The “Baharestan Fort”

The “Baharestan Fort”

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The “Baharestan Fort”

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 The “Baharestan Fort” was built in the time of “Amir Alam Khan” the son of “Alam Khan the First” and with the important stages in history we know that it was the haven of “Lutf Ali Khan Zand” and his followers. The main fort building is in the form of an octagangle. The ground floor consists of chambers and separate rooms especially for government use. The second floor consists of a main vestibule circular room with passages branching off from it. On this floor there are areas especially for burning torches and also lookouts for watchmen (guards) to shoot at intruders (enemies), which can be seen on all sides of the fort. The main part of this villa is special for the residence of the “Kings” with decorations of chalk plaster and is adorned with mirrors. The “Kings” room which has its own special design is situated in farmland and Jujube fruit trees and it was the original “Baharestan” garden. The main villa was the last floor building to be built in the form of a number of spheres, with many different skylights. The main tower of the building is decorated with bricks in the form of veins and in the form of diamonds and has been adorned with an outstanding visual look. This special way of brick formation is from the “Zandi” era. Also the other special points of the fort are the towers and outside walls, which apply to the buildings where the main wall connects to the villa building and the length of the wall is connected to the fountains at the near of the building, for the strengthening of the fence are protected. 


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