نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 دانشیار مرکز مستندنگاری، مطالعات معماری و مرمت، دانشکدۀ معماری و شهرسازی، دانشگاه شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران.
2 کارشناسی ارشد معماری، دانشکده معماری و هنر، دانشگاه کاشان، کاشان، ایران.
3 دانشجوی دکتری معماری، دانشکدۀ معماری و شهرسازی، دانشگاه شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران.
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
The region of Kashan has historically encompassed numerous villages and farmsteads, each shaped by their diverse natural settings and distinct morphological features. Historical sources frequently reference the significance of these agricultural estates surrounding the city. Among them, ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Kalāntar Żarrābī, in the 1880s CE (1280s AH), provides a detailed account of many such farmsteads in the region, including descriptions of their layouts and characteristics. While a large number of these farmsteads have since been destroyed or transformed—some evolving into villages—Farahabad remains partially intact, despite considerable damage and changes in ownership over time. Żarrābī’s description of Farahabad highlights a striking spatial organization and the presence of a large internal garden, traces of which are still discernible today. This article aims to investigate the original design and defining features of the Farahabad farmstead, with particular attention to the expansive garden described by Żarrābī. Employing a historical-interpretive methodology, the study combines field surveys, interviews with local informants, textual analysis of Żarrābī’s narrative, and the examination of historical aerial imagery correlated with extant architectural remains. The findings reveal not only the overall configuration of the site but also demonstrate that the farmstead was conceived and constructed in the form of a vast garden, with the boundaries of the agricultural and garden spaces largely overlapping. Furthermore, a comparative reading of Żarrābī’s account alongside Abū Naṣrī Haravī’s Irshād al-Zirāʿa (921 AH / 1515 CE) elucidates the presence of fundamental elements of classical Persian garden design—such as main avenues or khiyābān, main plot or tarīsheh, and chahār chaman—within the central composition of Farahabad.
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