Comparison of the traditional spatial organization and structure ofTehran Darolkhelafeh with Tabriz Darolsaltanat till mid Qajar era

ABSTRACT: Qajar era is especially important in Iranian art history since it was during the era that until mid Qajar era, Iranian cities architecture mainly took benefit of its common traditional architecture.In 1200 AH, Agha Mohammad Khan begins his monarchy in Tehran and officially introduced it as Iran capital. At the beginning, Tehran had a traditional structure in physical and cultural aspects, i.e. Tabriz was regarded as the second Iranian city of Qajar and superior to Tehran from some perspectives. Although it is not capital, it is domicile of crown prince and important military and political decisions are made there. It changed to one of the most important economical hubs and serves as a center for important national events in a near future. By entering of modernity thoughts during reign of Nasereddin Shah, several variations were seen at spatial organization of Iranian cities including Tehran and TabrizTherefore, the main object of this study Comparison of the traditional spatial organization and structure Tehran Darolkhelafeh with Tabriz Darolsaltanat till mid Qajar era in order to answer the questions about urban and architectural elements found in Iran during this era (structure), how the elements are adjacent to each other (spatial organization).The results show that there is not any main difference between spatial organization and structure of in thes cities until mid Qajar and Safavid eras and organization of urban spaces was still based on main bazaar axis of the city and governmental citadel area.