The Afghans captured Isfahan ( Safavid capital ) and Mahmud became the new Persian Shah, known after that as Shah Mahmud.

Bahrain became the seat of the Qarmatian Mahdi-Caliph from Isfahan who abolished Sharīa law.

Embellished by a magnificent series of new mosques, baths, colleges, and caravansarais, Isfahan became one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

" Isfahan became the centre of Safavid architectural achievement, with the mosques Masjed-e Shah and the Masjed-e Sheykh Lotfollah and other monuments like the Ali Qapu, the Chehel Sotoun palace, and the Naghsh-i Jahan Square.

The Cambridge History of Iran rejects the view that the death of Abbas marked the beginning of the decline of the Safavid dynasty as Iran continued to prosper throughout the 17th century, but blames him for the poor statemanship of the later Safavid shahs: " The elimination of royal princes, whether by blinding or immuring them in the harem, their exclusion from the affairs of state and from contact with the leading aristocracy of the empire and the generals, all the abuses of the princes ' education, which were nothing new but which became the normal practice with Abbas at the court of Isfahan, effectively put a stop to the training of competent successors, that is to say, efficient princes prepared to meet the demands of ruling as kings.

Ibn Hanbal had two wives and several children, including an older son, who later became a judge in Isfahan.

But later that campus became an independent university, named Isfahan University of Technology ( IUT ).

It was when the Safavid Persia became involved in complete chaos, and the capital Isfahan was besieged by the rebel Afghans.

Under Abbas, Isfahan became a very cosmopolitan city, with a resident population of Turks, Georgians, Armenians, Indians, Chinese and a growing number of Europeans.

After the conquest of Kirman, Mubariz al-Din became a rival of the neighboring Injuids, who controlled Shiraz and Isfahan.

In Isfahan he later became active in the presidential campaign for Mohammad Khatami, after his election he moved back to Tehran.

After being house arrest in Shiraz from June 1845 to September 1846, the Báb spent several months in Isfahan debating clergy, many who became sympathetic.

During the Safavid Dynasty in Iran, and because of the particular attention of Shah Abbas to intellectual tradition in Islam, Isfahan became the most famous academic city and intellectual center of Iran in that time, along with other cities like Rey and Shiraz.

The dynasty lived under great turmoil due to bloody succession feuds that made their hold on power tenuous, and after the massacre of thousands of civilians in Isfahan ; including more than three thousand religious scholars, nobles, and members of the Safavid family.

He was assassinated together with more than seventy members of the Islamic Republic party on June 28, 1981. Beheshti was born in Isfahan and studied both at the University of Tehran and under Allameh Tabatabaei in Qom.

In modern day Iran more than 20 planned cities have been developed or are under construction, mostly around Iran's main metropolitan areas such as Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz and Tabriz.

Razin went to Isfahan to ask the shah for land in Persia in exchange for loyalty to the shah, but departed on the Caspian for more pillaging before they could reach an agreement.

In 1598 Shah Abbas the Great moved his capital from Qazvin to the more central and Persian Isfahan.

Abbas moved his capital from Qazvin to the more central and more Persian Isfahan in 1598.

But Isfahan is more than just the Seirafians, noted masters include the great Master Ahmad Archang, whose work is currently being exhibited in the National Rugs Museum in Tehran, Master Faizollah Haghighi, as well as Dardahsti and the Majnoonies ( Hekmat Nejad family ).

By choosing the central city of Isfahan, fertilized by the Zāyande roud (" The life-giving river "), lying as an oasis of intense cultivation in the midst of a vast area of arid landscape, he both distanced his capital from any future assaults by the Ottomans and the Uzbeks, and at the same time gained more control over the Persian Gulf, which had recently become an important trading route for the Dutch and British East India Companies.

By choosing the central city of Isfahan, fertilized by the Zāyandeh River (" The life-giving river "), lying as an oasis of intense cultivation in the midst of a vast area of arid landscape, he both distanced his capital from any future assaults by the Ottomans and the Uzbeks, and at the same time gained more control over the Persian Gulf, which had recently become an important trading route for the Dutch and British East India Companies.

The dynasty lived under great turmoil due to bloody succession feuds that made their hold on power tenuous, and after the massacre of thousands of civilians in Isfahan – including more than three thousand religious scholars, nobles, and members of the Safavid family – the Hotaki dynasty was eventually removed from power in Persia.

The Persian Isma ' ilis supported the da ' wa (" mission ") directed by the Fatimid caliphate of Cairo and recognised the authority of the Imam-Caliph al-Mustanṣir ( d. 1094 ), though since some time, Isfahan rather than Cairo may have functioned as their principal headquarters.

It has an area of about 50, 000 m < sup > 2 </ sup >, plus adjacent areas, and is the largest square in Tehran and the second largest in Iran, being smaller than Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan.

Lord Curzon described 19th century regional differences in the situation of the Persian Jews: " In Isfahan, where they are said to be 3, 700 and where they occupy a relatively better status than elsewhere in Persia, they are not permitted to wear kolah or Persian headdress, to have shops in the bazaar, to build the walls of their houses as high as a Moslem neighbour's, or to ride in the street.

On his return to Isfahan he began to think of going back home through India, rather than endanger himself again in Turkey.

He influenced the revival of al-falsafa al-yamani ( Philosophy of Yemen ), a philosophy based on revelation and sayings of prophets rather than the rationalism of the Greeks, and he is widely recognized as the founder of the School of Isfahan, which embraced a theosophical outlook known as hikmat-i ilahi ( divine wisdom ).

Natives of the Isfahan region held an important place in retail trade, owners of cafes and hotels and as craftsmen.

* The Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes dies while on a campaign in Tabae ( or Gabae, now Isfahan ) in Persia.

DVB-T broadcasting now available in other cities like: " Isfahan, Mashhad, Shiraz, Qom, Tabriz and rasht "

File: Hotel Shah Abbas Sahn. jpg | Caravanserai of Shah Abbas, now a hotel, in Isfahan, Iran.

The city of Isfahan ( Eşfahan ) is now a world heritage site and produces what are arguably the most consistently fine wool pile rugs made anywhere in the world today.

He had been given Isfahan by Pir Hosayn, and he now took Shiraz as well.

His eldest son, Mahmud, effected a successful invasion of Persia ( now Iran ) which culminated in the conquest of Isfahan and the deposition of the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn.

Nowhere in Isfahan is this rich aesthetic life of the Persians shown so well as during the promenade at the Khaju bridge.

Abadeh is situated at an elevation of in a fertile plain on the high road between Isfahan and Shiraz, from the former and from the latter.

Al-Sufi also identified the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is visible from Yemen, though not from Isfahan ; it was not seen by Europeans until Magellan's voyage in the 16th century.

Naqsh-i Jahan Square in Isfahan is in fact a polo field which was built by king Abbas I in 17th century.

Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan is the site of a medieval royal polo field.

The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan also intended to construct his capitol at Agra as an urban center that would rival both Istanbul and Isfahan in all its wealth and cultural lifestyle. He even bestowed the title or surname " Chaudhury " to the family of Dutta Chaudhury, the very ancient Zamindar of Andul, which is situated in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

* Iwan vault, Jamé Mosque of Isfahan, Isfahan, Persia ( Iran ), is built.

* 11th – 18th century – Courtyard, Jamé Mosque of Isfahan, Isfahan, Persia ( Iran ), is built.

* Mohammad Baqer Majlesi, known as " Allameh Majlesi ", is born in the city of Isfahan.

* The Constitution house of Isfahan ; in Isfahan ; Iran is a house that belonged to Haj Aqa Nourollah ( one of the big political leaders in the constitution era of Iran and Isfahan ).

Isfahan is a city in Iran.

Allahverdi Khan Undiladze, whom the famous landmark of 33 pol in Isfahan is named after, was among the Georgian elite that were involved in the Safavid government.

The center of Georgians in Iran is Fereydunshahr, a small city, 150 km to the west of Isfahan in the area historically known as Fereydan.

Though his work flourished most under the twenty-seven year reign of Jalal ud-Din Shah Shuja ( Shah Shuja ), it is claimed Hāfez briefly fell out of favor with Shah Shuja for mocking inferior poets ( Shah Shuja wrote poetry himself and may have taken the comments personally ), forcing Hāfez to flee from Shiraz to Isfahan and Yazd, although no historical evidence of this is available.

Isfahan ( Middle Persian Spahān, Classical New Persian Ispahān ) ( Esfahān ), historically also rendered in English as Ispahan, Sepahan or Hispahan, is the capital of Isfahan Province in Iran, located about 340 km south of Tehran.

Isfahan is located on the main north-south and east-west routes crossing Iran, and was once one of the largest cities in the world.

This led to the Persian proverb "' Esfahān nesf-e jahān ast " ( Isfahan is half of the world ).

The Naghsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan is one of the largest city squares in the world and an outstanding example of Iranian and Islamic architecture.