# City of Firsts
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{{Short description|Unofficial motto for Tabriz, Iran}}
The '''City of Firsts''' or '''City of Pioneers''' ({{langx|az|İlklərin Şəhəri}}, {{langx|fa|شهر اولینها|šahr avvalin-hâ}}) is an unofficial motto for [Tabriz](/source/Tabriz), a major city and provincial capital in north west of [Iran](/source/Iran). The motto is given because of the pioneering role of the city in modernization signs in Iran and its leading role in movement toward the formation of modern Iran.[{{cite news|url=http://farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8701020102|title=موزههاي شهرداري تبريز آماده ارائه خدمات به گردشگران است|publisher=[Farsnews Agency](/source/Farsnews_Agency)|date=2008|access-date=28 May 2015|archive-date=29 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529001910/http://farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8701020102|url-status=dead}}][{{cite news|url=http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/hamnews/1385/850811/world/ketabw.htm |title= علم و فرهنگ در آذربايجان|publisher=[Hamshahri](/source/Hamshahri)|date=2006|access-date=28 May 2015}}][{{cite news|url=http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/hamnews/1385/850611/news/learning.htm#s28464|title= تاريخ چاپ و چاپخانه|publisher=[Hamshahri](/source/Hamshahri)|date= September 2, 2006|access-date=28 May 2015}}][{{cite news|url=http://www.tavoosonline.com/News/NewsDetailEn.aspx?src=22474|title=Iran's Tabriz to ink sister city pact with Turkey's Konya|publisher=Tavoos According to the [Press TV](/source/Press_TV)|date=September 9, 2014|access-date=28 May 2015|archive-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531014551/http://www.tavoosonline.com/News/NewsDetailEn.aspx?src=22474|url-status=dead}}]
==Firsts of Tabriz in the Iranian History==
* ''Printing Industry'': The first [publication](/source/publication) house was founded by Prince [Abbas Mirza](/source/Abbas_Mirza) in [Tabriz](/source/Tabriz), And 12 years later a second publication was established in [Tehran](/source/Tehran).[{{cite news|url=http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13920108000163|title=تبریز شهر اولینهاست|publisher=[Farsnews Agency](/source/Farsnews_Agency)|date=2013|access-date=28 May 2015|archive-date=16 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316045326/http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13920108000163|url-status=dead}}]
* ''[Library](/source/Library)'': [Tarbiat library](/source/Tarbiat_library), Iran's first public library was founded by Muhammad Ali tarbiat in 1921.[{{cite news|url=http://portal.nlai.ir/daka/Wiki%20Pages/%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87%20%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%20%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%20%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2.aspx |title=كتابخانه عمومي تربيت تبريز |publisher=Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science |access-date=28 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701115948/http://portal.nlai.ir/daka/Wiki%20Pages/%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87%20%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%20%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%20%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2.aspx |archive-date=July 1, 2012 }}]
* ''[Guest house](/source/Guest_house)'' or Hotel: Tabriz is the first city in Iran where the new style hotels and motels have been built.[{{cite news|url=http://www.irna.ir/fa/News/80787407/|title=تبریز، آرمان شهر گردشگران تابستانی ایران زمین|publisher=[Irna](/source/Islamic_Republic_News_Agency)|date=2013|access-date=31 March 2016}}]
*''[Cinema](/source/Cinema_of_Iran)'': The first public cinema in Iran (1900)[{{cite news|url=http://www.cinemamuseum.ir/Content.aspx?ID%3DEvents%26TypeId%3D8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126160309/http://www.cinemamuseum.ir/Content.aspx?ID=Events&TypeId=8|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2012|title=گاهشمار سینمای ایران|publisher=cinemamuseum|access-date=28 May 2015}}]
*''[School](/source/Education_in_Iran)'': The first school of primary education (New approach) in Iran was founded by [Haji-Mirza Hassan Roshdieh](/source/Haji-Mirza_Hassan_Roshdieh) in [Tabriz](/source/Tabriz) (1893).[{{cite news|url=http://www.ibna.ir/fa/doc/report/212906/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4-%D8%A2%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A8%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE-%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A2%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%BE-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8|title=دانشآموزان نام بنیانگذار مدرسه در ایران را نشنیدهاند!/ تاریخ نخستین آشنایی ایرانیان با چاپ، روزنامه و کتاب|publisher=Iranian Book Agency (Ibnanews)|date=2013 |access-date=28 May 2015}}]
* ''Kindergartens and school for the Deaf & Mute'': [Jabbar Baghtcheban](/source/Jabbar_Baghtcheban) the first children's book author and publisher and founder of the first school for the Deaf & Mute in Iran.[[Samad Sardarinia](/source/%3Afa%3A%D8%B5%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7). "[Jabbar Baghtcheban](/source/Jabbar_Baghtcheban)", Azerbaijan's Celebrities, Second Edition 2000.]
* ''New Literature'': [Mirza Abdul'Rahim Talibov Tabrizi](/source/Mirza_Abdul'Rahim_Talibov_Tabrizi), founder of new composition and [Mirza Fatali Akhundov](/source/Mirza_Fatali_Akhundov), founder of the playwright in Iran. also Mirza-Agha Tabrizi the first Iranian playwright who has written plays to Persian language.[{{cite news|url=http://portal.nlai.ir/daka/Wiki%20Pages/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%BE%20%D9%88%20%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87.aspx|title=چاپ و چاپخانه|publisher=Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science|access-date=28 May 2015|archive-date=5 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705113858/http://portal.nlai.ir/daka/Wiki%20Pages/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%BE%20%D9%88%20%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87.aspx|url-status=dead}}] But people did not accept it and after a while stopped printing it.[{{cite news|url=http://www.encyclopaediaislamica.com/madkhal2.php?sid=5376 |title=چاو Chaw |publisher=Islamic encyclopedia |access-date=28 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502142330/http://www.encyclopaediaislamica.com/madkhal2.php?sid=5376 |archive-date=May 2, 2015 }}]
* ''[Chamber of Commerce](/source/Iran_Chamber_of_Commerce%2C_Industries%2C_Mines_%26_Agriculture)'': The first "Chamber of Commerce of Iran" in [Tabriz](/source/Tabriz) (1906)[{{cite news|url=http://www.tccim.ir/BW/newsfullstory.aspx?nid=133 |title=پیشینه تاریخی اتاق تبریز |publisher=Women in Business |date=2007 |access-date=28 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502051356/http://www.tccim.ir/BW/newsfullstory.aspx?nid=133 |archive-date=May 2, 2015 }}]
* ''[Municipality](/source/Municipality)'': The first municipality in Iran Founded in 1908.[{{cite news|url=http://www.magiran.com/npview.asp?ID=1391615|title= يک شهرداري صد ساله با صدها مشکل |publisher=[Resalat](/source/Resalat_(newspaper))|date=2007 |access-date=28 May 2015}}]
* ''[Firefighting](/source/Firefighting)'': The first firefighting Was established in 1842.[{{cite news|url=http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8607050276 |title=كاهش 58 ثانيهاي حضور ماموران آتش نشاني تبريز در محل حادثه |publisher=[Farsnews Agency](/source/Farsnews_Agency) |date=2007 |access-date=28 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429090321/http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8607050276 |archive-date=April 29, 2015 }}]
* ''[Telephone](/source/Telephone)'': The first city in Iran that was equipped with telephone system (1901).[{{cite news|url=http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/hamnews/1384/840205/Irshahr/tahransh.htm |title=سرگذشتي از ورود صنعت برق به ايران |publisher=[Hamshahri](/source/Hamshahri) |date=2005 |access-date=28 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213085135/http://hamshahrionline.ir/hamnews/1384/840205/Irshahr/tahransh.htm |archive-date=February 13, 2009 }}]
* ''[Charity Foundation NGO](/source/Non-governmental_organization)'': The first Charity Foundation NGO in Iran Founded in 1952.[{{cite news|url=http://www.tabnakazarsharghi.ir/fa/news/32728/%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B2-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%87%D8%A7|title=تبریز شهر اولین ها|publisher=[Tabnak](/source/Tabnak)|date= 2015|access-date=28 May 2015}}]
* ''[Air Taxi](/source/Air_Taxi)'': The first air taxi flight was conducted from [Tabriz](/source/Tabriz) to [Aras Free Zone](/source/Aras_Free_Zone) (2012).[{{cite news|url=http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13910806001255|title=پرواز نخستین تاکسی هوایی کشور/ نخستین تاکسی هوایی کشور مسافران خود را پیاده کرد|publisher=[Farsnews Agency](/source/Farsnews_Agency)|date=2012|access-date=28 May 2015|archive-date=30 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030174149/http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13910806001255|url-status=dead}}]
* ''[Colonel Pessian](/source/Colonel_Pessian)'': The first Iranian pilot and aviator.[{{cite news|url=http://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/4787270/%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%84%DA%98%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B1-%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86|title=زندگینامه اولین لژیونر فوتبال ایران |publisher=YJC|date=2014 |access-date=28 May 2015}}] and first coach of [Iran national football team](/source/Iran_national_football_team) (1941 —- 1951).
* ''[Yahya Adl](/source/Yahya_Adl)'': Father's surgery.[http://publicrelations.tums.ac.ir/files/neda/88_21.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409174703/http://publicrelations.tums.ac.ir/files/neda/88_21.pdf |date=2014-04-09 }} ([Tehran University of Medical Sciences](/source/Tehran_University_of_Medical_Sciences))]
* ''[Javad Heyat](/source/Javad_Heyat)'': The vanguards of modern medicine in Iran (1962).[{{cite news|title=زندگینامه: حمید نطقی (۱۲۸۹- ۱۳۷۸)|url=http://hamshahrionline.ir/details/124505|access-date=4 June 2015|work=[Hamshahri](/source/Hamshahri)|date=4 June 2015}}][{{cite news |title=آشنايي با پايه گذار روابط عمومي علمي در ايران |url=http://www.prsir.org/puscience_iran.asp#1 |work=Public Relations Society of Iran |date=4 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523024619/http://www.prsir.org/puscience_iran.asp#1 |archive-date=2015-05-23 }}]
* [Azim Gheichisaz](/source/Azim_Gheychisaz): The first Iranian mountain climber joined [8000ers](/source/Eight-thousander).
* and first of Football Museum (2014),[{{cite news|url=http://www.mehrnews.com/news/2449309/%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B2-%D9%BE%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%87|title=تاریخ یک قرن فوتبال آذربایجان ورق خورد/ |publisher=[Mehr News Agency](/source/Mehr_News_Agency)|date=2014 |access-date=28 May 2015}}] Police (1907), Association for Women (1908), Seismographic station (1855), Faculty of Nursing (1916), Faculty of carpet (1994),Association of note issue, Public limited company (1900), Kindergarten (1924), Guesthouse, The formation of popular councils, Credit Card bus, Was established in Tabriz.