Si-o-se-pol
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The Allahverdi Khan Bridge, popularly known as Si-o-se-pol, is the largest of the eleven historical bridges on the Zayanderud, the largest river of the Iranian Plateau, in Isfahan, Iran.
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Panoramic photography of the bridge
A 17th-century drawing of Si-o-se-pol by Jean Chardin.
Benches and tables next to Si-o-se-pol.
Allahverdi Khan
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Allahverdi Khan was a Safavid general and statesman of Georgian origin who, initially a gholam, rose to high office in the Safavid Iran. The Safavid court historian Iskandar Beg Munshi describes him a
Si-o-se-pol
…was built between 1599 and 1602, under the reign of Abbas the Great, the fifth shah of Safavid Iran. It was constructed under the supervision of Allahverdi Khan Undiladze, the commander-in-chief of the armies, who was of Georgian origin, and was also named after him. The bridge served particularly as a connection between…
Allahverdi Khan (seated center right), from a Jarunnameh of Qadri, Isfahan style, dated 1697.
Inside the Allahverdi Khan dome at the Imam Reza Shrine, where he is buried.
Si-o-se-pol, also known as the "Allahverdi Khan Bridge"
Madrasa Khan, in Shiraz