Constitution House of Tabriz

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The Constitution House of Tabriz, also known as Khaneh Mashrouteh, is a historical edifice located next to the Bazaar of Tabriz, on Motahari Ave in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan province, Iran. During and following the years which led to the Constitutional Revolution the house was used as a gathering place of the leaders, activists and sympathisers of the movement. Among them, the most famous were Sattar Khan, Bagher Khan, Seqat-ol-Eslam Tabrizi and Haji Mirza Aqa Farshi and the founder Haji Mehdi Kuzeh kanaani, himself a revolutionary activist and a well-reputed person of the time; who was named Abolmele, i.e. the father of the nation at the time. The two-story building was constructed in 1868 by Haj Vali Me'mar-e TabriziTABRIZ.

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