( fa, آجودانیه) is a neighbourhood in the north of

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 popul ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. Ajudanieh is located in

Niavaran Niavaran ( fa, نياوران) is an affluent and upperclass district in the north of Tehran. Bordering leafy, uphill-winding Darband Street, it can be reached from Tajrish Square, and is close to Darabad at the far north-eastern corner of Gre ...

district. The south end of the street leads to the Aghdasieh area, while the north end leads to Darabad.

History

Ajodanieh used to belong to the house of

Qajar dynasty The Qajar dynasty (; fa, دودمان قاجار ', az, Qacarlar ) was an IranianAbbas Amanat, ''The Pivot of the Universe: Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831–1896'', I. B. Tauris, pp 2–3 royal dynasty of Turkic peoples ...

nobleman (Agha Reza Khan Eghbal Saltane ), That he was the special King's (Naseredin Shah ) Ajodan (after whom Ajodanieh is named). Over years, the original estate was divided between family members and parts of it were sold off to the larger public. {{coord, 35, 48, 20, N, 51, 28, 57, E, region:IR_source:kolossus-fawiki, display=title Neighbourhoods in Tehran