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Amir chakhmaq complex

This square was built in the fifteenth century during the Timurid period, after the governor of Yazd, Amir Jalal-al din Chakhmaq, came to power. Amir Jalal-o-Din Chakhmaq was the commander of Shahrokh Timurid (one of the kings of the Timurid dynasty). Amir Jalaluddin, with his wife, Fatima Khatun, known as Seti Fatima, completed the construction of this square.

This monument is not just a square, but a collection including baths, mosques, caravansaries, qanats, and so on.

What we can see today is the revived historic monument with some changes over the years.

Some of the changes made in Amir-Chakhmaq square are as follows:

  • Reconstruction of the square and some of the monuments in the reign of Shah Abbas Safavi
  • Changing the square and the front part of the mosque to Husseinieh in the nineteenth century
  • The expansion of the mosque and repairing some parts of it during the time of Fath Ali Shah Qajar
  • Destruction of some parts of the mosque in the twentieth century, during the Pahlavi era, due to street construction
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Yazd is one of the destinations in Iran that is highly recommended to visit. It is a city that has preserved its historical spaces through the centuries and offers exceptional sceneries to the visitors.

Yazd is one of the oldest human settlements on Earth, which is described as “a very fine and splendid city” by the world most famous explorer, Marco Polo. It is also home to many Zoroastrians, concentrated in Persia in the past.

Yazd, the city of wind-catchers, with its hidden beauties and wonders, is now listed among the World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.

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Yazd

Yazd is a city located on a plain with the same name, on the central plateau of Iran. This city, located between the Shirkouh and Kharaneg Mountains, is bordered by the cities of Meybod and Ardakan to the north, the cities of Taft and Abarkuh to the south, the city of Isfahan to the west, and the cities of Ardakan and Bafq to the east.”
The city of Yazd has been named differently at different times; names like Isatitis, Izad Tis, Shahr-e-Izad, Kase, Yazdan Shahr, Dar Al-Abadeh, Yazdan Gerd and so forth.The name Kase can be found in books like “Fārsnāma” (the book of Fars) by Ibn al-Balkhi and “The History of Yazd” by Ahmad ibn Hussein ibn Ali Kateb.Kase means small. The reason for this naming is the small size of the city of Kase, comparing to Isatis that was located near Kase and was bigger than it was. However, there are other opinions that are overlooked for brevity.