KASHAN OF HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHYکاشان

پیروزان پارسی , ابو لو لو ,که در کاشان آرمیده است 

کاشان 

آتشکده نیاسر کاشان که در زمان اردشیر ساسانی ساخته شده 

احتمالن از نخستین آتشکده های زرتشتی است 

که گنبد آن پس از تعمیر به شکل گنبد های اسلامی باز سازی شده است 

این چهار تا قی ساسانی مثل چهار تاقی سلماس و بر خلاف نقش رستم و نقش رجب بر روی تپه  و به دور از آب ساخته شده است 

borujerdis' house with plastar work and stucco works of fruits and flowers,also wall carvings and gatherings of glorious tinted glasses or mogharnas in frames of broken geology and shattered shapes.
there are always moving lights and shadows in a perpetual play of hide and seek.

KASHAN LIKE ESFAHAN AND SHIRAZ OR TABRIZ AND TEHRAN OF RECENT ONE OR TWO HUNDRED YEARS,IS NOT ONLY A GEOGRAPHICAL NAME AND ENTITY BUT ALSO A SWEET STORY AND A LIVING HISTORY.
AS I WROTE IN MY PERSIAN SONGS,POEMS OF IRAN,VOL.2:
پس کاشان تشنه را به چشمه ی فین سپردیم
با برج و باد گیرها و کویر
و اندرونی و بیرونی خانه های کا شی و عقرب
 پیروزان پارسی
به بخشیدن قصو ر گل
در باغ قمصری بود
با گل و گلاب و قالی
در گردش جوی ها
باری شگفت
بر شانه های زیگورات سیلک
تا گرد آسمان می کشید
و باغ فین شاهد می شد
بر خون امیر

SO WE LEFT THE THIRSTY KASHAN
FOR FOUNTAIN OF FIN
AND ORCHARD AND POOLS
A PERSIAN PARADISE
-READ PARDIS PARSI-
WITH WIND TOWERS TOWARDS DESERT
AND INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF
HOUSES OF CERAMIC
AND SCORPION.
PIRUZAN PARSI
WAS GIVING AWAY
ROSE PALACES
IN GHAMSAR GARDEN
WITH ROSES
ROSE WATER
AND RUGS
BY RUNNING IN RUNS.
A WONDER LOAD
ON THE SHOULDERS OF
SIALK ZIGURAT
GOING ROUND TO THE SKY
AND FIN GARDEN
WITNESSED
AMIR'S BLOOD
RUNNING IN RUNS
NOT IN ROYAL ROW
BUT DARK CORNER
OF A BLOOD BATH.
F.S.

Fin Fountain,garden and run with royal house and bath in suburb of kashan.,
also the 6000 year old sialk hills of kashan,considered one of seven wonders of iran.some pottery parts are pulled out of place to flourish louvre and other museums around the world. we are kind people and very hospitable

KASHAN WITH POPULATION of 250 000 IN 1385,COULD HAVE BEEN CALLED KASSIAN OR KASHIAN (PLACE OF KASSI PEOPLE OR KASHI),
OR KEY NESHAN(CHAIR OF KING),
OR EVEN CHEHEL HESSARAN(CITY OF FORTY WALLS).SOME STILL REMAINING AND STARING AT TIME AND PLACE.
THE PRESENCE OF SIALK HILLS AND REMAINS OF ZIGURATS WITH DEZATUN OR TERATUN OF NEARBY ABYANEH,AND STONE AND POTTERY PIECES UNEARTHED,SUGGESTING 6000 YEARS HISTORY FOR KASHAN, NOW HIDDEN IN DUST AND WIND.
KASHAN IS CITY OF FIN FOUNTAIN AND POOL AND GARDEN AND ORCHRD AND ROYAL HOUSE WITH ITS INFAMOUS BATH,WHERE AMIR KABIR,THE SON OF NATION AND A POPULAR PRIME MINISTER ,WAS KILLED BY THE ORDER OF NASSEREDIN SHAH GHAJAR.
KASHAN IS THE SITE OF ROSES AND ROSE WATER , GOL VA GOLAB,IN NEARBY GHAMSAR.ALSO MASHAD ARDEHAL AND ITS RUG WASHERS WITH THEIR BATS, AND THEIR BELOVED SON,SOHRAB SEPEHRI WHO SAYS:
I AM FROM KASHAN
MY WORK IS PAINTING...
KASHAN OF NIASAR HILL AND ITS ARCH OF ZOROASTRIAN ERA,ABYANEH OF THE SAME TIME AND CULTURE AND RITUALS,WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE ON EARTH.KASHAN OF SHAH ABBAS SAFAVID'S TOMB,THE ONE WHO LOVED KASHAN AND SOMETIME ESCAPED ESFAHAN TO FIND REFUGE IN HERE,AND...
WHAT I NOW LIKE TO MENTION HERE IN THIS ARTOUR IS PERSIAN TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF DESERT ,THAT COULD BE SEEN IN HOUSES LIKE:
KHANEH ABBASSIAN OF 18TH CENTURY
KHANEH AMERIHA,OF SAHAM-OL-SALTANEH AMERI OF GHAJAR PERIOD
KHANEH TABTABAIHA
AND MORE IMPORTANT,KHANEH BORUJERDIHA WITH INTERIORS AND EXTERIORS
BUILT IN 1236/1857 BY OSTAD ALI MARYAM,THE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECT OR MEMAR WHO ALSO BUILT TABATABAI'S HOUSE,AND CONTAINIG PAINTINGS OF KAMALOLMOLK, PLASTAR WORKS OR GACHBORI,WALL CARVING AND STUCCO WORKS OF FRUITS AND FLOWERS,AND THE TINTED GLASS WINDOWS .BORUJERDI'S HOUSE WITH ITS SOPHISTICATED WIND TOWERS OR PERSIAN NATURAL COOLERS NOW HOUSES A MUSEUM.
YOU WONDER WHY SOME OF THESE HOUSES SURVIVED AGAINST NEW CITY PLANNERS AND THEIR WORKERS WITH SPADES AND JACKHAMMERS,ARRIVING TO ERASE THEM AND OPEN A NEW WAY FOR SUFFOCATING TRAFFIC.

house of brujerdiha,wall carving

Ghamsar of Kashan and its rose,golsorkh or gol,for rose water or golab

mashad ardehal and angry bat wielding rug washers

you dare getting on their way when they chant and carry the sacred rug of emamzadeh ahmad

اهل کاشانم من 

سهراب سپهری 

the poet and painter sohrab sepehri who's tomb is in emamzadeh ahmad court,mashahd ardehal ,and his playground was all the surrounding runs,orchards and hills.

see:mojbook.com/sohrab sepehri

under simple ceiling and poles

or painted shadows of wall

with rug covered veranda and five sliding window room

with arches of memory

vaulting red fish pool

and blue ceramics

tabatabais' house,another beauty of traditional architecture of kavir or desert .

they are skyscrapers in the dust

niassar arch and hill of pre islamic era

still standing high in sky

Piruzan Parsi,Abulolo,Now resting in Kashan

kashan is one of the major centers of persian rugs in iran,weaving farsh kashi,a gem of blood,wools and miniature designs.

also piruz parsi,abulolo,with turquoise dome,sitting lonely.

who knows if the building is still alive,do you?!

see also another post in this site,entitled:

piruz parsi

see also accompanied email on houses of kashan

a gift by my good architect friend and a poet:

Dr.Jahangir Jon Sedaghatfar

of Tiburon,California.

see more:www.iraniniran/kashan