Naqsh-e Jahan Square: Then and Now

Vast square laid out by Shah Abbas I in his new capital Isfahan from 1598, framed by the Shah Mosque, the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque and the Ali Qapu palace.

Key facts

Country today	Iran
Status	Standing
Date	1602
Nearest city on the map	Isfahan (about 1 km)
Location	32.657° N, 51.678° E

Map showing Naqsh-e Jahan Square in 1600 — Border map for 1600. See Europe in 1600.

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Who ruled this place

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

Period	State
500 BC–324 BC	Achaemenid Empire
323 BC–301 BC	Empire of Alexander
300 BC–2 BC	Seleucid Kingdom
1 BC–399	Parthian Empire
400–499	Persia
500–699	Sasanian Empire
700–799	Umayyad Caliphate
800–899	Abbasid Caliphate
900–999	Saffarids
1000–1099	Buwayhid Emirates
1100–1199	Seljuk Empire
1200–1299	Khwarazmian Empire
1300–1399	Ilkhanate
1400–1491	Timurid Empire
1492–1599	Emirate of the White Sheep Turks
1600–1782	Safavid Empire
1783–1919	Persia
1920–today	Iran

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