Теһран облысының Тажриш ауданы

Neighborhood in Tehran province, Iran

Tajrish (تجريش, ), also Romanized as Tajrīš, is a neighbourhood of Tehran, capital of Iran. Administratively it is in Shemiranat County, Tehran province and serves as the capital of the county. At one time a village, it was later absorbed into the city of Tehran. The Tajrish neighbourhood is located along the northern edge of Tehran. This neighbourhood is one of the oldest parts of Tehran and during the last few decades, has become popular with the wealthy by virtue of the low levels of pollution, in turn created by the area's favorable location along Tehran's northern hills. As of 2006, the neighborhood had 86,000 inhabitants. The Tajrish Square itself is known as Sar e Pol e Tajrish (سر پل تجریش), "at the Tajrish Bridge." This square is actually a vast bridge on top of a qanat river. In older times the locals used to call this bridge Gowgal, meaning "(The Bridge) of the Cowherd."''

The location of the neighborhood was once an ancient village, and in 1788, the Qajar dynasty choose this as their capital. It is known for its mountainous landscape. A number of Shia Islam religious sites are located here, including the mausoleum called Imam Zadeh Saleh, a shrine called , and a few Takyehs or religious buildings (such as Takyeh Borzog, Takyeh Pa'in, ). The square is where Valiasr Street terminates. Valiasr is the longest and, along with Shariati Avenue, one of the most important streets in Tehran. It is also one of the busiest transportation hubs in Tehran. Many other suburbs are accessible from this square. A major metro station, the northern terminus of line one (the red line) is located here. Tajrish is at the junction of streets that lead to Saad Abad Palace, Velenjak, Asad Abad, Zafaraniyeh, Elahieh, and Niavaran as well as many of the other places in northern Tehran.

Tehran has two bazaars, the Tajrish Bazaar is located in the north and the Grand Bazaar is located in the south of the city. The bazaar was developed in the 18th century (although some sources state early 19th century), and was associated with the village of Shemiranat and the Qajar dynasty. The etymology of the word Tajrish itself is unknown. Iranian linguist Habib Borjian, after examining all the available material at hand concerning this dialect confirms it is a dialect of the Persian and writes: "Tajrishi shows no divergence from the Persid group, despite minor variation with respect to modern standard Persian. It is in verb morphology that we do find in Tajrishi a massive Caspian overlay, imposed on the dialect by means of age old socio economic ties with the districts to its north in the Alborz chain. We may thus characterize Tajrishi and
other Shemirāni dialects as Persian with a significant Caspian imprint. Surprisingly enough, we find no trace of a Northwestern Iranian substratum in the dialect of Tajrish, nor do we find it in the scanty material available to us about the other extinct vernaculars of Shemirān This situation can only attest to an early Persianization of Rey and its adjoining settlements."