City · Iran

Tehran

Iranian capital, a Persian metropolis where tradition and revolution meet.

Founding, year 1786

Themes: persia, culture, geopolitics, tradition.

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The origin

What the date says

Milestone
Founding
What happened
In 1786 Agha Mohammad Khan designated it capital of the Qajar dynasty, displacing Isfahan as the center of Persian power.
Year
1786
Source
Historical documentation
Note
Capital since 1786.

Only the year is documented: if it falls between January 21 and February 21, the sign could be the previous one.

Keep in mind

Affinity is a symbolic reading from the Chinese zodiac tradition, not a measurement: it compares the sign of the year you were born with that of each entry's year of origin.