{"id":68729,"date":"2023-12-18T09:32:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T09:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/?p=68729"},"modified":"2026-11-09T08:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T08:31:16","slug":"behnam-house-tabriz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/behnam-house-tabriz\/","title":{"rendered":"Behnam House: A Historical House in Tabriz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Behnam House is a late Zand and early Qajar residence in the Maqsoudiyeh quarter of <a href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/tabriz-travel-guide\/\">Tabriz<\/a>. Its painted reception hall, two courtyards and separate seasonal buildings show how a large household divided space for guests and family life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><small>Featured photograph: Hamed Saber, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44124425616@N01\/220844714\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cHello from Tabriz (Behnam&#8217;s House)\u201d<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>; resized.<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/behnam-house-tabriz\/#where-is-behnam-house\" >Where is Behnam House?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/behnam-house-tabriz\/#construction-and-qajar-restoration\" >Construction and Qajar restoration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/behnam-house-tabriz\/#architecture-of-behnam-house\" >Architecture of Behnam House<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/behnam-house-tabriz\/#the-inner-courtyard\" >The inner courtyard<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-where-is-behnam-house\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"where-is-behnam-house\"><\/span>Where is Behnam House?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Start at Sa\u2019at Square, also called Municipality Square, and head into Maqsoudiyeh. The historic approach runs from Moshir-e Daftar Alley through a passage behind neighbouring Ghadaki House. Use Maqsoudiyeh and the university\u2019s architecture faculty as landmarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The house is part of the architecture school of Tabriz Islamic Art University. Ask at the faculty entrance which courtyards or rooms are open to visitors that day.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" title=\"Brick-vaulted interior with arched recesses and a central pool\" src=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Inside-Behnam-House-in-Tabriz-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Brick-vaulted interior with arched recesses and a central pool\" class=\"wp-image-69235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Inside-Behnam-House-in-Tabriz-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Inside-Behnam-House-in-Tabriz-1-780x439.jpg 780w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Inside-Behnam-House-in-Tabriz-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Inside-Behnam-House-in-Tabriz-1-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Inside-Behnam-House-in-Tabriz-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Inside Behnam House in Tabriz (photo by Iran Culture)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-is-behnam-ganje-i\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"construction-and-qajar-restoration\"><\/span>Construction and Qajar restoration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"who-is-behnam-ganjei\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/visitiran.ir\/attraction\/behnams-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit Iran<\/a> dates the house to the transition from Zand to Qajar rule and records a renovation under Naser al-Din Shah, who reigned from 1848 to 1896. The work added decorative painting. During restoration in 2009, specialists uncovered further paintings that had previously been concealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-architecture-of-behnam-house\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"architecture-of-behnam-house\"><\/span>Architecture of Behnam House<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" title=\"Columned porch and arched windows facing a courtyard\" src=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Architecture-of-Behnam-House-Tabriz-Iran-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Columned porch and arched windows facing a courtyard\" class=\"wp-image-69234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Architecture-of-Behnam-House-Tabriz-Iran-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Architecture-of-Behnam-House-Tabriz-Iran-1-780x585.jpg 780w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Architecture-of-Behnam-House-Tabriz-Iran-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Architecture-of-Behnam-House-Tabriz-Iran-1-627x470.jpg 627w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Architecture-of-Behnam-House-Tabriz-Iran-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Architecture of Behnam House, Tabriz, Iran (photo by Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The larger winter building has two storeys above a basement. A smaller building served as the summer residence. From the outer courtyard, the symmetry of the winter building is easy to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The outer courtyard leads to the main reception hall, known as the tanbi. A columned porch frames the approach to the hall, whose large sash windows face the courtyard.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" title=\"Arched facade of Qadaki House with trees in the courtyard\" src=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Behanm-House-in-Tabriz-Iran-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Arched facade of Qadaki House with trees in the courtyard\" class=\"wp-image-69233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Behanm-House-in-Tabriz-Iran-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Behanm-House-in-Tabriz-Iran-1-780x585.jpg 780w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Behanm-House-in-Tabriz-Iran-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Behanm-House-in-Tabriz-Iran-1-627x470.jpg 627w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Behanm-House-in-Tabriz-Iran-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Qadaki House, Tabriz. Photo: Neeku Shamekhi, <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Qadaki_House_Tabriz.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>; resized.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look for painted panels on the walls and ceiling, decorated plaster around the niches and fireplace, and coloured glass set into the wooden window frames. The adjoining side rooms are known as gushvareh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f94931\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:25px;line-height:1.2\"><strong>Book Tabriz Hotels<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-5369166d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-fill has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/orienttrips.com\/hotel-list\/tabriz?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=surfiraninbanner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Click and explore<\/mark><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tabriz-Hotels.jpg);background-position:50% 50%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orienttrips.com\/hotel-list\/tabriz?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=surfiraninbanner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tabriz-Hotels.jpg\" alt=\"Tabriz Hotels\" class=\"wp-image-65288 size-full\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tabriz-Hotels.jpg 646w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tabriz-Hotels-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-final-words\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the-inner-courtyard\"><\/span>The inner courtyard<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"final-words\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The inner courtyard lies farther north, behind the main reception area. Rooms face it on two sides. The layout gave the household a separate place for daily life while visitors could be received in the outer court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you can enter only the outer courtyard, look back toward the painted hall and across to the smaller summer building. Those two views show how the house combines formal reception rooms with spaces designed for different seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore Behnam House in Tabriz, its painted reception hall, seasonal buildings and two courtyards, with context for neighbouring Qadaki House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":69230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15739,15780,308,15715],"tags":[16199,363],"class_list":["post-68729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tabriz","category-attractions","category-destinations","category-to-see","tag-house","tag-tabriz"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Behnam-House-Tabriz-Iran-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68729"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203675,"href":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68729\/revisions\/203675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}