After Parsadan Gorgijanidze was dismissed from his post as prefect (darugheh) of Isfahan, he was appointed as the new eshik-agha (Master of Ceremonies) and given five villages in the confines of Golpayegan as a fief by king (shah) Abbas II (r. 1642-1666).[10][11] The seven-thousand-year-old Golpayegan petroglyphs are one of the most important historical monumentsof Isfahan province.
Photo by Mansour Vakily