The Amir Nezām House ( Persian: خانه امیرنظام, ''Khaneh-e Amir Nezām''), or The Qajar Museum of Tabriz, is a building in the Sheshghelan district (Persian: ششگلان),

Tabriz Tabriz (; ) is a city in the Central District (Tabriz County), Central District of Tabriz County, in the East Azerbaijan province, East Azerbaijan province of northwestern Iran. It serves as capital of the province, the county, and the distric ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

. This monument which since 2006 houses a museum dedicated to the

Qajar dynasty The Qajar family (; 1789–1925) was an Iranian royal family founded by Mohammad Khan (), a member of the Qoyunlu clan of the Turkoman-descended Qajar tribe. The dynasty's effective rule in Iran ended in 1925 when Iran's '' Majlis'', conven ...

(1781-1925), was built in the period of the Crown Prince

Abbas Mirza Abbas Mirza (; 26 August 1789 – 25 October 1833) was the Qajar dynasty, Qajar crown prince of Qajar Iran, Iran during the reign of his father Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (). As governor of the vulnerable Azerbaijan (Iran), Azerbaijan province, he played ...

(1789-1833). Because of persistent neglect over a long period of time, this building had come to be in such a bad state of disrepair that for a time it was seriously considered to demolish it and build a school in its place. Between 1993 and 2006 it has been subject of a renovation process and has been granted the National Heritage status. GarrusiPicture

References

* ''The Amir Nezām House'' (East Azarbaijan Cultural Heritage Handycraft And Tourism Organization).
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* Firouz Malek-Madani, PhD, ''Hassan-Ali Khan Garrousi, Amir Nezām'', Rozaneh Magazine, January–February 2006:

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External links

* Virtual Museum of ''Historical Buildings of Tabriz''

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Tabriz Islamic Art University (دانشگاه هنر اسلامی تبریز), Tabriz, Iran
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''Picture gallery'', Tabriz Islamic Art University (دانشگاه هنر اسلامی تبریز), Tabriz, Iran
* Iranian Student's Tourism & Traveling Agency, ISTTA.

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