Sights

Yazd AMIR CHAKHMAQ MOSQUE Next to the bazaar, there is the fourteenth century Amir Chakhmaq Mosque which originally called New Mosque (Masjid-e Nou). The mosque was built by the effort and enthusiasm of Amir Chakhmaq's wife Bibi Fatemeh Khatun. Amir Chakhmaq was the Timurid governor of Yazd. The portal of the mosque has a valuable calligraphy with a very fine marble mehrab (a place in mosques indicating the direction to Mecca, usually decorated with tiling and calligraphy). Around the mehrab is decorated with tiles and verses of the Holy Koran have been etched over stone. Nearby is the Takieh Mir Chakhmaq, a 19th century building which served as a grandstand for the traditional passion play or Tazieh (It is acted during the mourning month of Moharram, recording the martyrdom of Imam Hossein (Imam Husain), the third Saint). Presently, the free space in front of the monument has turned into a square with a new appearance of planted trees and flowers.