Yazd, Amir Chakhmaq Square, Ceremony To Commemorate A Martyr, Officials Attending The Prayer
Located in the center of Iran, Yazd Province (Ostān-e Yazd) has an area of 131,575 km² and a population of approximately 1 million. It is situated at an oasis where the Dasht-e Kavir desert and the Dasht-e Lut desert meet. The city of Yazd itself is sometimes called "the bride of the Kavir" because of its location, in a valley between Shir Kuh, the tallest mountain in the region at 4,075 m above sea level, and Kharaneq. The Amir Chakhmaq Complex (Majmūʿa Meydân Amir Čaqmaq, also Romanized Chakhmaq, Chakmaq, Chakhmagh, Chakmak) is a prominent structure in the city, noted for its symmetrical sunken alcoves. It is a mosque located on a square of the same name. It also contains a caravanserai, a tekyeh, a bathhouse, a cold water well, and a confectionery. At night, the building is lit up after twilight hours after sun set with orange lighting in the arched alcoves which makes it a spectacle. During the Iran–Iraq War and the Iraq wars with the United States and Afghanistan, many Iraqis and Afghanis have come to inhabit the Amir Chakhmaq Square. On the day I visited, a tent with soldiers and military photographs had been erected on the left of the square, with a large stage in the middle. The commemoration of the death of an Iranian army officier killed in Syria fighting Daesh/ISIS took place at 7:00 pm. This was both a political and a religious ceremony to commemorate the martyr.
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Location: Amir Chakhmaq Square, Yazd, Iran
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