Figures
1.1The sketch of a typical traditional Iranian house and the configuration of the interior spaces
2.1Shah and Friday Mosques in the bazaar at the heart of the city
2.2The parliament building, courtyard, and Sipahsalar Mosque located next to Baharistan Square
4.2The 1870s expansion of Tehran based on an 1891map of Tehran
4.3The sign of takīyyih in Arg Square from the Muhammad Shah era
4.5The ceremonial spaces and king’s trajectories in the city before and after the expansion of Tehran
5.2Widening map of Chiraghbarq Street, starting from Tupkhanih Square
5.3Widening map of Istanbul Street, from its intersection at Lalihzar
5.8The distribution of modern social spaces in Tehran in 1949
5.11News of sports events on the first page of Ittilaʿat newspaper
5.12A juxtaposition of two places of food consumption in old and new Tehran. On the left a kabābī from the Qajar era and on the right a modern café, Café Pars, on Lalihzar Street
5.13On the left, the state-sponsored hat; on the right, various hats from the Qajar era, which belonged to various communities of the city
5.14The logo of Tehran Musavar magazine. It consisted of different social groups in the city. The contrast between modern and traditional middle classes is clear in this picture
6.1Dragging down Reza Shah’s statue in Tupkhanih Square on August 18, 1953
6.2The balcony of the Tudih Party’s club on Firduwsi Street, from which many of the high-ranking members of the party addressed the protesting crowds in the 1940s and the early 1950s
6.3A group of protesting women during the Oil Industry Nationalization Movement, separated from the rest of the crowd by a human chain of men
6.4A map of Tehran showing all the locations of protests and the trajectories of marches, 1941–53
