1961 Sahab City Plan or Map of Tehran, Iran

This is a 1961 Abbas Sahab city plan or map of central Tehran, Iran. Composed primarily in English, with some streets also labeled in Farsi. Locations identified include the Sahab Geographical and Drafting Institute, Air Force Headquarters, the Doshan-Tappeh Airport, Pahlavi Hospital, and the U.S. and Soviet Embassies, among many others. Numbers in red circles mark 218 other locations, including book shops, travel agencies, hotels, museums, banks, government ministries and departments, and embassies. These correspond with indexes along the left and right borders.

Pre-Revolution Tehran

Tehran in the 1960s was a bustling cosmopolitan city. Population surged, as citizens from rural areas migrated to the urban center in search of better opportunities. This influx led to an expansion of the city's infrastructure, including new roads, buildings, and public transportation. The 1960s also marked a period of cultural awakening, with a broad emergence of new artists, writers, and musicians, and an increasing interest in Western lifestyles. However, political tensions were also rising in the country, which would eventually lead to the Iranian Revolution in 1979.

Publication History and Census

This map was created and published by Abbas Sahab in 1961. Nine examples are cataloged in OCLC: Ohio State University, the University of Chicago, the University of Minnesota Minneapolis, California State Univeristy Sacramento, the National Library of Scotland, the University of Oxford, the Bibliotheek Universiteit van Amsterdam, the Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden, and the Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg. Scarce on the market.