TEHRAN – The Qajar-era (1789-1925) Aqajan Nasab Mansion in Babol, northern Mazandaran province, has undergone some rehabilitation works, IRNA reported on Monday. 

A budget of 340 billion rials ($680,000) has been allocated to the project, which was carried out by the private sector.

Being fully restored, the mansion has been repurposed into a tourist complex and has generated 120 job opportunities for the locals.

An early civilization flourished at the beginning of the first millennium BC in Mazandaran (Tabarestan). 

Its insecure eastern and southeastern borders were crossed by Mongol invaders in the 13th and 14th centuries. Cossacks attacked the region in 1668 but were repulsed. It was ceded to the Russian Empire by a treaty in 1723, but the Russians were never secure in their occupation. The area was restored to Iran under the Qajar dynasty.

The northern section of the region consists of lowland alongside the Caspian and upland along the northern slopes of the Alborz Mountains. Marshy backlands dominate the coastal plain, and extensive gravel fans fringe the mountains. The climate is permanently subtropical and humid, with very hot summers.

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