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What special rule did Shah Abbas I establish for women at Si-o-Se Pol on Wednesdays?
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Masjed-e Emām (“Imam Mosque”), Isfahan, Iran.
Following a 1609 decree by Shah Abbas I, the Si-o-Se Pol bridge and its surrounding coffeehouses were reserved exclusively for women on Wednesdays. On these days, the bridge and the adjacent Chahār Bāgh avenue became a space where only women were permitted to sell wares, allowing them to occupy public areas that were otherwise typically reserved for men.1