Iran Daily - Arts & Culture - Ganj Ali Khan a famous governor during the reign of Safavid king, Shah Abbas

Iran Daily - Arts & Culture - 08/15/05: "ICHTO Planning Documentaries on Kerman Sites


A view of 'Ganj Ali Khan Public Bath' in Kerman
(IRNA File Photo)

TEHRAN, Aug. 14--Iran’s Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) in Kerman province plans to produce documentary films about four cultural sites in Kerman.
According to ISNA, documentary filmmaker Farhang Khatami has undertaken the production of the films about ’Ganj Ali Khan Public Bath’,
’Ibrahim Khan Complex’, ’Vakil Cultural Complex’ and ’Haji Agha Ali Complex’.
The public bath was built by Ganj Ali Khan, a famous governor during the reign of Safavid king, Shah Abbas (1587-1629 AD). As governor of Kerman province he constructed many monuments and buildings. Ganj Ali Khan complex comprises of a school, a square, a caravanserai, a public bath, a water reservoir, a mint, a mosque and a bazaar.
Meanwhile, ICHTO inaugurated a museum in Sirjan, Kerman--the seventh to be launched in the province since the merger of the cultural heritage and tourism organizations in 2004. Kerman province thus holds the national record in establishing museums.
Head of the ICHTO’s provincial branch, Mohammad Saam told CHN that his department has given importance to setting up museums in view of their significant role in education.
“There are also other new museums throughout the province which will be inaugurated soon,“ he noted.
Six museums such as Traditional Musical Instruments and Archeology Museum in Harandi Garden, provisional Jiroft Museum, Gonbad-e Jabalieh Historical Inscriptions Museum, Zoroastrian Anthropology Museum, Kerman Press Museum and Sirjan Museum have been completed or inaugurated in the past ten months across the province.
In addition to plans to construct Jiroft Museum and Kerman Regional Museum, ten other specialized museums will become operation in the province soon, Saam concluded."