INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
official in charge of protecting cultural heritage has announced.The accused people were traced and finally arrested after police received
digging tools were seized from the culprits, who were handed over to the judicial system for further investigation, the official
added.Soaked in history and culture for millennia, Tabriz embraces several historical and religious sites, including the Jameh Mosque of
Tabriz and Arg of Tabriz, and UNESCO-registered Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex to name a few
Timur (Tamerlane), a Turkic conqueror, took it in 1392
Some decades later the Kara Koyunlu Turkmen made it their capital, it was when the famous Blue Mosque was built in Tabriz.The city retained
its administrative status under the Safavid dynasty until 1548 when Shah Tahmasp I relocated his capital westward to Qazvin
During the next two centuries, Tabriz changed hands several times between Persia and Ottoman Empire
During World War I, the city was temporarily occupied by Turkish and then Soviet troops.The ancient city was declared a world craft city of
carpet weaving by the World Craft in 2016
It also bore the title of 2018 Islamic Tourism Capital.ABU/MG
