Urban border verification of Qajar city of Kerman and correcting an incorrect narrative of a gate

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Restoration of Historical Buildings, Faculty of Art & Architecture, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran

2 Faculty member,Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Technical and Vocational University (TVU), Tehran, Iran

3 Ph.D. Student of Restoration of Historical Buildings & fabrics, Art university of Isfahan,, Isfahan, ,Iran

Abstract

Like other ancient cities of Iran, the city of Kerman was surrounded by tall walls. According to the present documents, by the end of the Qajar period, the city fence could be accessed through six gates. However, the documents and studies which have been conducted concerning the issue, lack adequate accuracy. This inaccuracy has resulted in an inability to verify the mentioned claims, as well as a challenge that the city area has been defined based on unclear and paradoxical stories and claims when adapting the remaining photos of the period with the maps. The study hopes to revise the given area by reviewing the documents, especially the photos from the Qajar period, and then, adaptthe old borders of the city to the current map.The study as a quality research has identified the Sykes Map as the most reliable map, due to present documents, and has applied it to the first aerial photo of the city and its most updated city borders. In order to increase assurance and verification, the photos which were remained from the Qajar period, and were of the city fence, are simulated, reviewed, and checked in a process of comparison from a similar viewpoint in the current position.This process was initially quality research in analyzing data from historical documents and aerial photos that resulted in new findings. These findings reveal far more precise and completed images of the city borders than the previous mapping and correct the identity and position of a city gate.

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