A view of historical and cultural geography of Shemiran

Alborz mountains in the north of Rey and Tehran, lexically consists of “har” with the meaning of mountain and “borz” with the meaning of high with beautiful nature and water, gave birth to civilization of Rey and Tehran. Culture of this area developed by archeological discoveries date back to 3000 years ago, and “Ghasran” and “Shemiran” became important. The importance of Shemiran increased from Safavid and then Qajar period, after Tehran was chosen as capital city of Iran. It made Shemiran as a destination for politicians and rich people, therefore resulted in destroying the nature.