Tabriz, Modernity and Its Impact on Modern Iranian Urban planning

With the rise of the Qajar dynasty and the formation of a powerful central unit government, Iran entered a new phase of its political and social life. This era continued differently with the Kingdom of Fath Ali Shah. The establishment of the Tabriz's Dar al-Saltaneh in 1213 AH, with the presence of great ministers such as Mirza Isa, Mirza Abolghasem Ghaem-Maqam-Farahani, led Abbasmirza Nayeb al-Saltanah in a course that took Tabriz out of the "old court" of Tehran to become the focal point for the "new design." The heavy defeats of Russia created a deep and profound intellectual crisis in Abbas Mirza's minds, the great deputy, and the community, which raised a grand cause that could be considered the beginning of the Iranian awakening. Simultaneously, with the change in the army and the establishment of a new system, Tabriz's modernization was not left alone in thought; These changes later became a model for similar actions in Tehran and then in some Iranian cities. This article seeks to read modernity in Tabriz's Dar al-Saltaneh. The effects of this reading have materialized in Tabriz and have become a model for urban change in Qajar, Pahlavi-era Iran. The principles of modern urbanism in the "Tabrizi Style" and "Tabriz School" became the starting point for transforming Iranian cities and urbanization. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to investigate this claim by using text and sources and analyzing data based on descriptive and explanatory methods.