Zinat ol molouk house

When you visit Shiraz old city you can see historical attractions from different parts of history. You can see historical house from the Qajar era such as Zinat ol molouk House. This house is one of the greatest tourist attractions of Shiraz which has a calm and quiet atmosphere and a great architecture.

wax museum


History

This house as its name indicates, belongs to someone called Zinat ol molouk. She was the daughter of Habibollah Qavam (the fourth Qavam). The Qavam Family were so popular in Shiraz who was the governor and the sheriff of the city at different times. The house was built for the Qavam Family and it has an secret underground path to the Narenjestan Qavam which is on the opposite side of the house.

The owner was a generous woman who always helps poor people and the door of Zinat ol molouk House was always open to people. Therefore, very soon cause of charity work of Zinat ol molouk became so popular in the city because of her philanthropist works. Aside from her popularity, this house was one of the nicest houses in the city as it belonged to a rich and royal family. It still has its glamour and splendour.

 

Architecture of Zinat ol molouk House

The house is famous for its decorative paintings of animals, birds and flowers. The Western buildings have Shah-neshin Hall with mirror works and plastering arts that European pictures are painted on them.

Entering through the mosaic door and passing a vestibule, visitors will lead a corridor with the northeast angle to the courtyard flanked by 20 rooms which are beautifully adorned with wonderful paintings, mirror work and plaster work. The nested rooms in the first floor have been designed in a special way that without entering the yard, it is possible to have access to the northern room by passing through all rooms from the southern one.

Aside from the porch in the east of the yard without ceiling, the wooden ceilings of the rooms are decorated with paintings of animals, birds and plants while the western king hall’s decorations are marvelous showing the mixture of Iranian and European architectures.

Also, surrounding the courtyard, there are stone plinth walls in the form of lattice windows used for ventilating and lightning of the basement which is one of the special architectural designs of the building.


Underground of the house

The building has underground in three sides and is very large and big. The house is the only house in whole Shiraz that has an underground in all of its area. Today, it is used as a gallery. In the underground level of the house, there is a museum with wax statues of famous characters of Fars province. You can see the real size statues of Hafez, Saadi, Cyrus the Great, Anahita (daughter of Cyrus), Lotf Ali Khan Zand, Molla Sadra, and even Lady Zinat ol-Molouk.

Opening hours

This historical house is open for visitors in spring, summer time from 08.30 am to 21.30 pm and in autumn, winter time from 07.30 am to 20.30 pm (every day). Late April and early May is the best time to visit the Zinat ol molouk house. At this time you can smell the fragrance of Orange blossom of and enjoy the beauty of Spring.