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68-646: Hafez was born in Shiraz in 1315 and died there in 1390. A beloved figure of the Iranian people, who learn his verses by heart, Hafez was prominent in his home town and held a position as the court poet. In his memory, a small, dome-like structure was erected in Shiraz near his grave at Golgast-e Mosalla in 1452, at the order of Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza , a Timurid governor. The Golgast-e Mosalla were gardens (now known as Musalla Gardens) that featured in Hafiz's poetry. With

136-427: A Parsi from India began to build a shrine around Hafez's grave. Although the philanthropist Parsi had obtained permission from an ulema of Shiraz to build the iron and wood shrine, a doctor of religious law with some authority in Shiraz, ʿAli-Akbar Fāl-Asiri, objected to a Zoroastrian building over the grave of a Muslim. With his followers, he destroyed the half-built construction. The people of Shiraz protested

204-514: A French-language publication. It can be boldly said that the construction and restoration of the tomb and tomb of Hafez was one of the most enduring activities of Andre Godard in Iran, which made his name forever recorded in the history of Iran. Ali Sami , the project supervisor of the Hafez tomb, confirmed in his book that the tomb was designed by Godard. Several rectangular pools have been added amongst

272-532: A few attempts were made to seize Ray , Persia as a whole was never retaken by the Timurids. In 1454, Babur invaded Transoxiana, then under the control of Abu Sa'id Mirza in retaliation for the latter's seizure of Balkh . He quickly laid siege to Samarkand . The conflict between the two soon ended, however, with the Oxus River agreed to as the border. This remained in effect until Babur's death in 1457. He

340-488: A new generation of Iranians and Armenians. Baghdad and the adjacent shrine towns were home to an estimated 100,000 Iranian refugees, and Basra was claimed to be two-thirds occupied by refugees. While European and Iranian emigrants eagerly scanned the horizon for signs that "Persia would soon be reunited under one chief, which would undoubtedly lead to the reestablishment of trade, so long interrupted," rumors of Karim Khan's victories and of his fair rule started to spread in

408-590: A remnant of the Safavid nobility and was later almost entirely absorbed into the Qajar nobility. As with previous dynasties, the official language and court literature was in Persian, and the majority of the chancellors, ministers, and bureaucrats were well-educated and talented Persian speakers. The central government was under the complete control of Karim Khan. Historical documents do contain occasional references to

476-682: A revival under Karim Khan's rule after suffering under the Afghans, Afsharids and the Zand-Qajar conflicts. Many of the Armenians of New Julfa and Peria who had fled Iran, returned to the country by settling in Shiraz, which welcomed their return. The Armenian population in Shiraz, whose quarter was located in the western corner by the Kazerun Gate, was primarily engaged in viticulture and wine trade. They also had their own mayor, and

544-523: A significant typology: "Circular or round in plan, with a domed or tent roof, these tomb towers established a type which persisted for centuries." Godard incorporated the round plan and domed space of tomb towers, discussing them in his essay "Mile Ahangan" about a tomb tower in Mashhad , and in various other essays and lectures. Ali Sami supervised the construction of the Tomb of Hafez, which began in 1938 and

612-414: A surface of over 19,000 square metres, the gardens were also home to one of Shiraz's cemeteries, and Babur had a pool built here at the same time as the memorial. Believing they were ordered by omens in Hafez's poetry, Abbas I of Persia and Nader Shah both carried out separate restoration projects in the following 300 years. A much more substantial memorial was constructed in the gardens in 1773, during

680-417: Is also responsible for building of a palace in the town of Tehran, the future capital of the Qajar dynasty. Karim Khan's death in 1779 left his territory vulnerable to threats from his enemies. His son and successor Abu al-Fath was an incompetent ruler who was heavily influenced by his half uncle (and Karim Khan's commander), Zaki Khan . Other rulers such as Ali Morad and Jafar Khan also failed to follow

748-498: Is somewhat too sweeping to be fair to the fine and applied arts." Like Nader Shah, Karim Khan was uninterested in poetry panegyric and had no more than a passing tolerance for history. He supported the court artisans and artists, albeit in an indifferent manner. The numerous artists active during Karim Khan's time who were born in or educated in Isfahan, many of whom carry the surname "Esfahani," can be considered as representations of

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816-516: The ulama 's approval for his unusual position as the head of an nominally neo-Safavid (but in reality kingless) monarchy. However, he refused to comply with this. By minting coins under the name of the hidden imam , erecting mosques and shrines, and probably participating in Friday prayers—though this is not mentioned—Karim Khan supported the Shia beliefs in a traditional manner. Abu'l-Hasan Qazvini, who

884-411: The bazaar . Although they seemed to be struggling financially in 1765, they were not the target of any persecution until after Karim Khan's death in 1779. Various anonymous or semi-anonymous currencies were struck by Karim Khan and his successors, but the abbasi of 4.6 gram and the rupee of 11.5 gram seemed to be the most common. Isfahan, Kashan, Yazd, Shiraz, Tabriz, Qazvin, Rasht, Mazandaran, and

952-534: The passion play , which reenacted the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali , gained popularity from Karim Khan's reign onward, possibly as a result of the more tolerant religious climate. Both Karim Khan in 1764 and Ali-Morad Khan in 1781 issued farmans (royal edicts) that ensured freedom of residence, worship, and trade to Christian missionary groups in Iran, including the Carmelites , Benedictines, Jesuits , Capuchins, Augustinians , and others. The only requirement

1020-461: The Durranids and Afsharids. A number of these khanates, including Ganja , Shirvan , Shaki , Derbent , and Karabakh , produced their own coins, first in the name of Nader Shah and then in the name of Karim Khan. A large portion of their coinage was completely nameless by the end of the 18th-century. While a few uncommon issues of Derbent contain a vague reference to one of their khans, none of

1088-550: The Guarded Domains illustrated a feeling of territorial and political uniformity in a society where the Persian language, culture, monarchy, and Shia Islam became integral elements of the developing national identity. The concept presumably had started to form under the Mongol Ilkhanate in the late 13th-century, a period in which regional actions, trade, written culture, and partly Shia Islam, contributed to

1156-704: The Islamic World adds that he is described as "a model ruler who never took the title of Shah ". The Zand entity of Karim Khan was at peace and the roads within the realm were reportedly free of bandits. Karim Khan rebuilt Shiraz , his capital, and decorated it with new buildings including the Arg of Karim Khan, the Vakil Bazaar and the Kulah-e Farangi. He also restored the tombs of the medieval Persian poets Hafez and Saadi Shirazi . Until this day,

1224-402: The Safavid dynasty. Karim Khan made use of the same justification for similar land dispute resolutions. When compared to the complex structure of hierarchy and ceremony that distinguished the Safavid court, Karim Khan's household in Shiraz was smaller, simpler, and more focused on real administrative and military requirements than on the lavish display of the Safavid shah. The Zand nobility was

1292-680: The Shia shrine city of Najaf and subsequently to India, where he reunited with his family. Three of his uncles had served Nader Shah, but two of them fell out of favor and fled to India. His Mojmel al-tavarikh , a comprehensive history of the early Zand period, was written there in Murshidabad in 1782. Native Jews, Armenians, and other Christians, who were frequent targets of extortion and persecution, also migrated in very large numbers. Between 1742 and 1758, refugees settled in Mughal India , Bengal , Ottoman Iraq and Yemen , giving rise to

1360-496: The Timurids. He quickly put Qum and Saveh to siege. Babur began to march against him but was forced to return to Herat, due to the overwhelming superiority of the Black Sheep's armies and a plot hatched against him by Ala al-Dawla Mirza. Most of Persia was taken from the Timurids by 1452, with the exception of Abarquh , which was conquered by the Black Sheep in 1453. While Kirman was temporarily conquered some time later and

1428-499: The area. On the way back, Babur sent a force that inflicted heavy losses on his army. With a power vacuum now in Khurasan, Babur quickly seized control. Mashad and Herat fell to him in 1449. Ala al-Dawla Mirza occasionally raided the area but was not a significant factor. Together with Ulugh Beg and Sultan Muhammad (who gained control of central Persia ), Babur became one of the three important Timurid rulers. This balance of power

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1496-427: The central region of Isfahan, Qom , and Kashan , remained in Iran. These people included Moshtaq, Azar Bigdeli , Hatef Esfahani , and Rafiq. Shiraz largely took up Isfahan's role as the patronage hub. Seven calligraphers, including Mohammad Hashem Zargar, and least as many poets, including Azar Bigdeli, and the doctor Mirza Mohammad Nasir left Isfahan to settle in Shiraz. One of the factors behind Isfahan's loss as

1564-729: The city walls of Shiraz in 1767. He decorated Shiraz with new buildings including the Arg of Karim Khan , the Vakil Bazaar and the Kulah-e Farangi and grouped these around a public square ( maidan in Persian). Zand-era architecture is notable in Iranian history for "its revetments in carved marble and overglaze-painted tiles with flowers, animals and people". The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture notes that some themes employed by Zand architecture were knowingly revived from

1632-456: The court mint were the main coin mints under Karim Khan. There was no monetary unity in Iran even though Karim Khan was acknowledged as the overlord of the majority of the country after 1763, as many regions remained independent or semi-autonomous. This was especially true for the semi-autonomous local khans that controlled the Caspian and Caucasian regions, as well as Khorasan, which was ruled by

1700-576: The crown got degrees and set payments from Karim Khan, such as the guardian of the Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine at Ray in 1765 and the supervisor of religious activities at Qazvin . However, the lesser akhunds , theologians, Alavid seyyeds , and dervishes who anticipated living off of government pensions were let down. They were reportedly seen as parasites by Karim Khan, who claimed that by controlling pricing, they could live happily with what they had just like others. Presentations of

1768-406: The destruction and the government ordered the rebuilding of the monument, but Fāl-Asiri opposed them and pronounced that he would destroy any building raised there, even if it were erected by the king himself. The site remained in ruins for two years, until 1901 when Prince Malek Mansur Mirza Shao es-Saltaneh placed a decorative iron transenna around Hafez's tomb. It was inscribed with verse and

1836-527: The end of the 17th century, a special school of painting took shape during the Zand era in the 17th and 18th centuries. Painting thrived under Karim Khan, and notable paintings from this era include Muhammad Karim Khan Zand and the Ottoman Ambassador which was created c.  1775 . The most important painter of the Zand era was Mohammad Sadiq . The art of this era is remarkable and, despite

1904-522: The established Safavid court offices and protocols under the Zands, but nothing suggests that the chief minister ( etemad ol-dowleh , sadr-e azam ) and resident court amirs (the qurchi-bashi , qollar-aghasi , eshik-aqasi-bashi , and tofangchi-aghasi ) formed the "close council of state" as they did in the late Safavid era. Under Karim Khan, no government official attained significant importance. Instead, he gave his kinsmen and trusted tribal leaders

1972-567: The establishment of the early modern Persianate world. The dynasty was founded by Karim Khan Zand , chief of the Zand tribe , which is a tribe of Laks , a branch of Lurs who may have been originally Kurdish . Nader Shah moved the Zand tribe from their home in the Zagros mountains to the eastern steppes of Khorasan . After Nader's death, the Zand tribe, under the guidance of Karim Khan , went back to their original land. After Adil Shah

2040-531: The four original, creating a long verandah, and on several façades are engraved ghazals and other excerpts from Hafez's poetry.This talar creates a transition from the bustling city to the tranquil tomb. The symmetrical axis of the entrance leads directly to the tomb, reflecting the symmetry of historical Iranian gardens. Andre Godard was a famous orientalist and a graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Paris. He

2108-550: The gardens, and well-maintained orange trees, paths, streams, and flower beds create a pleasant environment for the tourism hub of Hafez's tomb and memorial hall. A tea house on the grounds provides refreshments in a traditional setting. The dome over Hafez's grave is well lit at night, providing an attractive focal point. The former tomb of Qāsem Khan Wāli is now a library containing 10,000 volumes dedicated to Hafez scholarship. Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza ( Persian : ابوالقاسم بابر میرزا بن بایسنقر بیگ ),

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2176-504: The government promoted their settlement by granting them villages around the capital. Mkrtic Vardapet, the Armenian prelate , divided his time between New Julfa and Shiraz every year for six months. Shiraz became the largest Jewish hub in Iran as a result of the return of many Jews , whose population may have decreased by about 20,000 between 1747 and 1779. They paid a special tax in exchange for being given their own section of land west of

2244-528: The khans ever put their names on their coins, due to lacking the legitimacy of an sovereign monarch and any claims to independence. These northern Iranian coins were made entirely of silver and copper. As noted by The Oxford Dictionary of Islam , "Karim Khan Zand holds an enduring reputation as the most humane Iranian ruler of the Islamic era". Karim Khan is the subject of many stories about his "kindness, generosity and justice". The Oxford Encyclopedia of

2312-489: The lengthy political and cultural traditions of the Safavid court; they account for at least seventeen of the twenty-seven identified by Abu'l-Hasan Mostawfi Ghaffari . In the 1750s, some people—including the poet Hazin Lahiji —had immigrated to India. Others, like Vafa of Qom, departed for India under Nader Shah's rule but later came back to Iran under Karim Khan. During the interim period, a large number of people, primarily in

2380-764: The literary center of Iran is reported by Abd al-Razzaq Beg Donboli . The city's poets, including Azar Bigdeli, were actively supported by the governor Mirza Abd ol-Vahhab Musavi. However, after the latters death in 1759/60, the governorship of Isfahan was given to the tyrannical figure Hajji Agha Mohammad Ranani. In 1763/64, disgruntled poets and other prominent individuals sent a delegation to Karim Khan in which they attempted to have Hajji Agha replaced. After their efforts were unsuccessful, some of them relocated to Shiraz. The distinguishing quality of Karim Khan's leadership came from his refusal to exercise royal authority independent of nominal Safavid sovereignty. However, his decision to continue serving as vakil al-dowleh ("deputy of

2448-562: The mid-1750s, which convinced many refugees to come back. By 1760, every day refugees were returning to Iran. Thousands of them from all social classes arrived along the now-secure caravan routes. The population of Isfahan had decreased to perhaps 20,000 by 1750 from what may have been between 250,000 to 500,000 during the Safavid era. It increased to an estimated 40,000–50,000 by 1772. Even though Shiraz appeared to be "demolished and destroyed... altogether depopulated and empty of Christians" in 1756, refugees from Isfahan, especially Armenians from

2516-607: The most humane Iranian ruler of the Islamic era". When following the Islamic Revolution of 1979 the names of the past rulers of Iran became a taboo, the citizens of Shiraz refused to rename the Karim Khan Zand and Lotf Ali Khan Zand streets, the two main streets of Shiraz. Since the Safavid era, Mamâlek-e Mahruse-ye Irân ( Guarded Domains of Iran ) was the common and official name of Iran. The idea of

2584-533: The names of the patrons of the transenna. Activities to restore and expand the memorial to Hafez began in 1931, when the orange grove was repaired and the Hāfezieh was altered by a governor of Fars and Isfahan , Faraj-Allāh Bahrāmi Dabir-e Aʿẓam. Additional improvements were delayed until the Ministry of Education organised for a new building to be built, in 1935. André Godard , a French archaeologist and architect,

2652-655: The nearby ancient Achaemenid and Sasanian sites, such as Persepolis and Naqsh-e Rostam . According to the Italian scholar Alessandro Bausani : "The eighteenth century, which in Europe (and partly also in India, for example) was a ferment of renewal, is the darkest and most sterile period in Persian literature and culture." Scholars of Persian literature have also made a similar conclusion. John Perry commented on these statements: "While regrettably true of literature, this view

2720-408: The past. The historical building north of the tomb was converted into a library, and stone fountains from Zand buildings in Shiraz were placed in the garden pools. The Hafezieh tomb complex features a garden divided by a talar (open-columned hall) measuring 7 by 56 meters. The original, four-columned memorial hall built in 1773 by Karim Khan Zand was extensively expanded. Sixteen pillars were added to

2788-462: The policies of Karim Khan and soon enough, the country was under attack from all sides. The biggest enemies of the Zands, the Qajar chiefs, led by the former hostage, Agha Mohammad Khan , were advancing fast against the declining kingdom. Finally, in 1789, Lotf Ali Khan , a grand-nephew of Karim Khan, declared himself the new king. His reign (until 1794) was spent mostly in war with the Qajar khan. He

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2856-537: The population, like the earlier Safavids. In foreign policy, Karim Khan attempted to revive the Safavid era trade by allowing the British to establish a trading post in the port of Bushehr . This opened the hands of the British East India Company in Iran and increased their influence in the country. The taxation system was reorganized in a way that taxes were levied fairly. The judicial system

2924-567: The province of Basra into his control. But he never stopped his campaigns against his arch-enemy, Mohammad Hassan Khan Qajar , the chief of the Qoyunlu Qajars. The latter was finally defeated by Karim Khan and his sons, Agha Mohammad Khan and Hossein Qoli Khan Qajar , were brought to Shiraz as hostages. Karim Khan's monuments in Shiraz include the famous Arg of Karim Khan , Vakil Bazaar , and several mosques and gardens. He

2992-415: The provinces of Balochistan and Khorasan ) as well as parts of Iraq . The lands of present-day Armenia , Azerbaijan , and Georgia were controlled by khanates which were de jure part of the Zand realm, but the region was de facto autonomous. The island of Bahrain was also held for the Zands by the autonomous Al-Mazkur sheikhdom of Bushire . The reign of its most important ruler, Karim Khan,

3060-660: The puppet king and in 1760, founded his own dynasty. He refused to accept the title of the king and instead named himself Vakilol Ro'aya ( Advocate of the People ). By 1760, Karim Khan had defeated all his rivals and controlled all of Iran except Khorasan, in the northeast, which was ruled by Shah Rukh . His foreign campaigns against Azad Khan in Azerbaijan and against the Ottomans in Mesopotamia brought Azerbaijan and

3128-465: The reign of Karim Khan Zand . Situated on the north bank of the seasonal Rudkhaneye Khoshk river in the Musalla Gardens, the Hāfezieh consisted of four central columns, with two rooms built at the east and west end and with the north and south sides remaining open. The building split the gardens into two regions, with the orange grove in the front and the cemetery in the back. The actual tomb

3196-427: The responsibility for military campaigns and governance. Local administrators, who were all directly accountable to him, were given charge of the provinces. When a Zand prince was given a title, it was more like a honorific rather than an official position in the government. The vazir-e divan was Karim Khan's direct subordinate in the bureaucracy. The first to occupy that office under him was Mirza Aqil Esfahani, who

3264-523: The second capital . He gained control of central and southern parts of Iran . In order to add legitimacy to his claim, Karim Khan placed the infant Shah Ismail III , the grandson of the last Safavid king , on the throne in 1757. Ismail was a figurehead king and real power was vested in Karim Khan. Karim Khan chose to be the military commander and Alimardan Khan was the civil administrator. Soon enough Karim Khan managed to eliminate his partner as well as

3332-481: The short length of the dynasty, a distinct Zand art had the time to emerge. Many Qajar artistic traits were copied from the Zand examples and Zand art became the foundation of Qajar arts and crafts . Following Karim Khan's death, the Zand dynasty became embroiled in disputes over succession and other intrigues, which put a halt to further significant patronage of the arts. Karim Khan's first architectural considerations were focussed on defense and he therefore rebuilt

3400-413: The state") marked a subtle change from his previous role as the regent of a prince distantly related to the Safavid dynasty and of no importance. Moreover, he appears to have tacitly changed his authority from Safavid kingship to that of representing the people by using the title of Vakil ol-Ra'aya ("deputy of the people"). The subtle change reflected Karim Khan's standing among his subjects, particularly

3468-609: The suburb of New Julfa , were already making their way there every day. According to John R. Perry; "There are no contemporary estimates of the population of Shiraz under the Vakil, but it seems reasonable to assume that between 1759 and 1779 it grew at a much faster rate than Isfahan, reaching roughly the same population as the latter, though within a much more compact urban area." Shiraz lost around half of its population following its sack by Agha Mohammad Khan, numbering 20,000. Other cities in central Iran, like Qom , reportedly experienced

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3536-418: The traditional Iranian Karbandi technique, transitioning from a square base to a circular dome via an octagonal intermediary (Hasht Gush). Eight stone columns, crafted with the same intricate carvings as the Zand -era columns in the nearby talar, supported the dome. However, Houshang Seyhoun , Godard's protégé, criticized this replication of historical columns, arguing for designs that evoke but do not duplicate

3604-461: The urban people. He also drew on Iranian monarchy traditions that were directly related to the Fars province in order to distance himself from the distressing events of recent times. Karim Khan attempted to recreate the territorial Iran of the Safavid era, just like Nader Shah and Agha Mohammad Khan. A common reference for consecutive rulers was Nader Shah's mention of Iran's established borders during

3672-927: Was a Timurid ruler in Khurasan (1449–1457). He was the son of Ghiyath-ud-din Baysunghur ibn Shah Rukh Mirza , and thus a great-grandson of Amir Timur . Babur was one of the many people involved in the succession struggle that took place during Shah Rukh's last years. Together with Khalil Sultan (a great-great-grandson of Timur ), he plundered the baggage-train of the army and then made his way to Khurasan. Meanwhile, Ulugh Beg also invaded Khurasan in 1448 in an attempt to defeat Ala al-Dawla Mirza , who held Herat . Ulugh Beg defeated him at Tarnab and took Mashhad , while his son Abdal-Latif Mirza conquered Herat. Ala al-Dawla Mirza fled to south-western Afghanistan . However, Ulugh Beg felt Transoxiana , where he had already ruled for decades, to be more important, and soon left

3740-452: Was completed in 1940. Alterations to Hafez's tomb involved elevating it one metre above ground level and encircling it with five steps. Eight columns, each ten metres tall, support a copper dome in the shape of a dervish's hat. The underside of the dome is an arabesque and colourful mosaic.An octagonal structure was built around the tomb, featuring a dome adorned with Moaraq tiles, Hafez's poems, and Iranian geometric patterns. The dome used

3808-522: Was executed in 1763 and succeeded by Mirza Mohammad Ja'far Esfahani. The office of mostowfi ol-mamalek was almost equally important and was held by Mirza Mohammad Borujerdi and Mirza Mohammad Hossein Farahani in succession. Karim Khan treated the people holding these senior administrative and senior fiscal positions as nothing more than secretarial assistants, treating them more like friends than colleagues. Karim Khan might have been anticipated to seek

3876-438: Was fair and generally humane. Capital punishment was rarely implemented. The Zand era was a time of relative peace and economic growth for the country. Many territories that were once captured by the Ottomans in the late Safavid era were retaken, and Iran was once again a coherent and prosperous country. From 1765 onwards Karim Khan promoted art and architecture at his capital Shiraz. After Iranian painting reached its height at

3944-547: Was finally captured and brutally killed in the fortress of Bam , putting an effective end to the Zand Dynasty. Politically, it is also important that the Zands, especially Karim Khan, chose to call themselves Vakilol Ro'aya ( Advocate of the People ) instead of kings. Other than the obvious propaganda value of the title, it can be a reflection of the popular demands of the time, expecting rulers with popular leanings instead of absolute monarchs who were totally detached from

4012-509: Was known in the world as a powerful person in the field of architecture. He was invited to Iran in 1307 AH and was entrusted with the construction and restoration of many historical sites in Iran. Andre Godard lived in Iran for about 32 years, during which time he tried to create many changes in the field of archeology and cultural heritage of Iran by preparing a list of changes and construction of historical monuments in Iran. He and his wife also introduced Iranian historical and cultural artifacts in

4080-463: Was made king Karim Khan and his soldiers defected from the army and along with Ali Morad Khan Bakhtiari and Abolfath Khan Haft Lang, two other local chiefs, became a major contender but was challenged by several adversaries. Abolfath Khan was the Vizier, Karim Khan became the army chief commander and Ali Morad Khan became the regent. Karim Khan declared Shiraz his capital, and in 1778 Tehran became

4148-469: Was marked by prosperity and peace. With its capital at Shiraz , arts and architecture flourished under Karim Khan's reign, with some themes in architecture being revived from the nearby sites of the Achaemenid (550–330 BC) and Sasanian (224–651 AD) era's of pre-Islamic Iran. The tombs of the medieval Persian poets Hafez and Saadi Shirazi were also renovated by Karim Khan. Distinctive Zand art which

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4216-425: Was one the more religious historians, claims that Karim Khan never prayed throughout his entire life. The government-appointed shaykh ol-eslam was the most important religious figure in Shiraz. His responsibilities seemed to be more constrained than those of his Safavid predecessors, and the title molla-bashi (chief theologian) created by Soltan Hoseyn was not retained. Religious officers typically selected by

4284-411: Was outside of the structure, in the middle of the cemetery, with a marble slab placed over the grave. The marble was engraved by a calligrapher with excerpts from Hafez's poetry. The tomb was restored in 1857, by a governor of Fars , and a wooden enclosure was built around the tomb in 1878, by another governor of Fars. Following this, the site became a subject of controversy, when, in 1899, Ardeshir,

4352-479: Was produced at the behest of the Zand rulers became the foundation of later Qajar arts and crafts . Following the death of Karim Khan, Zand Iran went into decline due to internal disputes amongst members of the Zand dynasty. Its final ruler, Lotf Ali Khan Zand ( r.   1789–1794), was eventually executed by Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar ( r.   1789–1797) in 1794. As noted by The Oxford Dictionary of Islam , "Karim Khan Zand holds an enduring reputation as

4420-544: Was soon upset by Sultan Muhammad, who invaded Khurasan. The campaign started out badly for Babur, with a defeat at Mashad in March 1450 convinced him to cede parts of his territory. However, Babur soon recovered and took Sultan Muhammad prisoner, and then executed him. He then marched to Shiraz to take control of Sultan Muhammad's lands. At this point, Jahan Shah of the Black Sheep Turkmen ended his loyalty to

4488-429: Was succeeded by his son Mahmud . Babur had three consorts: Zand dynasty The Zand dynasty ( Persian : دودمان زندیان , romanized :  Dudemāne Zandiyān ) was an Iranian dynasty, founded by Karim Khan Zand ( r.   1751–1779) that initially ruled southern and central Iran in the 18th century. It later quickly came to expand to include much of the rest of contemporary Iran (except for

4556-428: Was that they behaved in a manner that did not anger the Shia and its supporters. Roughly between the 1730s and the 1780s, hundreds of literate and renowned Iranians escaped to India due to the devastating circumstances. Many of them, including Abol-Hasan Golestaneh , expressed regret. The latter was a hostage in Karim Khan's entourage during the struggle for supremacy in western Iran, but in 1756 he managed to escape to

4624-579: Was the technical director of the Department of Antiquities at the time, and was commissioned to design the new buildings. The Tomb of Hafez (Hafeziyeh) in Shiraz, is located in an old cemetery within a building complex courtyard. Godard preserved the historical buildings around the tomb to highlight the area's transformation over time while introducing innovative elements. His design paid homage to traditional monumental tombs in gardens in Iran and Zand architecture of Shiraz. Scholars recognize this design as

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