Qavam House (also widely called "Narenjestan Qavam") is a traditional and historical house in Shiraz, Iran. Eram Garden, Shiraz most popular garden. ...

It was built in the mid to late 1800s by Mirza Ibrahim Khan. The Qavam family were merchants originally from Qazvin. But they soon became active in the government during the Zand dynasty, followed by the Qajar and Pahlavi dynasty as well. Qazvin may refer to: Qazvin (city) Qazvin province Note: Qazvin province was created in 1996; older references to Qazvin are invariably to the city. ... Vakeel mosque, Shiraz. ... The Qajar dynasty was the ruling family of Persia from 1796 to 1925. ... The Pahlavi dynasty began with the crowning of Reza Shah Pahlavi in 1925 and ended with the Iranian Revolution of 1979, and the subsequent collapse of the ancient tradition of Iranian monarchy. ...

The Qavam "Naranjestan" preserves the elegance and refinement enjoyed by the upper class families during the nineteenth century. The paintings on the low ceilings of the house are inspired by Victorian era Europe.

View of the House from the garden. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1120x750, 895 KB) Summary I took this image with a Fuji 200 Slide film camera. ...

Wall painting in the front side of the garden depicting 3 Qajari figures.

Front facade of building with painting of "Lion and Sun" (the Qajar royal emblem) on the pediment. A pediment is a classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns. ...

The mirrored porch was a focal point of the house, overlooking onto gardens lined with date palms and flowers.

During the second Pahlavi era, the House became the headquarters of Pahlavi University's "Asia Institute", directed by Arthur Pope and Richard Nelson Frye. Frye and his family also lived in the house for a while as well. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences is a well established medical school of Iran that even admits foreign students. ... Pope and Ackerman are both buried here, in Isfahan. ... Richard Nelson Frye is a well known scholar of Central Asian studies, and emeritus Aga Khan Professor of Iranian studies at Harvard University. ...

The house today is a museum open to the public.

See also

• Architecture of Iran
• Traditional Persian residential architecture

Links

• More about the Narenjestan e Qavam