Seyed Khandan

Seyed Khandan (literally: Laughing Seyed ) is the name of a district in the center of Tehran. The name can be traced back to a known anecdote:

Thus, a cheerful and always laughing man called Seyed, a cafe owned ( Ghaveh - Khāneh ) north of the present Seyed Khandan Bridge at today's Dr. Ali Shari'ati road. At the time this road was still called Jāddeh Ghadim ( Old Way ) and connected the center of the city with the North. Since the car still needed a lot of time to cover this distance, the driver made ​​mostly catch and returned a take this opportunity to Seyed Khandan, was the cafe halfway. The cheerful Seyed honor they named the whole district Seyed Khandan.

  • Place in Tehran
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