Birief Introduction of the palace

The history of Golestan Palace dates back to the time of Shah Abbas Safavi (988 AH) and in a part of Pietro Delavaleh's travelogue (in 1028 AH) the city of Tehran was described with its  maple trees that surrounded the royal palace (as the beginning of royal citadel). More or less this city was noticed in the next dynasties until the reign of Karim Khan Zand between 1173 and 1180 A.H., during of which this complex underwent fundamental changes with the construction of a court house, but the real importance of the citadel can be attributed to the era of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar. At the end of the Zandiye period and after Karim Khan's death (1193 AH), he took advantage of Iran's internal crisis and led the Qajar tribes from the Gorgan plain, which was the center of their settlement, to the southern slopes of Alborz, i.e. Tehran and Damghan provinces, and tried to gradually open its way to Fars, which was the center of government and power of Zandieh. However, Lord Karzen in the book of "Persia and Persian Question" about Tehran's selection as a capital by Agha Mohammad Khan and establishment of a royal headquarters in this city, among other reasons referred to the closeness of Tehran to his property and tribe's settlement in Gorgan and  keeping Russians under surveillance. Agha Mohammad Khan returned to Tehran after overcoming Lotfali Khan Zand in Sha'ban 1209 AH and in Norouz 1210 AH he crowned as the King of Iran.Add Content...