شيرين داداش پورقوشچي

The historical bazaar of Iranian cities in the past an‎d up to the present day, as the foundation of the city, has concentrated all the public activities of the city. The bazaar was the most important axis an‎d communication highway in old cities, an‎d most of the movement of citizens an‎d the flow of goods an‎d capital took place there. On the other han‎d, the historical bazaars of Iran were the center of collective life an‎d were considered the center of the city in terms of social an‎d cultural aspects, an‎d are one of the identity an‎d historical-cultural elements of Iranian cities. Unfortunately, the process of modernization an‎d new urbanization needs have affected the bazaar, an‎d the preservation of these valuable works will be more important than ever. One of the historical an‎d valuable monuments of the city of Urmia is its historical bazaar. Among the important spaces in the historical Iranian bazaars are the houses, an‎d the historical bazaar of Urmia is also composed of various houses. One of the very important an‎d valuable houses that can be seen in the documents an‎d aerial maps of 1956 on the eastern side of the historical market of Urmia is the Mehdizadeh House. Serious negligence in 2009 led to the complete destruction of this large an‎d valuable house. Damage an‎d destruction of any of these important spaces will cause disintegration in the historical market, especially if there is no effort in prevention an‎d negligence in providing suitable suggestions an‎d solutions for the historical market, the destructive impact of inappropriate development will be even greater. The importance of the issue an‎d the role an‎d function of the houses (caravanserais) in the dynamism an‎d vitality of the historical market of Urmia an‎d the historical fabric can act as a dynamic, living an‎d organic phenomenon. Studies have shown that the presence of women as economic activists in the historical market of Urmia is very weak. On the other han‎d, it is necessary to create a safe an‎d suitable space for self-employment of Urmiaʹs female artists in the heart of the old fabric of Urmia. In this research, by creating a questionnaire, the historical market of Urmia was eva‎luated an‎d identified from different perspectives in order to present a comprehensive an‎d complete plan for the revitalization an‎d reconstruction of the valuable Sarai Mehdizadeh. After a comprehensive an‎d complete review of the results of the questionnaire an‎d using the researcherʹs lived experience, a complete plan for the revitalization of Sarai Mehdizadeh with a self-employment approach for women was presented so that female entrepreneurs an‎d artists of the city can present their han‎dicrafts, visual arts, cooking, etc. to achieve economic goals to the general public an‎d tourists. One of the routes branching off from the historical market of Urmia on the way to Sarai Mehdizadeh is Gozhar Iqbal Lahori to Imam Khomeini Square (Bughda Maydani), which is part of the historical-cultural axis in the heart of the old fabric of Urmia. This axis has great capacity an‎d potential, such as the Jameh Mosque an‎d the destroyed historical grains. Unfortunately, due to improper organization, this valuable historical an‎d cultural axis continues to live silently an‎d has practically been forgotten. Due to the close relationship between the Mehdizadeh Palace an‎d Imam Khomeini Square, a comprehensive plan must be presented for the better an‎d greater prosperity of this area. For this purpose, based on the lived experience of the researcher an‎d published research an‎d review of secondary documents, as well as sympathetic interviews with the merchants of the historical market an‎d citizens of Urmia an‎d field visits, a SWOT analysis was conducted. In this analysis, various indicators such as environmental, physical-spatial, socio-cultural, economic-functional an‎d were examined, an‎d its results were eva‎luated in order to present a complete an‎d comprehensive plan. These results were presented in the form of a table of goals, policies an‎d measures for organizing the historical-cultural axis in the old fabric of Urmia. The results of these studies showed that the passage from Iqbal Lahori to Imam Khomeini Square can be restored to the active an‎d dynamic system of the city with changes in form an‎d the injection of new activities that are in line with the needs of the people today, including holding temporary art exhibitions an‎d local-indigenous festivals, which can improve the productivity of the proposed plan for womenʹs self-employment in Sarai Mehdizadeh. The proposed solutions, if integrated with proper an‎d principled management, can bring dynamism an‎d vitality to the historical bazaar an‎d the historical fabric of Urmia, an‎d ultimately lead to the development of the tourism industry an‎d the preservation of the continuity of social life in the valuable historical an‎d old fabric of Urmia.

بازار تاريخي اروميه‌، خوداشتغالي بانوان، سراي مهديزاده، بافت تاريخي-فرهنگي

Urmia Historical Bazaar, Womenʹs Self-Employment, Mehdizadeh Palace, Historical-Cultural Context

Shirin Dadashpour Goushchi

(Ph.D). Fatemeh Mehdizadeh Seraj-(Ph.D). Asghar Mohammad Moradi