Tehran – The director of the Cultural Heritage Division of Kuff has announced the end of the restoration of nine ancient windmills of Nashtifan in Khorasan Razabi Province.
According to Miras Aliya (CHTN), Mahmoud Baathide said that after visiting the Khorasan Razabi Cultural Heritage Division in June this year, it has been decided to revive the number of Asvans in response to the city’s Islamic Council’s request after visiting Nashtifan’s windmills (locally known as Asbad). ($2,222) Allocated for this purpose.
He continued that work on repairing the ASBAD began in June and nine ASBADs had recovered within a month. Lightning, plastering, thatching, and restoring the wheels are the most important repairs implemented, he added.
In recognition of the cooperation of many owners of Nashtifan windmills and cultural heritage enthusiasts in restoring these historic monuments, he said that community participation plays an important role in the introduction, protection and maintenance of the historic building.
Nashtifan Asbads is on the UNESCO provisional list under the 6192 number.
Asbad is one of the Iranian architecture and lifestyle masterpieces, particularly in the east of the country, for the use of wind power to crush grain.
The collection of ancient Iranian windmills (locally known as Asbad) is engraved on a tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Experts believe that these primitive yet important machines owes testimony to human adaptation to nature by turning environmental obstacles into opportunities.
Iranian Asbad enjoys smart techniques for grinding grain. This is a technology that goes back to ancient times when people inhabit the eastern part of Iran adapt to nature and invent it to turn environmental obstacles into opportunities.
According to the latest official data, a total of 374 ASBADs have been identified in the country’s eastern wing so far, but not all of them are negligent-free conditions.
The development of the ASBAD was carried out from late May to late September due to the scarcity of the water resources that clean the east and southeast of the Iranian Heights annually and 120 consecutive days of wind. Wood, mud and brick were the main construction materials for the two-storey windmill.
Britannica says that early known references to the Persian Millite in 644 AD and the Iranian Cistan Windmill in 915 were in the Iranian Windmill in 915.
According to a UN cultural group, technical historian Robert Forbes emphasizes that windmills in the Islamic era were an Iranian invention. He writes: “The invention, originally an exclusive device of Iran and Afghanistan, has transformed into a critical energy source throughout the Islamic territories of the 12th century, and was used not only for grain grinding and water pumping operations, but also for chopping sugarnuts and other purposes.
Technically speaking, unlike European windmills, Iranian designs are driven by blades located on a vertical axis where wind power is directly translated without the need for gear found in horizontal axis factories.
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