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Bondor Abad Mosque, Yazd

Saturday, 05 January 2008 18:34 administrator

This mosque is at a distance of 36 kilometers from Yazd, and is located in a village named Bondor Abad. The structure of the mosque has a strong resemblance to the mosques of the 8th century AH. This means that the mosque courtyard is in the shape of a square with an area of 11m. x 11m. In its eastern and western section are two long nine meters wide porches.

Aqda Jame' Mosque, Aqda, Ardakan

Saturday, 05 January 2008 18:33 administrator

This mosque located at a distance of 74 kilometers from Naein. It has a hot bath and a summer porch. Above the altar there is a star-like tile similar to those of 8th century AH.

Other Mausoleums and Imamzadehs, Yazd

Saturday, 05 January 2008 18:31 administrator

Other sacred shrines and tombs in the province are: Imamzadeh Seyed Mohammad, 3 kilometers from Aqda. Imamzadeh Zeid Ebne Musa Alkazem, Imamzadeh Seyed Mir Hussein, Imam Zadeh Shah Zadeh Fazel. The Zarandian, Seyed Panhoun and Sheikh Dad in Yazd. Seyed Khalil Mausoleum in the Darvaze Mosalla Atiq locality, Imamzadeh Abdullah Ebne Musa Ebne Jafar (P.B.U.H. [peace be upon him]) in Bafq, Pire Cheraq Tomb in Maybod and the resting abode the Martyrs of Fahraj.

Sheikh Zeinol Abedin Ali Khamoosh Mausoleum, Yazd

Saturday, 05 January 2008 18:31 administrator

This mausoleum is located in the village of Nadooshan. 35 kilometers from Yazd. Sheikh Ali was one of the 6th century Gnostics and mystics (Sufis) who was martyred and his tomb became a pilgrimage site and a place for alms and charity. A slab of stone with the dimensions of 20 x 25 centimeters on which poems and verses in the Nasta'liq script have been engraved, along with the latticed wooden box on the tomb, some endowed (book racks), an exquisite handwritten Qoran in Naskh script dating back to the 7th century AH, old fashioned lanterns hanging from the ceiling of the structure and… are among the interesting and noticeable relics of this mausoleum.

Sheikh Davood Mausoleum, Yazd

Saturday, 05 January 2008 18:30 administrator

The same is located in the village of Nasr Abad of Yazd. On Sheikh's tomb, there is a stone with dimensions of 45 x 83 centimeters adorned with an inscription in Naskh script in which have designated the name of "Davood Ebne Sheikh Ebrahim Ebne Mohammad Ebne Ahmad Almoallem Alhaftadi". Sheikh Davood passed away in 815 AH.

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