Most cities of the Province
especially Hamedan, Nahavand and Toyserkan
are very ancient. Herodot,
Greek historian Called Hamedan as Ekbatan and said that
Diaeco (founder of Median dynasty) has built it.
Achamenidae called Hamedan Hegmataneh (place to
assemble) and chose it as their capital. As you read in
history of Iran, Hamedan was the first capital of the
first government in Iran. Archeological excavations in
Gyan Hill (Nahavand), site of Habakuk the Prophet and
his immigration to Tuyserkan (about 700 BC), Babakamal
historical hill in Tuyserkan, Nooshijan historical hill
near Malayer show the antiquity of these three cities.
Various cultural and historical monuments
in Hamedan cause that in the
date of April 21th , 1991 in the Nation Supreme
Council of Architecture&
Urbanism meeting,This city has
recognition as one of the six historical and
cultural cities of the country.
Emamzadeh Yahya (P.B.U.H)
Emamzadeh Yahya
mausoleum is located in
a part of the city of
the same name in the
middle of Madani
Boulevard.
There is no writing on
the Emamzadeh Yahya's
building inscriptions
which makes clear whose
shrine this is and when
it was built Also there
is no writing on the
epitaph, but the marble
agate stone that was
excavated several years
ago denotes the name of
the owner as Yahya, and
now this stone is placed
on the mausoleum wall.
According to "Serr-olAnsab", he is
related to Imam Hassan Mojtaba by eight
generations as follow:
Yahya Ibn-e Ali Ibn-e Hossein Ibn-e
Haroon AI-Ghat'e Ibn-e Hossein Ibn-e
Mohammad lbn-e Haroon Ibn-e Mohammad Ibn-e
Ghasem Ibn-e Hassan Ibn-e Zeyd Ibn-e
Hassan Mojtaba (P.B.U.H). Lie lived in
the second half of the 8th century (A.H).
This building belongs to Teymorian or
Ilkhanian period. This monument was
registered as an Iranian national and
historical monument No. 3/1286. dated
17.6.1975.
