The Effect of the Transformation of Gender Authority of the Qajar Period on the Activities and Urban Spaces of Iran (Centered on Dar Al-Khilafah in Tehran)

Kiaee, Mahdokht; Soheili, Jamaleddin

doi:10.22059/jwica.2025.378870.2052

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Mahdokht Kiaee ¹
Jamaleddin Soheili ²

¹ . Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Architecture, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran

² Corresponding Author, Associate Professor Department of Architecture, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran

10.22059/jwica.2025.378870.2052

Abstract

After cultural changes in the middle Qajar period, the border of agency and authority between women and men in urban society was displaced, and urban activities and spaces changed.
The objective of this investigation is to investigate the impact of the Qajar period on the transformation of gender authority and its impact on Iranian urban activities and spaces.
The research method is descriptive-analytical, interpretive-historical, and document analysis, which is conducted through library assessments. The authority and agency status of Qajar men and women were identified using authenticated references, and urban activities and spaces were investigated and determined using this data. The data was analyzed to determine which ones are organized based on the gender authority transformation. In this instance, historical documents were analyzed without direct access to historical events and urban spaces of Qajar. Tehran Dar Al-Khalafe is the focal point of this study.
The research results confirm that the cities that were predominantly masculine before this period experienced famine activities and spaces as a consequence of the social and cultural changes that occurred during the Qajar era. Additionally, social activities were subject to the famine gender sooner than urban spaces, necessitating that women utilize their homes to execute certain emerging activities. The Tehran Map 1891 established a variety of unprecedented activities and spaces in the capital, including emerging streets, urban squares with new uses, female schools, clinics, government headquarters, swing shops, smoke car station, and café, which provided the field for more authority of women in the society due to their presence in these places.

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Architecture

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The Effect of the Transformation of Gender Authority of the Qajar Period on the Activities and Urban Spaces of Iran (Centered on Dar Al-Khilafah in Tehran)

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Volume 17, Issue 2
July 2025
Pages 235-257

The Effect of the Transformation of Gender Authority of the Qajar Period on the Activities and Urban Spaces of Iran (Centered on Dar Al-Khilafah in Tehran)

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Volume 17, Issue 2July 2025Pages 235-257

Volume 17, Issue 2
July 2025
Pages 235-257