1884 Reclus map TEHRAN AND MOUNT DEMAVEND, IRAN (#1)

Description: ReclusMap09_01 1884 Reclus map TEHRAN AND MOUNT DEMAVEND, IRAN (#1) Map titled Teheran et le Demavend, overall size is approx. 37.5 x 8 cm, image size is approx. 28 x 19 cm, fold as issued. From La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes, 19 vol., 1875-94 (In English: The Earth and Its Inhabitants, 1878-94), great work of Elisee Reclus. Tehran, also spelled TEHERAN, city, capital of Iran, situated on the southern slopes of the Elburz Mountains, 62 miles (100 km) from the Caspian Sea. It lies at an elevation of about 3,800 feet (1,200 m) above sea level between the Jajrud and the Karaj rivers. To the south extends the Central Plateau of Iran. The name Tehran is derived from the Old Persian teh,"warm," and ran, "place." Tehran is the successor to the ancient Iranian capital of Rayy, which was destroyed by the Mongols in AD 1220; traces of Rayy--where the conqueror Alexander the Great halted while pursuing Darius III, king of Persia, in 330 BC--are still to be found south of Tehran. The village of Tehran is believed to have been a suburb of Rayy in the 4th century, and after the fall of Rayy many of the inhabitants moved to Tehran. The first European to mention Tehran was Don Ruy González de Clavijo, ambassador to the king of Castile to the court of Timur (Tamerlane), who visited the town in 1404. Tehran was the home of several Safavid rulers of Persia from the 16th to the 18th century. Tehran became prominent after its capture in 1785 by Agha Mohammad Khan, the founder of the Qajar dynasty (1779-1925), who made the city his capital in 1788. Since that date Tehran has been the capital of Iran. After the deposition of the last of the Qajars in 1925, the city was greatly expanded under Reza Shah Pahlavi (1925-41). In 1943 the World War II leaders of the Allies, representing the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, met at the Tehran Conference, at which, among other decisions, they guaranteed the independence of Iran. During the reign of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (1941-79) the city was rapidly modernized, partly the result of a booming petroleum industry. Following the overthrow of the shah in 1979 and the establishment of an Islamic Republic in Iran, the city's development was hampered by economic and political difficulties. The ethnic composition of Tehran is similar to that of Iran in general. The majority of the inhabitants are Muslim. Persian (Farsi) is the language in general use, with approximately one-quarter of the population using the Azari dialect. Because it has grown rapidly since 1925, Tehran, of all Iranian towns, has the least Oriental aspect. Since the 1950s a number of buildings with from 10 to 18 stories have been constructed. The fashionable districts of the city are to the north, and the old town and the bazaar are to the south. Important buildings include the Sepah-salar Mosque, the Baharstan Palace (the seat of the Majles, or parliament), the Shams ol-Emareh, and the Niavaran Palace. The Golestan Palace (containing the famous peacock throne and the jewel-studded Naderi throne), the Sa'adabad Palace, and the Marmar (Marble) Palace are now maintained as museums. There is also a notable archaeological museum and an ethnographical museum. Tehran is the seat of the University of Tehran (1932), the Iran University of Science and Technology (1928), and several other institutions of higher learning.

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