Knowledge

Sun Throne

Source 📝

199: 124: 27: 342: 132: 353: 231:
Taj ol-Doleh as one of his consorts. In English, her name translates to Lady Peacock. The marriage ceremony took place on the throne, and Tavous Khanum became his favourite wife. Due to her name, the throne later received the name "Peacock Throne"
263:
was the ancient symbol of kingship in Persia. When the Shah would be seated on the throne, he symbolised the lion, with the sun symbol behind his back. The Shah himself however could also be seen as the sun. The last
306: 389: 91: 63: 110: 174:. It has its name after a radiant sun disk on the headboard. The throne has the shape of a platform, similar to the 379: 70: 48: 77: 227:, in the early nineteenth century and was used as the coronation throne from then onwards. He took Tavous 384: 346: 44: 59: 242: 198: 156: 37: 269: 186:
was constructed later and has the appearance of a chair. Since 1980 it has been displayed at
362: 286: 187: 8: 394: 216: 84: 123: 256:
were re-used, such as the legs or other parts, however no conclusive proof exists.
233: 147: 325: 282: 179: 136: 253: 224: 135:
Naser al-Din Shah seated on the steps of the Sun Throne in the Mirror Hall of
373: 202: 183: 175: 260: 357: 26: 274: 131: 278:(Light of the Aryans), which was another connotation for the sun. 341: 259:
Not a single element on the Sun Throne features a peacock. The
228: 167: 281:
Until 1980 the Sun Throne was located in the Mirror Hall of
252:). It was also theorised that parts of the plundered Mughal 265: 220: 171: 285:. In 1980 it was decided to move it to the vaults of the 363:
http://www.worldisround.com/articles/73022/photo658.html
247: 161: 289:at Iran's Central Bank where it is now on display. 51:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 371: 111:Learn how and when to remove this message 197: 130: 122: 372: 323: 358:http://www.zar.ir/News/News-4872.aspx 307:"Peacock Throne as Seen by Tavernier" 49:adding citations to reliable sources 20: 330:. London: Longmans, Green & Co. 237: 151: 13: 317: 14: 406: 335: 324:Curzon, George Nathaniel (1892). 205:on the Sun Throne: painting from 340: 25: 327:Persia and the Persian Question 127:Drawing of the Sun Throne, 1892 36:needs additional citations for 299: 1: 390:Tourist attractions in Tehran 292: 206: 7: 248: 162: 10: 411: 193: 380:Iranian National Jewels 215:It was constructed for 16:Imperial throne of Iran 212: 139: 128: 349:at Wikimedia Commons 270:Mohammad Reza Pahlavi 201: 134: 126: 287:Iranian Crown Jewels 272:, carried the title 45:improve this article 217:Fath-Ali Shah Qajar 188:Iran's Central Bank 385:Individual thrones 213: 166:) is the imperial 140: 129: 345:Media related to 246: 160: 121: 120: 113: 95: 402: 344: 331: 311: 310: 303: 251: 241: 239: 211: 208: 165: 163:Takht-e Khurshīd 155: 153: 116: 109: 105: 102: 96: 94: 53: 29: 21: 410: 409: 405: 404: 403: 401: 400: 399: 370: 369: 338: 320: 318:Further reading 315: 314: 305: 304: 300: 295: 283:Golestan Palace 209: 196: 180:Golestan Palace 137:Golestan Palace 117: 106: 100: 97: 54: 52: 42: 30: 17: 12: 11: 5: 408: 398: 397: 392: 387: 382: 366: 365: 360: 355: 337: 336:External links 334: 333: 332: 319: 316: 313: 312: 297: 296: 294: 291: 254:Peacock Throne 195: 192: 119: 118: 33: 31: 24: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 407: 396: 393: 391: 388: 386: 383: 381: 378: 377: 375: 368: 364: 361: 359: 356: 354: 352: 351: 350: 348: 343: 329: 328: 322: 321: 308: 302: 298: 290: 288: 284: 279: 277: 276: 271: 267: 262: 257: 255: 250: 249:Takht-e Tāvūs 244: 235: 230: 226: 222: 218: 204: 203:Fath-Ali Shah 200: 191: 189: 185: 184:Naderi Throne 181: 177: 176:Marble Throne 173: 169: 164: 158: 149: 145: 138: 133: 125: 115: 112: 104: 93: 90: 86: 83: 79: 76: 72: 69: 65: 62: –  61: 57: 56:Find sources: 50: 46: 40: 39: 34:This article 32: 28: 23: 22: 19: 367: 339: 326: 301: 280: 273: 261:Lion and Sun 258: 214: 143: 141: 107: 98: 88: 81: 74: 67: 60:"Sun Throne" 55: 43:Please help 38:verification 35: 18: 210: 1835 395:Qajar Iran 374:Categories 347:Sun Throne 293:References 152:تخت خورشید 144:Sun Throne 101:April 2023 71:newspapers 243:romanized 238:تخت طاووس 157:romanized 275:Aryamehr 245::  234:Persian 194:History 159::  148:Persian 85:scholar 229:Khanum 225:Persia 182:. The 168:throne 87:  80:  73:  66:  58:  92:JSTOR 78:books 266:Shah 221:Shah 172:Iran 142:The 64:news 223:of 178:in 170:of 47:by 376:: 268:, 240:, 236:: 219:, 207:c. 190:. 154:, 150:: 309:. 232:( 146:( 114:) 108:( 103:) 99:( 89:· 82:· 75:· 68:· 41:.

Index


verification
improve this article
adding citations to reliable sources
"Sun Throne"
news
newspapers
books
scholar
JSTOR
Learn how and when to remove this message


Golestan Palace
Persian
romanized
throne
Iran
Marble Throne
Golestan Palace
Naderi Throne
Iran's Central Bank

Fath-Ali Shah
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar
Shah
Persia
Khanum
Persian
romanized

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.