Shima Shoes

When Haj Mirza Ali-Akbar Arab crafted shoes in his shop in 1305 solar (1926–27), no one imagined that three generations later one of Iran’s largest shoe factories would trace its future to that beginning. His son Haj Sadegh Arab continued the trade; the third generation, Mohammad Arab (born 1340 / 1961–62), entered the craft in 1358 and, by 1364, sparked the Shima brand in a small workshop—one machine, two workers—on the site that is now Shima’s main plant. From those roots the brand has grown toward a global footprint in Iranian footwear.