Timeline of Tehran

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tehran, Iran.

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Prior to 20th century

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History of Iran
Mythological history Pishdadian dynasty Kayanian dynasty
Ancient period BC Kura-Araxes culture 3400–2000 Proto-Elamite 3200–2700 Elam 2700–539 Akkadian Empire 2400–2150 Kassites c.1500 – c.1155 Neo-Assyrian Empire 911–609 Urartu 860–590 Mannaeans 850–616
Imperial period Median Empire 678–550 BC (Scythian Kingdom) 652–625 BC Neo-Babylonian Empire 626 BC–539 BC Achaemenid Empire 550–330 BC Kingdom of Armenia 331 BC – 428 AD Atropatene 320s BC – 3rd century AD Seleucid Empire 312–63 BC Parthian Empire 247 BC – 224 AD Suren Kingdom 119 BC – 240 AD Sasanian Empire 224–651 Zarmihrids 6th-century – 785 Qarinvandids 550s – 11th century
Medieval period Rashidun Caliphate 632-661 Umayyad Caliphate 661–750 Abbasid Caliphate 750–1258 Dabuyids 642–760 Bavandids 651–1349 Masmughans of Damavand 651–760 Paduspanids 665–1598 Justanids 791–11th-century Alid dynasties 864 – 14th century Tahirid dynasty 821–873 Samanid Empire 819–999 Saffarid dynasty 861–1003 Ghurid dynasty pre-879 – 1141 Sajid dynasty 889–929 Sallarid dynasty 919–1062 Ziyarid dynasty 930–1090 Ilyasids 932–968 Buyid dynasty 934–1062 Ghaznavid Empire 977–1186 Kakuyids 1008-1141 Nasrids 1029-1236 Seljuq Empire 1037–1194 Khwarazmian Empire 1077–1231 Eldiguzids 1135–1225 Atabegs of Yazd 1141–1319 Salghurids 1148–1282 Hazaraspids 1155–1424 Mihrabanids 1236–1537 Kurt dynasty 1244–1396 Ilkhanate Empire 1256–1335 Chobanid dynasty 1335–1357 Muzaffarid dynasty 1335–1393 Jalayirid dynasty 1337–1376 Sarbadars 1337–1376 Injuids 1335–1357 Afrasiyab dynasty 1349–1504 Marashis 1359–1596 Timurid Empire 1370–1507 Kia'i dynasty 1389–1592 Qara Qoyunlu 1406–1468 Aq Qoyunlu 1468–1508
Early modern period Safavid Empire 1501–1736 (Hotaki dynasty) 1722–1729 Afsharid dynasty 1736–1796 Talysh Khanate 1747–1826 Zand dynasty 1750–1794 Qajar dynasty 1789–1925
Modern period Pahlavi dynasty 1925–1979 Interim Government of Iran 1979–1980 History of the Islamic Republic of Iran 1980–present
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• 1723 - Afghans occupy the city.
• 1751 - Takht-e Marmar built.
• 1759 - Khalvat Karim Khani built (approximate date).
• 1778 - Mohammad Khan Qajar moves Iran's capital from Sari to Tehran.
• 1790 - Palace built (later became Qasr Prison).
• 1796 - Population: less than 15,000.
• 1865 - Golestan Palace rebuilt.
• 1867 - Shams-ol-Emareh built.
• 1869
  • City expanded by Naser al-Din Shah.
  • Population: 155,000.
• 1873 - Museum founded by Naser al-Din Shah.
• 1874 - Enceinte built.
• 1881 - Baharistan Palace built.
• 1883 - Abyaze Palace built.
• 1899 - Tehran School of Political Sciences established.

20th century

• 1906 - Baharestan parliament building inaugurated.
• 1907 - German School established.
• 1908
  • Khalil-Khan Saghfi Alam-Edoleh appointed mayor.
  • Bombardment of Iranian parliament by Russians.
• 1910 - Mirza Abbaskhan Mohandes Bashi Hodud appointed mayor.
• 1911 - Population: approximately 280,000.
• 1914 - Ebrahim-Khan Yomn-Olsaltaneh Monaghah appointed mayor.
• 1918 - School of Law established.
• 1920
  • Seyed Zia-Edin Tabatabai appointed mayor.
  • Iran Club (football) founded.
• 1923 - General Bozaar Jomehri appointed mayor.
• 1929 - Governmental Technical Institute founded.
• 1934
  • University of Tehran inaugurated.
  • General Gholi Hooshmand appointed mayor.
• 1937 - National Library of Iran inaugurated.
• 1938 - Ghasem Soor-Esrafil appointed mayor.
• 1940
  • Ali Asghar Foruzan appointed mayor.
  • Population: 400,000.
• 1941 - Mostafa Gholi Ram appointed mayor, succeeded by Mohammad Sadjadi.
• 1942
  • Seyed Mehdi Emadolsaltaneh appointed mayor.
  • Bread riot.
• 1943
  • Tehran Conference held.
  • Fazlollah Bahrami appointed mayor, succeeded by Abbasgholi Golshaeeyan.
• 1944 - Gholam-Hossein Ebtehaj appointed mayor.
• 1945 - Mahmood Nariman appointed mayor, succeeded by Mehdi Mashayekhi.
• 1947 - Mohammad Khalatbari appointed mayor, succeeded by Hesamedin Dolatabadi.
• 1949 - Mohammad Mehran appointed mayor.
• 1950 - Mehdi Namdar appointed mayor.
• 1951
  • Arsalan Khalatbari appointed mayor, succeeded by Mohammad Mehran.
  • Embassy of the United States, Tehran built.
• 1952 - Nostratollah Amini appointed mayor.
• 1953
  • August - Coup d'état.
  • Mohsen Nasr appointed mayor, succeeded by General Mohammad-Ali Saffari.
• 1954 - Gholam-Hossein Ebtehaj appointed mayor.
• 1955
  • Nosratollah Montasser appointed mayor.
  • Alavi Institute founded.
• 1956
  • Allameh Tabatabai University established.
  • Population: 1,512,032.
• 1957 - Timsar Mahmood Davaloo appointed mayor.
• 1958
  • Mousa Maham appointed mayor.
  • Ekbatan Town (Persian: شهرک اکباتان - Shahrak e Ekbātān).
  • Tehran Polytechnic founded.
• 1959
  • Nasser Zolfaghari appointed mayor.
  • World Wrestling Championships held.
• 1960
  • Fathollah Forood appointed mayor.
  • Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran established.
• 1961
  • Mohsen Nasr appointed mayor.
  • German Speaking Evangelical Church, Tehran built.
• 1962
  • Ahmad Nafisi appointed mayor.
  • Theatre Shahr opens.
  • Tehran War Cemetery built.
• 1963
  • Ali Akbar Tavana appointed mayor, succeeded by Ziaedin Shademan.
  • Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club established.
• 1964 - Higher Educational Institute For Girls founded.
• 1965
  • Mohandes Taghi Sarlak appointed mayor.
  • Aryamehr Technical University founded.
• 1966
  • Malek National Library and Museum opens.
  • Population: 2,719,730.
• 1967 - General Mohammad-Ali Saffari appointed mayor, succeeded by Manoochehr Pirooz.
• 1968
  • Javad Shahrestani appointed mayor.
  • International Conference on Human Rights held.
  • Tehran derby (football) begins.
  • Niavaran Palace built.
• 1969 - Gholamreza Nikpey appointed mayor.
• 1971
  • Azadi Tower built.
  • Azadi Stadium built.
• 1972
  • National Arts Museum inaugurated.
  • Evin Prison built.
  • Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.
• 1974 - 7th Asian Games held.
• 1976
  • Carpet Museum of Iran founded.
  • UFO incident.
• 1977
  • Javad Shahrestan appointed mayor.
  • Reza Abbasi Museum opens.
  • Jamshidieh Stone Garden opens.
  • Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art inaugurated.
• 1978 - Protesters shot in Zaleh Square.
• 1979
  • February 1 - Ayatollah Khomeini returns.
  • November 4 - Students seize U.S. embassy and its occupants; Iran hostage crisis begins.
  • Mohammad Tavasoli appointed mayor.
  • Tehran Times begins publication.
• 1980 - Seyed Reza Zavarehi appointed mayor, succeeded by Seyed amal ol-din Neek Ravesh.
• 1981
  • Gholam-Hossein Deljoo appointed mayor.
  • Hafte Tir bombing.
• 1982 - Mohammad Kazem Seyfian appointed mayor.
• 1983
  • Hossein Bonakdar appointed mayor, succeeded by Mohamad Nabi Habibi.
  • Musala of Tehran built.
• 1987 - Seyed Morteza Tabatabaei appointed mayor.
• 1988 - Tehran International Book Fair begins.
• 1989
  • Gholamhossein Karbaschi elected mayor.
  • Mausoleum of Khomeini built.
  • International Puppet Theatre Festival begins.
• 1991 - Bahman Cultural Center opens.
• 1992
  • Hamshahri newspaper begins publication.
  • Trolleybuses begin operating.
  • Iranian Crown Jewels on display at the Central Bank.
• 1997 - 1st West Asian Games held.
• 1999
  • Morteza Alviri elected mayor.
  • City Council of Tehran begins.
  • Student protests.
  • Tehran Metro in operation.

21st century

2000s

• 2002
  • Mohammad-Hassan Malekmadani elected mayor, succeed by acting mayor Mohmmad-Hossein Moghimi.
  • Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium built.
  • Shahid Derakhshan Stadium built.
  • Film Museum of Iran opens in Bagh-e Ferdows.
  • The Iranian National Museum of Medical Sciences History opens.
• 2003
  • Al Alam begins broadcasting.
  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad elected mayor.
  • Protests against clerics.
• 2004
  • Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport opens.
  • Asian Indoor Athletics Championships held.
• 2005
  • Ali Saeedlou becomes acting mayor, succeeded Ahmadinejad.
  • Iranian Air Force C-130 crash.
  • Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf elected mayor.
  • Tehran International Tower built.
  • Bank Markazi Tower built.
• 2006 - Population: 7.5 million (approximate).
• 2007
  • Milad Tower built.
  • Tehran Peace Museum opens.
  • International Festival of Peace Poetry begins.
• 2008
  • Tehran Bus Rapid Transit inaugurated.
  • Safir Office Machines Museum opens.
  • Mellat Cinema Complex opens.
• 2009 - Election protests.

2010s

• 2010
  • Election protests.
  • 14th G-15 summit.
  • Disappeared statues.
  • International Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.
• 2011
  • Protests.
  • British Embassy attacked.
• 2012 - 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement.
• 2013 - Local election.
• 2014 - June: Sandstorm.

See also

• History of Tehran
• List of mayors of Tehran
• List of members of City Council of Tehran
• List of religious centers in Tehran
• Timeline of Iranian history

Other cities in Iran

• Timeline of Shiraz
• Timeline of Tabriz

Further reading

Published in the 19th century

• S.G.W. Benjamin (1885). "The City of Teheran". Century Magazine 31 (2). 
• Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin (1887), "The City of Teheran", Persia and the Persians, London: J. Murray 
• George Nathaniel Curzon (1892), "Teheran", Persia and the Persian Question, London: Longmans, Green & Co., OCLC 3444074 

Published in the 20th century

• Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson (1906), "Tehran", Persia Past and Present: a Book of Travel and Research, New York: Macmillan 
• "Teheran". Encyclopaedia of Islam. E.J. Brill. 1936. p. 713?+. 

External links

• Xavier de Planhol. "Tehran". Encyclopædia Iranica. New York: Columbia University, Center for Iranian Studies. 
• "Tehran". Islamic Cultural Heritage Database. Istanbul: Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture. 
• ArchNet. "Tehran". Archived from the original on October 2012. 
• Map of Tehran, 1947.