Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Anis al-Dawlah's house

Anis al-Dawlah's house

Collection of photographs of the last residence of Anis al-Dawlah (1842? -1896/1897). All the photographs of the external views and those of the yard and exterior of the building were taken by WWQI. Photographs of the interior of the house were made available to WWQI; they have been arranged according to the plan of the two halls and the storage room on the ground floor, with a few final images from the rooms on the top floor.

Item Details

  • Date mid/late 19th century
  • Notes

    Anis al-Dawlah (1842? -1896/1897) was a highly influential wife of Nasir al-Din Shah. This house is generally known as Anis al-Dawlah’s House. It is believed that after Nasir al-Din Shah’s assassination in 1896, she moved into this house and lived the last months of her life there. A Qajar period building, located on the Vali ‘Asr (formerly Pahlavi) boulevard just north of Mawlavi Street, it was used as a private residence. During the reign of Riza Shah, the house was used as a school; in the 1970s, when the main meat market of Tehran moved to this area, it became the headquarter of Tehran Cooperative of Lamb Meat Distributors and remains in that use today. In 2003, the National Heritage Organization registered Anis al-Dawlah’s House as a national monument (registration number 10403). The house is 721 square meters, and has two entrances, one to the yard and one to the building. The ground floor, facing south, consists of two main rooms and a storage at the western end. The first floor has a similar structure of two large halls and a service room. For more on Anis al-Dawlah, see http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/anis-al-dawla-d

  • Collections Old Houses
  • Repository Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 12 May 2014
  • Last Edited 6 October 2014
  • Record no. 14125A1
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