Maidan: Understanding its Conceptual domain and the range of it’ s instances in Qajar period, Based on Historical Maps

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Najafi Mahnam; SHAKOURI REZA

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Journal: Journal of Architecture in Hot and Dry Climateis Year:2020 | Volume:7 | Issue:10 Page(s): 95-118

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Maidan: Understanding its Conceptual domain and the range of it’ s instances in Qajar period, Based on Historical Maps

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Najafi Mahnam | SHAKOURI REZA | Issue Writer Certificate

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maidan (square)

Qajar period

historical maps

conceptual domain

types

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The purpose of this paper is to understand the conceptual domain of “ maidan” (the Persian square) and the range of it’ s instances in Qajar Iran based on historical maps. Modern mapping in Iran began in the Qajar period and resulted in producing accurate maps with unprecedented detail of Iran’ s cities. These maps are great sources to understand the elements of the city in this period of time because they illustrate each element within the network of the interconnected elements which shapes a city. Maidan, as one of the main elements of Qajar city, has an important role in many of these maps, which makes these maps valuable sources for exploring the concept of maidan in Qajar Iran. There are almost thirty historical maps of cities in Qajar Iran and maidan can be found in 21 of them. These maps are potentially great sources for understanding firstly, the conceptual domain of this concept and secondly, the different types of its instances. To do so, we identify the different instances of maidan in these maps, study their forms and characteristics, and interpret their roles and function in the network of the city elements. Moreover, to develop and deepen these findings, we refer to the primary and secondary written sources and historical photos that can help. In this survey, firstly, we illuminate the conceptual domain of maidan and try to describe its meaning; Then, based on the high frequency and prominent characteristics of the instances, we explain the main types of maidan in this period of time. So, based on historical maps and helped by other sources, we interpret the concept of maidan in its socio-historical context by using the Interpretive historical research method. The results of this research, first, show the extensive and flexible field of the concept of maidan in Qajar Iran and let us redefine it: every open and unroofed space in a city which includes a distinguishable area and provide an opportunity for activities or events. Second, they describe the main types of maidan in four categories: royal maidans, maidans of the bazaar, maidans of Neighborhoods, maidan of the parliament.

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Najafi, Mahnam, & SHAKOURI, REZA. (2020). Maidan: Understanding its Conceptual domain and the range of it’ s instances in Qajar period, Based on Historical Maps. JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE IN HOT AND DRY CLIMATE, 7(10 ), 95-118. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/375984/en

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Najafi Mahnam, SHAKOURI REZA. Maidan: Understanding its Conceptual domain and the range of it’ s instances in Qajar period, Based on Historical Maps. JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE IN HOT AND DRY CLIMATE[Internet]. 2020;7(10 ):95-118. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/375984/en

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Mahnam Najafi, and REZA SHAKOURI, “Maidan: Understanding its Conceptual domain and the range of it’ s instances in Qajar period, Based on Historical Maps,” JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE IN HOT AND DRY CLIMATE, vol. 7, no. 10 , pp. 95–118, 2020, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/375984/en

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