Cheshme Ali Inscription and Hill (Spring of Ali) is an old historical site in northern part of Rey, Tehran. This site is situated in the vicinity of some other ancient monuments such as Tughrul Tower, Rashkan castle, Rey Castle and Ebn-e Babooyeh. In the past carpet sellers believed that if people wash their carpets in this spring, it will have lighter colors because of its mineral water. Cheshme Ali Inscription is just above the spring. The inscription was carved during the rule of Fath Ali Shah, the second Qajar King. The inscription shows Fatah Ali Shah’s crowning, while he is sitting by the spring and a few men surrounding him in both sides. A group from Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and, Tourism of Tehran University and the University of Bradford excavated the Cheshme Ali Hill to estimate the cultural history, documenting, and explaining changes in the past lifestyle. Some remnants from Parthia, Sassanid and Islamic era to Timurid Empire have been discovered in this site too.
