Shams-ol-Emareh

Shams-ol-Emareh (Persian: شمس‌العماره), translated as the Edifice of the Sun, is one of Tehran’s historical buildings and a remnant of Qajar Iran.

The building’s designer was Moayer al Mamalek and the architect was Ali Mohammed Kashi.

The first floor contains the shah's porch and hall covered with excellent and minimalist mirror-work called Ayeneh-kari, with rooms on the sides which together resemble ear rings on a human‘s face.

[5] The floor of the shah's porch and façade are decorated with Qajar style seven colour tiling.

The columns’ marble bases are decorated with highlighted motifs of plants and animals faces.

[6] This clock was a presented to Naser al-Din Shah's palace from Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

The clock was mounted on top of Shams-ol-Emareh so as to inform people of the then small Tehran, of the local time.