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Imamzadeh Jafar

🕌 Shrine

Imamzadeh Jafar Boulevard, Yazd

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Imamzadeh Jafar is a historic shrine on Imamzadeh Jafar Boulevard in Yazd, in the Mosalla-ye Atiq quarter. The building is close to a thousand years old, and its two tall tiled minarets can be seen from afar.

When was it built?

The building is dated to 424 AH (1033), and a repair to 1083 AH (1672). It was added to Iran's National Heritage List on 12 April 1999 as number 2320. Its two new minarets were finished in 2017.

What was it built for?

This is a shrine for the people of Yazd, and its building and cultural work are paid for mostly by public donations. Beside the shrine, the Imam Sadegh conference hall has also been built for religious and cultural events.

What you will see

Two minarets, each about 35 metres tall and covered all over in coloured mosaic tiles.
The Quranic inscriptions on the minarets: two with Surah al-Shams and two with Surah al-Fajr.
Three tiers of balconies on each minaret, with latticework in front of them.

Something interesting

Building the minarets was left unfinished, behind scaffolding, for about 35 years for lack of funds. Finally, with help from the public and the endowments office, they were unveiled on the eve of Eid al-Ghadir in 2017.