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Amir Chakhmaq Mosque

The Amir Chakhmaq Mosque (; ), also known as the Dahouk Mosque () and the Jāmeh Nou Mosque, is a Shi'ite mosque located adjacent to the Amir Chaghmagh Square, in the city of Yazd, in the province of Yazd, Iran.

Overview

The mosque was built on orders of Jalal ed-Din Amir Chakhmaq Shami, who was the governor of Yazd and a general of Shahrukh Mirza and was completed in , during the Timurid era. From the viewpoint of aesthetics, dimension and importance, it is one of the most outstanding buildings in Yazd. At the entrance to the mosque there is a carved inscription in the Naskh script, revealing a deed relevant to the endowment; and on the eastern entrance to the mosque there is a tiled epigraph with the Thuluth script. The dome is adorned with inscriptions in the cuneiform or Kufic script.

The mosque was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 7 December 1935, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.

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