Iran Index

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4WD tours 23, 341

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Abarqu 267

Ab Karm 132Abbasi Caravanserai 156Abu Mirza 158Abyaneh 231-2accommodation 369-71, see also

individual locationslanguage 424-5

Achaemenids 27-30activities 371-4, see also individual

activities, locationsAfghanistan 367-8Agha Bozorg Mosque & Madraseh

228Agha Torab 208

Ahar 158-9Ahari mausoleum 158Ahmadabad 158Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud 41, 43Ahowan 348Ahvaz 219-20air pollution 91air travel 400-2

to/from Iran 400-2to/from Tehran 123-4within Iran 406

Akhangan Tower 364Aks Khaneh 104Alagl 342

Alam Kuh 175Alamut Castle 182Alamut Valley 180-4, 181Alasht 337-8Alashtar Valley 213Alaviyan Dome 203Alborz Mountains 132-3Albuquerque, Afonso de 307alcohol 82Alexander the Great 30Alexanders Prison 260Alexanders Wall 344Ali Qapu Palace 241Ali Sadr Caves 206

Aliabad 344Allah-Allah tower 162Al-Mahdi Hosseinieh 348Aminiha Hosseiniyeh 177

Amir Chakhmaq Complex 260-1Amol 334Anahita 206Anahita Temple 208

Andej 182Andimeshk 213-14Anglican Church of St Simon the

Zealot 273-4Anglo-Iranian Oil Company 36animals 87-9Anniversary of the Arrest of Ayatollah

Khomeini 385Anniversary of the Death of Fatima

383Apadana Palace 281-2Arab people 32, 50, 291Aramgah-e Hafez 274Aramgah-e Sadi 274

Aramgah-e Shah Nematollah ValiCaravanserai 320

Aramgah-e Shah-e Cheragh 272Aras River 157Arbaeen 383archaeological sites

Bandiyan Archaeological Site367

Bishapur 286Dargaz 367Gerdab-e-Sangi cistern 208Haft Tappeh 215Hamadan 203Hissar 346

Jiroft 324Kashan 229Khorramabad 208Pasargadae 284-5Persepolis 279-83, 280, 7Shahdad 320Shush 214Tang-e Chogan 286

architecture 65-8, 69, see alsobridges,towers

Ardabil 160-3, 161Ardakan 267Ardashirs Palace 286Ardehal 231

area codes, see individual locationsArg-e Bam 322-4Arg-e Karim Khan 271Arg-e Rayen 321

Arg-e Tabriz 151Arian, Manoochehr 364art galleries

Aks Khaneh 104

Calligraphy Gallery 357Iranian Photographers Centre

107Jahan-Nama Museum & Gallery

112-13Mehrva Gallery 122Museum of Contemporary Art

242Negar Khane 101Sanati Museum of Contemporary

Art 316Seyhoun Art Gallery 122Silk Road Gallery 122Tehran Museum of Contemporary

Art 108Artaxerxes II, III 2 82-3arts 61-77, see also individual ar tsAsef Mansion 190Ashura 383Asiatic cheetah 88Astara 165ateshkadehs, see fire templesATMs 388Audience Palace 284Azad Shahr 344Azadi Sports Stadium 122Azadi Tower 114Azarbayjan 146

Azarbayjan Museum 150-1Azari people 49, 146Azerbaijan (Azrbaycan) 146Azeri people 146

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Baba Taher Mausoleum 203Babol 335badgirs

Ardakan 267Bandar-e Bostanu 292Bandar-e Lengeh 297Kashan 227Laft 306

Tehran 104Yazd 257Bagh-e Dolat Abad 261Bagh-e Eram 274

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Bagh-e Jahan Nama 274-5Bagh-e Mahrugh 365Bagh-e Naranjestan 273Bagh-e Shahzde 320Bagh-e Tarikhi-ye Fin 229Baghestan-e Olia 255Bahaism 57-8Bajgiran 345Bakhtiar, Shapur 40

Bakhtiyari people 218Baladeh 334-5Baluchi people 50, 315Bam 322-4, 322Bandar Abbas 298-303, 299Bandar-e Anzali 170-1Bandar-e Bostanu 292Bandar-e Lengeh 296-8, 296Bandar-e Taheri 292Bandar-e Torkaman 341-2Bandari people 297Bandiyan Archaeological Site367banks 388

Bardnashandar 219bargaining 392Basij 379Bastam 138, 351bathrooms 393Bavanat 285Bayazid Historical Complex

351bazaars

Esfahan 238Kashan 225-6Kerman315-16Mashhad 361Minab 309

Qazvin 177Shiraz 272Tabriz 150Tehran 100, 123

Bazargan 136bazaris101Babak Castle 159bearded vulture 89Behesht-e Zahra 131Behshahr 338bicycle travel, see cyclingBijar 189Bina, Sima 72birds 88-9

Birthday of Imam Ali 383Birthday of Imam Mahdi 383Bisheh Waterfalls 212Bisotun 199-200Blue (Kabud) Mosque 150boat travel 405, 407Bogheh-ye Sayyed

Roknaddin 260Bojnurd 345

Bonab 145-6Book of Kings 32books 17-19, see alsoliterature

arts 70carpets 62, 63culture 58, 59, 73, 75food 79, 81health 418history 27, 29, 30, 32, 37, 38, 39politics 41religion 57travel 17

Boqeh-ye Khajeh Rabi 357Boqe-ye Hordokieh 364

border crossingsAfghanistan 368, 403Armenia 158, 403Azerbaijan 157, 166, 403checkpoints 407Iraq 144Pakistan 330Turkey 136, 140, 404Turkmenistan 346, 366, 405

Borj Kashani 351Borj-e Qorban 203Borujerd 213bridges

Chubi Bridge 243

Karim Khan Bridge 286Khaju Bridge 243Lashgar Bridge 218Pol-e-Ebrahimabad 162Pol-e-Jajim 162Pol-e Qadim 219Pol-e-Sefid 337Pol-e-Shandravan 217Shahrestan Bridge 243Si-o-Seh Bridge 242-3

BuAli, Sina 202, 203burqas 297bus travel

to/from Tehran 124-5

within Iran 407-9, 412Bushehr 288-92, 290bushwalking, seetrekkingbusiness hours 374

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calendars 375calligraphy 69Calligraphy Gallery 357camels

drug smuggling 313races 315, 326tours 257, 313

camping 370

canals 378car travel 403, 409-12, see also

motorcycle traveldriving licences 409fuel cards 411hire 410insurance 410petrol ration card office 353road distance chart 410road rules 411-12safe travel 99, 380

caravanserais 66, 68Abbasi Caravanserai 156Aramgah-e Shah Nematollah Vali

Caravanserai 320Ahowan 348Caravanserai Azizolaof 357Caravanserai Zein-o-din 267Dokhtar Caravanserai 185Fakhr Davood 364Farasvaj 208Lasjerd 348Pichebon Caravanserai 183Robat Sharaf Caravanserai 365Robat-e Noh 267

carbon offset schemes 402Carpet Museum of Iran 108carpet-washing ceremony 231

carpets 61-5books 62, 63internet resources 65museum 108

cash 388-9, 389Caspian Sea 174castles,see also fortresses

Alamut Castle 182Babak Castle 159Castles of the Assassins 180, 182Falak-ol-Aflak 209Ghale-ye Portoghaliha 304Javer Castle 158Lamiasar Castle 180-2

Narein castle 266Portuguese castle 307-8Qaleh Salosel 217Shemiran Castle 172

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cathedrals, seechurches &cathedrals

cavesAli Sadr Caves 206Darband 348Karaftu Caves 189Katalekhor Caves 184Namakdan Cave 306Tang-e Chogan 286

caviar 89, 170cell phones 392-3cemeteries, see alsotombs

Behesht-e Zahra 131Bogeh-ye Khajeh Rabi 357Zoroastrian cemetery 262

ceramics, see potteryChaharshanbe Soori 57, 7Chak Chak 266Chaldoran 137Chalus 173-4Char Khuh 306Chateau de Morgan 214checkpoints 407

cheetah, Asiatic 88Chehel Sotun 177Chehel Sotun Palace 241-2Chelgerd 252-3Cheshmeh Ali 349chess 51children, travel with 375-6

language 428Choqa Zanbil 215-17Christianity 57-60Chubi Bridge 243churches & cathedrals

Anglican Church of St Simon theZealot 273-4

Church of Bethlehem 244Church of St Mary 244Church of St Stephanos 157Manar Jomban 244Qareh Kalisa 137St Marys (Orumiyeh) 140, 142St Marys (Tabriz) 151St Sarkis Church 138Sarkis Cathedral 108Shrul Church 156Vank Cathedral 244

CIA 37cinema 18, 75-7

culture 47, 49, 50, 60, 73, 76, 77

documentaries 54festivals 382internet resources 75, 76museum 109

sports 51Tehran 122

climate 15-16, 376Code of Hammurabi 27conservation 88, 89, 90consulates 380-2cosmetic surgery 109costs 16-17, 388, see also inside front

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courses 377crane, Siberian white 89credit cards 389cultural considerations 47, 49

language 425Mashti 357photography etiquette 390taarof45transport 413women travellers 397

culture 45-60arts 61-77books 58, 59, 73, 75carpets 65

cinema 47, 49, 50, 60, 73, 76, 77cosmetic surgery 109customs 83education 48emigration 52food 78immigration 52internet resources 59population 48religion 54-8sports 51

cuneiform script 29customs regulations 377cycling 372, 402, 406-7

Kish Island 295cypress tree 267Cyrus 28, 29Cyrus Cylinder 29Cyrus Private Palace 284

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Damghan 348-9dangers, seesafe travelDaniel, Tomb of 214-15dar baste413Darakeh 113Darband 113, 348Darbansar 132-3

Dargaz 367Darius 28, 30, 214Darvazeh-ye Quran 275Dasht-e Kavir 253

Death of Imam Ali 383Death of Imam Jafar Sadegh 383Death of Imam Reza 383Death of the Prophet Mohammed 383Decorative Arts Museum of Iran 242deep vein thrombosis 418Deer Park 295deer, Persian fallow 89deforestation 91

desert tours 257, 415desertification 91Dezful 219diarrhoea 420digital photography 390diphtheria 419disabilities, travellers with 393diving 372

Greek shipwreck 293Kish Island 295Qeshm Island 305

dizi79Dizin 133documentaries 54

Dokhtar Caravanserai 185Dolphin Park 295domes 67

Alaviyan Dome 203Gonbad-e Arqala 145Gonbad-e-Hayaquq-Nabi 207Gonbad-e Jabaliye 317Gonbad-e Kabul 145Gonbad-e Kavus 342-3Gonbad-e Qaffariyeh 145Gonbad-e-Sabz 358Gonbad-e Sorkh 145Mil-e Gonbad 342Seh Gonbad 142

Taj al-Molk Dome 238Dorbadam 345Dorud 212Dozda 328drinks 80-1, 82driving, seecar travel, motorcycle

traveldrug addiction 48drug smugglers 313, 325dual-pricing 16, 388DVDs 390DVT 418

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earthquakes 323, 377-8Ebadi, Shirin 59Ecbatana 203economy 16, 25, 41-2, 43-4, 47, 52, 388

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education 48, 53Eid al-Fitr 383Eid-e Ghorban 383Elamites 27electricity 369email services, see internet accessembassies 380-2emergency services, see individual

locations, inside front cover

emigration 52, 53employment 47, 53environmental issues 91

climate change 402conservation 88, 89, 90fuel emissions 91Paykans 414Ramsar Convention 90

equal rights 58Esfahan 232-52, 233, 234, 237, 238,

239, 245, 8accommodation 246-8emergency services 234food 248-50

internet access 234-5itineraries 236medical services 235shopping 250sights 236-45tourist information 236tours 236, 245-6travel to/from 250-1travel within 251-2

Esther & Mordecai Tomb 202exchange rates, see inside front coverexport restrictions 377

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Fajr Film Festival 382Fakhr Davood 364Falak-ol-Aflak 209fallow deer, Persian 89Fandoqlu 164Farasvaj 208Farhad Dameh 136Farhad Tarash 200Farsan 253Farsi 423-8Ferdosi, Hakim Abulqasim 74Ferdosi Mausoleum 363festivals 382fairy chimneys 155

film, seecinemaFilm Museum of Iran 109fire temples

Ateshkadeh (Yazd) 261-2Ateshkadeh-ye Esfahan 244Firuz Fire Temple 312Kaba Zartosht 284Pir-e-Sabz fire temple 266

First Persian Empire 27-30

Firuz Abad 285-6Firuz Fire Temple 312food 78-85, 383

books 79, 81cultural considerations 78, 83internet resources 83language 84-5restaurants 80

football 50, 51fortresses, see also castles

Abu Mirza 158Alamut Valley 180Dezhe Sasal Fortress 165Fortress of Lions 262

Maku 136Qaleh Hamza Khan 208Qaleh Rudkhan 172Qaleh Tabarak 131Takht-e Soleiman 187

fuel emissions 91Fuman 171

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Ganjnameh 205-6gardens, seeparks & gardensGarmarud 183Garmeh 254gay travellers 383

Gazor Khan 182-3geography 86-7geology 86-7galleries, see art galleriesGhale-ye Portoghaliha 304Gharra Tappeh Sheikh 343-4Gilan Rural Heritage Museum 168Gilani cottages 168Glass & Ceramics Museum 106-7glassware 70Golestan National Park 343Golestan Palace 101-4gonbads, see domesGorgan 338-41, 339

government 40-2, 42-3Grand bazaar (Bazar-e Sartasari) 315-16Greek shipwreck 293Green Palace 111

Gl Tappeh 139Gur 286

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Habakkuk 207Hafez 74Haft Cheshmeh 212Haft Tappeh 215Haftevan 139

Haji Kazem Cistern 177Hamadan 200-5, 201hammams

Agha Torab 208Hamam-e Haji 208Hamam-e Ganj Ali Khan 315Hammam-e Ali Gholi Agha 242Hammam-e Sultan Mir Ahmad 228Hammam-e Vakil 272Mehdi Gholibek Hamam 357Qazvin 177

Haremsara 282Harra Sea Forest 306Hasanlu 144

Hasht Behesht Palace 242Hazrat-e Masumeh 223health 417-22

children, travelling with 421insurance 417

Heart-Rending Departure of the GreatLeader of the Islamic Republic ofIran 385

heat illness 420-1Hegmataneh Hill 203hepatitis A, B 419Hercules statue 200Hadish 282hiking, seetrekking

Hissar 346history

Achaemenids 27-30Alexander the Great 30books 27, 29, 30, 32, 37, 38, 39CIA 37dynasties 28Elamites 27First Persian Empire 27-30IranIraq War 39-40Islam 32Karim Khan Zand 35-44Khan, Genghis 32-3Medes 27

Nader Shah 35Pahlavis 36-8Parthians 31politics 39


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Qajars 35-6Revolution 38Safavids 33-5Sassanians 31Second Persian Empire 31Seljuks 32Silk Road 34, 34Tamerlane 32-3Third Persian Empire 33-5

hitching 412HIV 419holidays 16, 383-5Holy Shrine of Imam Khomeini 130homestays 371Hormoz Island 306-8, 307Hormoz Village 308-9horse riding 347Hosseiniehs, see also mausoleums,

shrines, tombsAl-Mahdi Hosseinieh 348Amir Chakhmaq Complex 260-1Takieh Biglar Begi 197Takieh Moaven ol-Molk 197

hot springsAb Karm 132Garmeh 254Meshgin Shahr 160Saraeyn 163

hotels 370-1Howraman 194

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ice houses 66Abarqu 267Meybod 266Moayedi Ice House 316Yakhchad-e Mirfattah 206

illustrated manuscripts 70Imam Khomeini International Airport

(IKIA) 123, 126Imam Khomeini Mosque 100Imam Khomeini (Sultani) Mosque 346Imam Mosque (Esfahan) 239-40, 239Imam Mosque (Kerman) 316Imam Rezas tomb, see Haram-e

RazaviImam Sq 238-41, 238imams 56imamzadehs, see alsomausoleums

Imamzadeh Jafar 349Imamzadeh-e Habib Ibn-e Musa 228

Imamzadeh Shah-e Abdal-Azim 131Imamzadeh-ye Abbas 336Imamzadeh-ye Abd al-Samad 232Imamzadeh-ye Abdollah 203

Imamzadeh-ye Abu Lolou 228Imamzadeh-ye Ali Ebn-e Hamze 274Imamzadeh-ye Mohammed

Mahrugh 365Imamzadeh-ye Hossein 177, 203Imamzadeh-ye Yahya 336Soltan Zein-ol-Abedin 336

immigration 52, 400inflation 25

insect bites 421insurance

car 410health 417travel 385-6

International Fajr Theatre Festival 382International Festival of Ritual &

Traditional Plays 382international transfers (money) 389internet access 54, 313, 386internet resources 19

birds 89carpets 65cinema 75, 76

culture 59food 83geogoraphy 87health 418music 72, 73politics 26religion 57, 58Tehran 96-7

Iran Ebrat Museum 105IranIraq War 39-40Iranian Photographers Centre 107Iraq 403Isfahan, see EsfahanIslam 32, 54-5, 375

Islamic Republic Day 385Israel 42itineraries 20-4

Esfahan 236Tehran 96

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Jahan-Nama Museum & Gallery 112-13Jameh Bazar 123Jameh mosques 316

Abyaneh 231Ardabil 162Damghan 349Esfahan 236-8, 237

Gorgan 338Hamadan 203Kerman 316Kermanshah 197

Masjed-e Jameh-ye Atigh 273Masjid-i Soleiman 218-19Nain 253Natanz 232Qazvin 177Sanandaj 191Sari 336Semnan 346Shushtar 218

Tabriz 150Yazd 259Zanjan 185

Jami mausoleum 368Javer Castle 158

jet lag 418-19Jiroft 324Jolfa (Esfahan) 243-4Jolfa (Western Iran) 156-7jubs378Judaism 57-8

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Kaba Zartoshi 284

Kabud Waterfall 344Kabudi Island 144Kalat 366-7Kaleno 175Kaleybar 159-220Kaluts, the 87, 321, 10Kamkars, the 72Kandovan 155-6Kang 363Kangan 292Karaftu Caves 189Karaj 176Karim Khan Bridge 286Karim Khan Zand 35

Kashan 224-30, 226accommodation 229-30food 230sights 225-6tours 225travel to/from 230travel within 230

Kashi tomb, Mullah Hasan 184Katalekhor Caves 184Kazerun 286Kelardasht 175-6Kerman 312-19, 314

accommodation 317-18emergency services 313

food 318internet access 313shopping 318sights 315-17

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Kermancontinuedtourist information 313tours 313travel to/from 318-19travel within 319

Kermanshah (Western Iran) 195-9,196

Khaju Bridge 243Khal Khal 164-5

Khalid Nibi Shrine 344Khalij-e Fars 289Khamenei, Ali 40Khan, Genghis 32-3, 33Khan Takhti 139Khan-e Abbasian 227-86Khan-e Ameriha 227Khan-e Borujerdi 227Khan-e Khomeini 223Khan-e Lari 260Khan-e Tabatabei 227Khan-e Zinat ol-Molk 273Khanegah Dervish Monastery 184Khaneh Kolbadi 336

Khanum (Womens) Mosque 185Kharanaq 266Khatami, Mohammad 40Khayyam, Omar 32, 46, 74, 364-5Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah 37, 38,

130, 131Khorramabad 208-12, 210Khorshid Palace 366Khotbeh Sara 165Khoy 138-9kilims, seecarpetsKiosk 73Kish Island 292-6, 294Kordkuy 341

Koulaie, Elaheh 60Kuh-e Khajeh 331Kuh-e Sangi 358Kurdish people 49, 190

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Laft 306, 11Lahijan 172-3lakes

Alagl 342Lake Gahar 212Orumiyeh 144-5Valasht Mountain Lake 175

Lamiasar Castle 180-2

lammergeiers 89Langar 367language 73, 80, 423-8, 429-30

courses 377food 84-5

Lashgar Bridge 218Lasjerd 348Lavandevil 165legal matters 386

leishmaniasis 419lesbian travellers 383literacy 48literature 73-5, see alsobooks

travel 17lacquer work 70Lor people 50, 207

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madrasehsAgha Bozorg Mosque & Madraseh

228Ghydar Nabi 184Madraseh va Masjed-e Sepahsalar

107Madraseh-ye Chahar Bagh 242Madraseh-ye Khan 273Madraseh-ye Nimurvand 245

Magnificent Victory of the IslamicRevolution of Iran 384

Mahabad 144Mahan 319-20Mahdishahr 348mahmooly408-9Mahti 357mail services 390-1Makhmalbaf, Mohsen 76Makhtumkuli mausoleum 342

Maku 136-7malaria 419-20Malayer 206mammals 87-8Manar Jomban 244Mandaeism 58mangrove forest 306Manjil 172manuscripts, Illustrated 70maps 386-7Maran 183Marand 156Maraqeh 145, 145marine life 89

Marivan 193-4markets, seebazaarsmarquetry 70Martyrs Mosque 272

Mashhad 351-63, 352, 354, 356accommodation 358emergency services 353food 360sights 354shopping 361tourist information 353travel to/from 361travel within 363

Mashhad-e Ardehal 231Mashti 357Masjed-e Jameh, see Jameh MosquesMasjid-i Soleiman 218-19Masuleh 171-2mausoleums,see alsoHosseiniehs,

imamzadehs,shrines, tombsAhari mausoleum 158Aramgah-e Shah-e Cheragh 272Aramgah-e Shah Nematollah Vali

319-20Baba Taher Mausoleum 203Bogheh-ye Sayyed Roknaddin 260Boqeh Chelabi-oglu Mausoleum

184Boqeh-ye Khajeh Rabi 357-8Boqe-ye Hordokieh 364BuAli Sina (Avicenna) Mausoleum

203Ferdosi Mausoleum 363Gonbad-e-Sabz 358Jami mausoleum 368Khanegah Dervish Monastery 184Makhtumkuli mausoleum 342Mir Razi Mausoleum 207Mir-e Zobair mausoleum 312Moshtari-ye Moshtaq Ali Shah 316Nader Shah Mausoleum 358

Oljeitu Mausoleum 184Poets Mausoleum 151Shahabdin Ahari, Sheikh 158-9Sheikh Safi-od-Din Mausoleum

162Sheikh Zahed Mausoleum 173

Mazandaran 334-5Mazdak 32measures, see inside front coverMedes 27medical services 419, see alsohealth,

individual locationsMehdi Gholibek Hamam 357mehmanpazirs371

Mehrabad International Airport123, 126Mehrva Gallery 122Meshgin Shahr 160


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metalwork 70-1metric conversions, see inside front

covermetro 127-9, 412Meybod 266-7Meymand 311-12Milad Tower 114Mil-e Gonbad 342Mil-e-Radkan (West Radkan) 341

Minab 308-9, 324minarets 67, 244miniatures 69minibus travel 412, 414Minudasht 345Mir Razi Mausoleum 207Mir-e Zobair mausoleum 312Mirjaveh 331Mission of Holy Prophet 383Mithrades II 200Miyandoab 146Moallem Kalayeh 182Moayedi Ice House 316mobile phones 392-3

modern art 71-2money 16-17, 387-90, see also inside

front covermoneychangers 389mosaferkhanehs371Moshtari-ye Moshtaq Ali Shah 316mosques, see alsoJameh Mosques

Agha Bozorg Mosque & Madraseh228

Blue (Kabud) Mosque 150Imam Khomeini (Sultani) Mosque

346Imam Khomeini Mosque 100Imam Mosque (Esfahan) 239-40,

239Imam Mosque (Kerman) 316Khanum (Womens) Mosque 185Martyrs Mosque 272Nabi-e Sardab Mosque 208Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque 273Qazvin 177Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque 240, 8Soltaniyeh Mosque 228Tarikhuneh Mosque 349

Mossadegh, Mohammad 36, 37motion sickness 418-19motorcycle travel 403, 409-12, see

alsocar travel

driving licences 409fuel cards 411hire 410insurance 410

petrol ration card office 353road distance chart 410road rules 411-12safe travel 99, 380

Mt Damavand 131-2, 334Mt Karkas 231Mt Khan Gormaz 208Mount of Mercy 281Mt Oshturan 212

Mt Parvis 212Mt Rahmat 281Mt Sahand 155Mt Takht-e Soleiman 175mountaineering 372-3

Alam Kuh 175Kelardasht 175-6Mt Damavand 132Mt Oshturan 212Mt Sabalan 160

Mountaineering Federation of Iran175, 253

Mullah Hasan Kashi tomb 184museums,see alsoart galleries

Asef Mansion 190Azarbayjan Museum 150-1Carpet Museum OF Iran 108Decorative Arts Museum of Iran

242Film Museum of Iran 109Gilan Rural Heritage Museum 168Glass & Ceramics Museum 106-7Haremsara 282Iran Ebrat Museum 105Khan-e Zinat ol-Molk 273Museum of Contemporary Art 242Museum of the Holy Defence 317Museum of the Islamic Period 105

National Jewels Museum 105-6National Museum of Iran 104-5Niyavaran Palace Museum 112-13Paleontological Museum 317Pars Museum 271Qazvin Museum 177Reza Abbasi Museum 114Sad Abad Museum Complex

109-12Shush Museum 214

music 72-3

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Nabi-e Sardab Mosque 208

Nader Shah 35Nader Shah Mausoleum 358Nahavand 208Namak Abrud 175

Namakdan Cave 306Naqsh-e Rajab 284Naqsh-e Rostam 283-4Narein castle 266Natanz 232National Jewels Museum 105-6National Museum of Iran 104-5national parks 90Negar Khane 101

Negel Quran 193Neishabur 364, 364-5newspapers 53, 369Niasar 231Niyavaran Palace 112-13Nain 253-4No Ruz 384-5, 385nomadic people 50, 164, 218, 285Norduz 158Noshahr 173-4Nosratabad 188nuclear energy program 42nuclear reactor 288Nushijan (Tappeh Nush-e Jan)

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oasesGarmeh 254Haft Tappeh 215Qasr-e Shirin 144Shafi Abad 321Tabas 254-5

Omar Khayyam Tomb Complex364-5

Oil Nationalisation Day 385One Million Signatures Campaign 58Orumiyeh 140-4, 141

Oshtoran 208Osku 155

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Pahlavi, Mohammad Reza 36, 283Pahlavis 36-8painting 68-9Pakistan 403-5palaces

Ali Qapu Palace 241Apadana Palace 281-2Ardashirs Palace 286Audience Palace 284Chehel Sotun 177

Chehel Sotun Palace 241-2Cyrus Private Palace 284Golestan Palace 101-4Green Palace 111

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Palaces continuedHadish 282Hasht Behesht Palace 242Khorshid Palace 366Niyavaran Palace 112Palace H 282Palace of 100 Columns 283Palace of Darius 214Palace of Shapur 286

Qaleh-e Doktar 285-6Tachara 282White Palace 111

Palangan 193Paleontological Museum 317parks & gardens

Bagh-e Dolat Abad 261Bagh-e Eram 274Bagh-e Jahan Nama 274-5Bagh-e Mahrugh 365Bagh-e Naranjestan 273Bagh-e Nazar 271Bagh-e Shahzde 320Bagh-e Tarikhi-ye Fin 229

Park-e Jamshidiyeh 113Park-e Laleh 107Park-e Mellat 108-9Park-e Shahr 104

Parthians 31Pasargadae 284-5passports 400Paveh 194-5Payam 156Paykans 414Peacock Throne 106Persepolis 279-83, 280, 7Persian carpets, see carpetsPersian fallow deer 89

Persian Gulf 287-309, 288Persian people 49petrol ration card office 353petrol rationing 411photography 390Pichebon Caravanserai 183pigeon towers 244-5, 267Pir Alamdar 349Pir-e-Sabz fire temple 266planning 15-19, see also itinerariesplants 89-90plastic surgery 109poetry 73-5Poets Mausoleum 151

Pol-e-Ebrahimabad 162Pol-e Qadim 219Pol-e-Jajim 162Pol-e-Sefid 337Pol-e-Shandravan 217poliomyelitis 420politics 35-42

cinema 40history 38, 39

internet resources 26IranIraq War 39-40

pollution 91Polo, Marco 33population 25, 26, 40, 48-50Portuguese castle 307-8postal services 390-1pottery 71Prison of Solomon 284

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Qadamgah Razavi 364Qadir-e Khom 384Qaemshahr 337

Qajars 35-6Qaleh Hamza Khan 208Qaleh Rudkhan 172Qaleh Salosel 217Qaleh-e Doktar 285-6qalyans 81qanats216, 260Qarachilar 158Qareh Kalisa 137-220Qareh Ziyaeddin 138Qazvin 176-80, 178Qeshm Geopark 306Qeshm Island 303-6, 304Qeshm Town 304-6

Qom 222-4, 224Quchan 345

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radio 369Radkan 364Rajai, Ali 39Rajavi, Kazem 40Rakhatshor-Khaneh 185Ramazan 384Ramsar 173Ramsar Convention 90Rasht 165-70, 167Rawlinson, Henry 199

Rayen 321-2Razmiyan 180-2religion 54-8reserves 90

restaurants 80Revolution 38Rey 131Reyneh Mountain Federation Hut 132Reza, Imam 353Reza Abbasi Museum 114rials 387Robat Sharaf Caravanserai 365Robat-e Noh 267

rock carvingsBisotun 199-200Ganjnameh 205-6Taq-e Bostan 197

rock climbing 373rock tombs 283-4rabies 420rugs, see carpetsRumi 74Rusai-Urutur 138

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Sad Abad Museum Complex 109-12Sadi 74

Safavids 33-5safe travel 377-80

car travel 99, 411drug smugglers 313, 325hitching 412motocycle travel 99motorcycle travel 99, 411road hazards 411Tehran 98-100water 421women travellers 398-9Zahedan 327

saffron 361Saheb A Zaman Club Zurkhaneh 261

Saheb-al Zaman shrine 218St Marys (Orumiyeh) 140, 142St Marys (Tabriz) 151St Sarkis Church 138Salajanbar 183Salambar Pass 183Salmas 139Salt Man 105Sanandaj 189-93, 191Sanati Museum of Contemporary

Art 316sand castles, seeKalutsSang-e Shir 203Saraeyn 163-4

Sarakhs 365, 365-6Sari 335-7, 335Sarkis Cathedral 108Saryazd 267


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Sassanians 31savari travel 415scams 378scuba diving, seedivingseasons 370Second Persian Empire 31security 378-80Sefidrud dam 172Seh Gonbad 142

Seljuks 32Semnan 346-8, 347Sepid Dasht 212Sepidan 253Sero 139-40Seyhoun Art Gallery 122Seyid Mohammad Golabi Shrine 218Shafi Abad 321Shah, Reza 36, 36-8Shah Abbas the Great 240Shahabdin Ahari, Sheikh 158Shahdad 320-1Shahmirzad 348Shahnameh 32

Shahr-e Kord 252Shahrchay Dam 142Shahrestan Bridge 243Shahrud 350-1Shahsevan (Elsevan) nomads 164Shahzadeh-ye Ibrahim 229shaking minarets 244Shams Tabrizi 138Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque 240, 8Sheikh Safi-od-Din Mausoleum 162Sheikh Zahed Mausoleum 173Shemiran Castle 172Shemshak 133Shevi Waterfall 212

Shiism 55Shiraz 267-79, 268

accommodation 275-7emergency services 270food 277-8internet access 270shopping 278sights 271-5tourist information 271tours 271travel to/from 278-9travel within 279

Sholoq 365shopping 391, see also individual

locationsbargaining 392carpets 64-5language 427

shrines, see alsoHosseiniehs,imamzadehs, mausoleums, tombsHaram-e Razavi 354-7Holy Shrine of Imam Khomeini 130Khalid Nibi Shrine 344Saheb-al Zaman shrine 218Seyid Mohammad Golabi Shrine 218Shushtari Shrine 218

Shush 214-15

Shushtar 217-18Sialk 229Siberian white crane 89Silk Road 34, 34silk-weaving 155Si-o-Seh Bridge 242-3Siraf 292Sirjan 312Siyah Rud 158Sizdah be Dar 385skiing 373-4, 10

Alborz Mountains 132-3Chelgerd 252-3Dizin 133

Ganjnameh 205Kelardasht 175Mt Sahand 152Sepidan 253Shemshak 133Shiraz 271Tabriz 152

snake bites 421snorkelling 295, 372soccer 50, 51Shrul Church 156Soltan Zein-ol-Abedin 336Soltaniyeh 184Soltaniyeh Mosque 228

special events, see festivalssponsors 395-6sports 51spur-thighed tortoises 89Statue of Shapur I 286sturgeon 89Sufism 55suites 371Sunnism 55Sust 165

T

taarof45Tabas 254-5

Tabl 306Tabriz 146-55, 147, 148accommodation 152activities 152

emergency services 148food 153-4internet access 148-9sights 150tourist information 149tours 149travel to/from 154-5travel within 155

Tachara 282

Taj al-Molk Dome 238Takab 188-9Takht-e Soleiman 187-8Takieh Biglar Begi 197Takieh Moaven ol-Molk 197Tamerlane 32-3Tang-e Chogan 286Tappeh-ye Seyalk 229Taq-e Bostan 197Tarikhuneh Mosque 349Tasua 383Tasuj 139taxi travel 412-16, 414-15

Womens Taxi Company 129

Taybad 368tea 172teahouses

Esfahan 243, 249-50Kashan 230Shahr-e Kord 252Shiraz 278Tehran 120-1

Tehran 92-133, 94, 102-3, 110,130

accommodation 114-17emergency services 96entertainment 121-2food 117-21

internet resources 96itineraries 96medical services 97sights 100-14tourist information 98tours 98travel to/from 123-6travel within 126-9

Tehran Declaration 36Tehran Museum of Contemporary

Art 108Tehran Short Film Festival 382Tehran University 98telephone services 391-3

temples, see also fire temples,zigguratsAnahita Temple 208Paveh 195

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tent city 283textiles 71Tezatre Shahr 122theatre 77

festivals 382, 383Tezatre Shahr 122

Third Persian Empire 33-5Throne of Soleiman 188Throne of the Mother of Solomon

284Thursday Market of Minab 309tiles 66time 393, 450-1tipping 389Tochal Telecabin 113toilets 393tomans 387tombs, see also mausoleums, shrines,

towersAramgah-e Hafez 274Aramgah-e Sadi 274Artaxerxes II, III 282-3, 284Choqa Zanbil 216

Darius 283-4Esther & Mordecai Tomb 202Haram-e Razavi 354-7Hazrat-e Masumeh 223Imam Reza 355, 357Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah

130Manar Jomban 244Mashhad-e Ardehal 231Mullah Hasan Kashi tomb 184Naqsh-e Rostam 283-4Omar Khayyam Tomb Complex

364-5Pasargadae 284

Persepolis 279shaking minarets 244Shush 214Tomb of Cyrus 284Tomb of Daniel 214-15Tomb of the 12 Imams 260Xerxes 283-4

Torbat-e Jam 367-8tortoises, spur-thighed 89Toudeshk 253tourist information 393tours 405-6

4WD 23, 341adventure agencies 373

camel trekking 257, 313,373

desert tours 257, 415eco-tours 373, 415safaris 406walking 245-6, 262-3

towersAkhangan Tower 364Allah-Allah tower 162

Azadi Tower 114Borj Kashani 351Borj-e Qorban 203Milad Tower 114Mil-e Gonbad 342pigeon towers 244-5, 267Pir Alamdar 349Soltan Zein-ol-Abedin 336Towers of Silence 262

train travelDorud-Andimeshk Railway

212to/from Iran 404to/from Tehran 125-6

trans-Alborz railway 337within Iran 416

travellers cheques 389-90Treasury 282trekking 374

Alamut Valley 180-4Darband 113Gazor Khan 182Kelardasht 175Mashhad 353Masuleh 171Nahar Khoran 339Orumiyeh 140Takht-e Soleiman 187

Tochal 133tours 373Tripylon (Xerxes Hall of Audience)

282Towiserkan 207tuberculosis 420Turkmen people 50, 343Tus 363-4Tuyserkan 207TV 53-4, 369Twelvers, the 56typhoid 420

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underwater canals 216, 260Unesco World Heritage sitesChoqa Zanbil 215-17Esfahan 232

Oljeitu Mausoleum 184Takht-e Soleiman 187-8Unesco Geopark 306

Urmia, seeOrumiyehUS Den of Espionage 107

V

vacations 16, 383-5Valasht Mountain Lake 175

Valerian 216Vana 334Vank Cathedral 244vegetarian travellers 82video systems 390visa extensions 395, 396

Esfahan 236Hamadan 202Kerman 313, 315Mashhad 354Rasht 168Shiraz 271Tabriz 150Tehran 98

Yazd 258-9Zahedan 326-7

visas 393-6, see alsopassports, visaextensionstransit visas 24

Volvo buses 408-9vulture, bearded 89

W

walking tours 245-6, 262-3watermills 217waterfalls

Bisheh Waterfalls 212Kabud Waterfall 344

Shevi Waterfall 212weather 15-16websites,see internet resourcesweights, see inside front coverWest Radkan Tower 341white crane, Siberian 89White Palace 111wildlife 87-90, see alsoindividual

animals, plantswindtowers, see badgirswomen in Iran 58-60women travellers 396-9womens health 421-2Womens Taxi Company

129World Heritage sites, seeUnescoWorld Heritage sites

wrestling 345


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Xerxes 28, 30, 205, 281, 282,283, 284

Y

Yakhchad-e Mirfattah 206Yasuj 253Yazd 255-66, 258, 262, 9

accommodation 263-4

food 264-5internet access 256-7medical services 257

shopping 265sights 259-62tourist information 257tours 257travel to/from 265-6travel within 266

Z

Zabol 329-30

Zagros Mountains 252-3Zahedan 326-9, 326-7Zanjan 184-7, 186

Zayandeh River 242Zein-o-din 267Zendan-e Soleiman 188ziggurats

Choqa Zanbil 215-17Tappeh-ye Seyalk 229

Zoroastrianism 56-8, 261, 375zurkhanehs52

Ardabil 162

Rayen 321Saheb A Zaman Club Zurkhaneh

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