- Ustad Ali Maryam
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He is famous for designing three edifices in particular, all in
Kashan :*The Borujerdi-ha House (1857)
*The Tabatabaei House (1840s)
*Timcheh Amin-al Dowleh (seen in picture here)The name "ustad" means "master" in Persian. The name "Maryam" he picked up when Ustad Ali built a beautiful house for a woman by the name "Maryam" in Kashan.
It is written that Ustad Ali Maryam would build
maquette models of the buildings he would build.The house of Borujerdi-ha alone took 18 years to build. It was built for the bride of the Borujerdi-ha family, who came from the affluent Tabatabaei family, whom Ustad Ali had built their house some years earlier.
The Timcheh amin-al dowleh (built in 1863) was commissioned by "Amin al-dowleh", a royal
Qajar id politician, and is located in theKashan Bazaar , wherePersian rug s are still sold and traded. Ustad Ali also built a house andcaravanserai for Amin al-Dowleh.ee also
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Iranian architecture
*Traditional Persian residential architecture
*List of historical Iranian architects
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