Qajar Palace
{{Short description|Historic site in Tehran, Iran}}
{{Infobox historic site
| name = Qajar Palace
| native_name = قصر قاجار
| native_language = fa
| image = Qajar Qasr 2.jpg
| built_for = Fath-Ali Shah Qajar
| demolished = 1920s
| coordinates = {{wikidatacoord|display=it}}
}}
The Qajar Palace (Persian: قصر قاجار, romanized: Qasr-e Qajar) was the name of a palace in Tehran, Iran. It was demolished in the 1920s to be replaced by the Qasr prison.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-25|title=Museum of Qasr Prison offers virtual voyages in history and arts|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/455081/Museum-of-Qasr-Prison-offers-virtual-voyages-in-history-and-arts|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Tehran Times|language=en}} The only remaining structure of the palace complex is a small pavilion.{{Cite web|date=2018-07-15|title="کوشک فتحعلی‌شاه" را تنها گیر آورده‌اند!|url=https://www.isna.ir/news/97042413018/کوشک-فتحعلی-شاه-را-تنها-گیر-آورده-اند|access-date=2021-11-29|website=ایسنا|language=fa}}
It had four watchtowers on its corners and did not feature windows on the outside, making it look more like a barracks than a palace.
History
The palace was constructed in the second year of the reign of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar but fell out of use after his death. it was then used for military purposes during the reign of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. During the reign of Reza Shah it was demolished and replaced by the Qasr prison, the first modern prison in Iran.{{Cite web|date=2006-06-17|title=حال و هواي قاجاري را از زندان قصر نگيريد! يك كارشناس: بقاياي باغ قاجار در محوطه ـ بايد ـ پيدا شوند|url=https://www.isna.ir/news/8503-14768/حال-و-هواي-قاجاري-را-از-زندان-قصر-نگيريد-يك-كارشناس-بقاياي|access-date=2021-11-29|website=ایسنا|language=fa}}{{Cite web|date=2019-12-02|title=درباره زندان قصر {{!}} روایت‌هایی از دخمه مرگ|url=https://www.irna.ir/news/83577320/درباره-زندان-قصر-روایت-هایی-از-دخمه-مرگ|access-date=2021-11-29|website=ایرنا|language=fa}}{{Cite web|date=2012-09-08|title=قصر قجر و زندان پهلوی|url=https://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news/183825/قصر-قجر-و-زندان-پهلوی|access-date=2021-11-29|website=همشهری آنلاین|language=fa}}
The palace was featured in the paintings of Eugène Flandin and Pascal Coste, two Frenchmen who travelled to Iran during the reign of Mohammad Shah Qajar.
The prison that replaced it became a museum in 2011.
File:Palace of Qasr e Qajar by Eugène Flandin.jpg|Sketch by Eugène Flandin, 1840
File:Courtyard of the Palace of Qasr e Qajar by Eugène Flandin.jpg|Sketch by Eugène Flandin, 1840
File:Gazebo and gardens of the palace of Qasr e Qajar by Eugène Flandin.jpg|Sketch by Eugène Flandin, 1840. This is the only structure in the complex that still remains.
File:Monument in Qasr Prison.JPG|The only remaining structure in the complex.
File:Qajar Qasr 1.jpg|Photograph of the palace, 1860
File:Perspective view, Castle of Qasr e Qajar, Tehran by Pascal Coste.jpg|Sketch by Pascal Coste, 1840
File:قصر قاجار.jpg|Photograph of the palace
File:Qajar Qasr map.gif|Map of the palace
File:1887 Kasr i Khajar Iran.png|Sketch from Samuel Benjamin's 1887 book In Persia and the Persians