The Representation of Evolution of a Few Elements in Urban Area in Shiraz in the first-Mid twentieth Century

By traveling of Qajar kings to Europe and their relative familiarity with European culture, cultural relations expanded and therefore tools and new merchandise were imported to Iran. Some of these goods and new manifestations in changing people's lifestyle and social developments had a pivotal role. With the rise of the Pahlavi dynasty in Iran, these changes were more and more noticeable. Among the most important changes we may address: development in urban transportation, urban growth and change to a new form of people's apparel. Progress in the transformation of urban population did not happen suddenly but was slowly. In this article the author wants to study these changes and the evolution process of Iranian community in modernization through using eight photographs. The place of the study is the cultural city of Shiraz which is settled in southern Iran. The time period to choose the photographs is for about fifty years, from the early twentieth century until the sixties. This study only involved the analysis of changes based on specific photographs chosen for this study and is not concerned to advantages or disadvantages of these changes.