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Farahabad was a large-scale palace complex located outside the city wall of Isfahan. It was constructed under the orders of the Safavid shah Soltan Hoseyn (r. 1694–1722) during the later part of his reign. It was razed by the Afghans in 1727, the same year that Soltan Hoseyn died.

References

1. Matthee 2011, p. 57.
2. Kleiss 1999.
3. Matthee 2015.

Sources

• Kleiss, Wolfram (1999). "Faraḥābād". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
• Matthee, Rudi (2011). Persia in Crisis: Safavid Decline and the Fall of Isfahan. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0857731814.
• Matthee, Rudi (2015). "Solṭān Ḥosayn". Encyclopaedia Iranica.

• Buildings and structures in Isfahan
• Safavid architecture