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Bāb-e-Homāyūn Street is an old street in Tehran named after the Sublime Porte. This street is one of the first streets in Tehran to be paved and later asphalted. Today, this street is located in the 12th district of Tehran Municipality and a hub for selling suits. A new development is the appearance of a row of handicraft shops, and in the evenings food vans purveying foreign-inpsired cuisine



History
In 1886, by the order of Nasser al-Din Shah and by Mohammad Rahim Khan Ala Al-Dawlah Amir Nezam, it was widened and paved and shops were designed around it. At the same time, trees were planted on both sides of the street

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At the beginning of 1886, the establishment of the first banking institution in the country was planned. Thus the first Iranian bank, the Pahlavi Bank of the Army was created, on the site of several shops in Sepah Street.

This street, along with Topkhaneh Square and Lalehzar Street, were the first streets in Tehran to be asphalted in 1910 on the occasion of the arrival of King Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia in Tehran.

Names
Due to the proximity of this street to the entrance of Almasieh, it became known as Almasieh Street or Bab Homayoun. However, over time it was sometimes called Dolat Street or Paradise Hall.

Position
Bab Homayoun Street is a short street that is located in the 12th district of Tehran Municipality and starts from Imam Khomeini Square (formerly: Topkhaneh Square) and ends at Surasrafil Street (formerly: inner gate). This street is accessible from Imam Khomeini metro station.

The entire street is forbidden to  private vehicles.

Spiritual places
There are tombs of two Imams about Baba Homayoun, which are:


 * 1) Imamzadeh Ruhollah (a descendant of the second Imam). This  is located at the beginning of the street and in the southern part of the telecommunications building.
 * 2) Imamzadeh Noorullah (a descendant of the seventh Imam). This is located in Qanat Alley next to Imam Hassan Mojtaba Mosque.  These two shrines were inaccessible for many years due to the security fences of the telecommunication building, until in 1970, the the Ruhollah Shrine was dismantled  and rebuilt by the Endowment Organization. The other remains  inaccessible.

Exchanges and shopping malls
The shops around this street today are hub for men's suits.

The municipality of Tehran's 12th district is considering a plan to turn Bab Homayoun Street into a pedestrian area.

External link
گذر گردشگری باب همایون