The Negarestan Palace (
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
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** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
: کاخ نگارستان) or the Negarestan Garden (Persian: باغ نگارستان) is a historic building in Tehran, Iran. It was built as a summer residence by the order of
Fathali Shah Qajar in 1807.
Name
It is called Negarestan due to the point that in one of the rooms of the palace a large number of paintings, mostly portraits, were on display. Negar(Persian: نگار) means "Picture", "image" or "Painting", and as such Negarestan means "Place of paintings".
History
After the death of Fathali Shah Qajar,
Mohammad Shah Qajar
Mohammad Shah (; born Mohammad Mirza; 5 January 1808 – 5 September 1848) was the third Qajar dynasty, Qajar ''shah'' of Qajar Iran, Iran from 1834 to 1848, having succeeded his grandfather Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Fath-Ali Shah. From a young age, M ...
had his coronation in the Negarestan Palace. It was also in this place that
Qaem Maqam Farahani was killed by the orders of Mohammad Shah. For a while it was used as an agriculture school, School of fine arts, and even served as the seat for the ministry of justice.
مشروح مذاکرات مجلس شورای ملى، دوره2
Jean-Baptiste Feuvrier
Jean-Baptiste Feuvrier (called Joannès; 6 October 1842 – 29 November 1926) was a French military physician, who, from August 1889 to October 1892, served as the personal physician to Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1848–1896), King (''Shah'') of Qaj ...
, Nasereddin Shah Qajar's personal physician, writes about how a camel was sacrificed on Eid al Adha
Eid al-Adha () is the second and the larger of the two main holidays celebrated in Islam (the other being Eid al-Fitr). It honours the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ismail (Ishmael) as an act of obedience to Allah's com ...
in Negarestan every year.
Gallery
File:Negarestan Garden 03.jpg
File:Baghe negarestan3.jpg
File:Baghe negarestan2.jpg
File:Negarestan Garden 09.jpg
File:Negarestan Garden and Palace, Tehran (40754882900).jpg
File:Negarestan Garden and Palace, Tehran (27693365847).jpg
File:Negarestan Garden and Palace, Tehran (42511250002).jpg
File:Negarestan Garden 15.jpg
File:Negarestan Garden-1.jpg
File:Negarestan Garden and Palace, Tehran (41841005304).jpg
See also
* Naser al-Din Shah's slide
References
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Palaces in Iran
Royal residences in Iran
Buildings of the Qajar period
19th-century establishments in Iran