Khaje Abdullah Ansari’ s Sad Meydan, A Bases for Providing Iranian Urban Design & Planning Principles

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NAGHIZADEH MOHAMMAD; NAJAFI MARYAM

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Journal: HOVIATESHAHR Year:2018 | Volume:12 | Issue:33 Page(s): 37-48

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Khaje Abdullah Ansari’ s Sad Meydan, A Bases for Providing Iranian Urban Design & Planning Principles

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NAGHIZADEH MOHAMMAD | NAJAFI MARYAM | Issue Writer Certificate

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Islamic mysticismQ2

“Sad Meydan”Q2

Urban planningQ2

ArchitectureQ2

ExpressionsQ1

ManifestationQ1

Abstract

It is necessary for Urban planning, urban design and Architecture of every society to have meanings derived from their ideology and culture. The purpose of this paper is to draw planners and architects’ attention to Iranian-Islamic valuable texts to produce science in the field of Urban planning and Architecture. The new theory of urban development, especially imported from western countries with a different ideology and culture, should be filtered and purificated before entering Iran by means of Iranian-Islamic valuable texts. For this reason, we have selected the book “ The One Hundred Fields” or “ Sad Meydan” , written by Khaje Abdullah Ansari (1006-1088 A. D), which is an Iranian book about Islamic mysticism. The book of "Sad Meydan" involves one hundred “ Meydan” or fields to help man be perfect, and this essay is intended to help him by the means of principles for city design and planning. This subject is justificated by the interaction between the environment and culture and that famous sentence that says: “ we shape our cities; thereafter they shape us” . The method used in this article is as follows: first we search for the meaning of a moral or mysthical field and then we explain how it is related to a same subject in the city. This article also uses the adjectives that are strengthening and weakening to every field or Meydan for more understanding. Also it utilizes the Expressions and Manifestations in the past and present Iranian city. As the citizen's journey to God has a start point called “ current situation” , an appropriate plan or design for the Iranian cities toward the best situation should begin from a point, considering the current situation of the city. “ Current situation” in the contemporary Iranian cities is the alienation and sense of inferiority against the West. “ Tobe or repentance” in “ The Sad Meydan” is the first stage which could be also a first step to deal with “ identity crisis” and return to the concepts, principles and values of an Iranian-Islamic city. The strengthening of “ Tobe or Repentance Meydan” is “ Enabat Meydan” , “ Yaghazat Meydan” and “ Tabattol Meydan” , all of which are solutions in dealing with the “ alienation” in Iranian cities today. Following this field, ninety-nine other fields (Meydan) are to help man raise to perfection. But this paper has investigated just nine of them. They include the following: the “ Morovvat Meydan” to mean “ equality” and “ justice” , “ Tajrid Meidan” meaning “ simplification” and “ avoidance of idleness” , “ Zekr Meydan” in the meaning of reminder or repeat to the “ rhythm” , “ Haya Meydan” meaning “ privacy” and realm, “ Tohid Meydan” to mean “ centralization” and “ important of empty spaces” , “ Elm Meydan” meaning “ Knowledge” , “ Hayat Meydan” to mean having “ spirit” and “ meaning” in the city are attributed to the ideal city. Finally, human and the city in “ Bagha Meydan” meaning immortality, reach perfection. The tendency to “ Bagha” or to be immortal is an innate human feeling. As a conclusion to the study, the hundred fields (or steps) of making cities appropriate for human life, can be categorized in fifteen groups.

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NAGHIZADEH, MOHAMMAD, & NAJAFI, MARYAM. (2018). Khaje Abdullah Ansari’ s Sad Meydan, A Bases for Providing Iranian Urban Design & Planning Principles. HOVIATESHAHR, 12(33 ), 37-48. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/154748/en

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NAGHIZADEH MOHAMMAD, NAJAFI MARYAM. Khaje Abdullah Ansari’ s Sad Meydan, A Bases for Providing Iranian Urban Design & Planning Principles. HOVIATESHAHR[Internet]. 2018;12(33 ):37-48. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/154748/en

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MOHAMMAD NAGHIZADEH, and MARYAM NAJAFI, “Khaje Abdullah Ansari’ s Sad Meydan, A Bases for Providing Iranian Urban Design & Planning Principles,” HOVIATESHAHR, vol. 12, no. 33 , pp. 37–48, 2018, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/154748/en

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