Historic City of Tun, Ferdows

🕰️When was it built?

People have lived in this area since before Islam, and remains from the Parthian, Sasanian and Islamic periods have been found here. The name Tun was changed to Ferdows in 1929. After the 1968 earthquake, the new town was built to the north-east of the old one.

🏛️What was it built for?

Tun was a city with quarters, a bazaar, mosques, schools and gates. Before the earthquake it had five quarters: Sadat, Sardasht, Talar, Meydan and Kurgavah. The Meydan quarter held the bazaar and the religious and teaching buildings, and the different parts brought city life together.

👀What you will see

• The buildings of the Meydan quarter, from the Jameh Mosque of Tun to the schools and the tomb of the Imamzadegan, form part of the city's historic core.
• The surviving part of Sardasht holds historic houses such as Afrashteh House; this quarter was in the north-west of old Tun.
• The Habibiyeh Seminary stands beside the Olya Seminary, and their iwans and cells show the face of old places of learning.
• The tiled dome of Imamzadeh Mohammad and Ebrahim, with its geometric patterns, is one of the landmarks of historic Tun.

💡Something interesting

After the new Ferdows was built, local people called the remains of Tun the old town. So Tun and Ferdows are not two unrelated places: one is the historic fabric from before the move, and the other is the continuing life of the same city.

🎒Good to know before you go