Timeline of Isfahan

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Isfahan, Iran.

Prior to 16th century

*c. 538 BC - Jews settle in Isfahan
* 771 - Friday Mosque established in Yahudiyya (approximate date). Retrieved 8 February 2017
* 1051 - Isfahan besieged by Seljuk forces of Tughril; city becomes capital of the Seljuk Empire.
* 1070 - Nezamiyeh Madrasa built (approximate date).
* 1107 - Chihil Dukhtaran (minaret) erected.
* 1194 - Khwarazmian Ala ad-Din Tekish in power.
* 1226 - City sacked by Mongol forces.
* 1228 - City besieged by Mongol forces again.
* 1240/1241 - Isfahan taken by Mongol forces.
* 1325 - Emamzadeh Jafar (tomb/shrine) built.
* 1341/1342 - Shaikh Abu Esḥāq Inju becomes governor of Isfahan.
* 1356 - Amir Mobārez-al-Din Mo-ḥammad Moẓaffari becomes governor of Isfahan.
* 1387 - Isfahan besieged by forces of Timur.

16th-19th centuries

* 1503 - Safavid Ismail I in power.
* 1598 - Isfahan becomes capital of the Safavid Empire; Abbas I of Persia in power.
* 1602
** Si-o-seh pol (bridge) built to newly developed New Julfa.
** Maydān-i shāh (square) laid out.
* 1619 - Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque built.
* 1627 - Armenian Bedkhem Church built in New Julfa.
* 1630 - Shah Mosque built (approximate date).
* 1647 - Chehel Sotoun palace construction begins.
* 1650 - Khaju Bridge built.
* 1660 - Ālī Qāpū (palace) built (approximate date).
* 1670 - Hasht Behesht palace built.
* 1722 - Siege of Isfahan by Afghan forces.
* 1736 - Persian capital relocated from Isfahan to Mashhad.
* 1804/1805 - Famine.
* 1836/1837 - Unrest.
* 1848/1849 - Unrest.
* 1869 - Isfahan economy affected by opening of the Suez Canal in Egypt.
* 1872 - Famine.
* 1874 - Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan becomes governor of Isfahan.
* 1882 - Population: 73,634.

20th century

* 1919 - ''Zaban-e Zanan'' women's magazine begins publication.
* 1920 - Population: 80,000 (approximate estimate).
* 1921 - Waṭan textile factory in business.
* 1941 - Population: 204,598.
* 1946 - University of Isfahan established.
* 1953 - Sepahan F.C. (football club) formed.
* 1959 - Hamadāniān cement factory in business.
* 1966 - Population: 424,045.
* 1970s - Polyacryl Iran Corporation established.^{( en)}
* 1971 - Āryāmehr steel mill begins operating near city.
* 1973 - Naqsh-e jahan derby (football contest) begins.
* 1976 - Population: 661,510.
* 1977 - Ālī Qāpū, Chehel Sotoun, and Hasht Behesht palaces restored.
* 1977 - Isfahan University of Technology established.
* 1979 - Naqsh-e Jahan Square designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
* 1983 - becomes mayor.^{( fa)}
* 1984 - Isfahan International Airport opens.
* 1986 - Population: 986,753.
* 1996 - Population: 1,266,072.
* 1999 - February: Local election held.

21st century

* 2003
** Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium opens.
** becomes mayor.^{( fa)}
* 2011 - Population: 1,756,126.
* 2013 - 14 June: Local election held.
* 2014 - City becomes part of newly formed national administrative Region 2.
* 2015
** Isfahan Metro begins operating.
** Mehdi Jamalinejad becomes mayor of Isfahan.

See also

* Isfahan history ( fr)
* Other names of Isfahan
* List of mayors of Isfahan ( fa)
* List of historical structures in Isfahan Province
* Timelines of other cities in Iran: Bandar Abbas, Hamadan, Kerman, Mashhad, Qom, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran, Yazd

References

''This article incorporates information from the Persian Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.''

Bibliography

in English

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* Eckart Ehlers. "Capitals and spatial organization in Iran: Esfahân, Shirâz, Tehran," in Chahryar Adle and Bernard Hourcade, eds., Téhéran: Capitale bicentenaire, (Paris and Teheran: Institut Français de Recherche en Iran, 1992), pp. 155–172.
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* Stephen P. Blake. Half the World: A Social Architecture of Safavid Isfahan, 1590-1722 (Costa Mesa, Cal.: Mazda, 1999)
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* Sussan Babaie. Isfahan and Its Palaces: Statecraft, Shiʿism, and the Architecture of Conviviality in Early Modern Iran. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2008
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* H. Gaube and E. Wirth. Der Bazar von Isfahan, Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients, Beihefte B/22, Wiesbaden, 1978.
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