Amir Chakhmaq Complex

The Amir Chakhmaq Complex (Persian: مجموعه میدان امیرچخماق, romanized: Majmūʿa Meydân Amir Čaqmaq; also Romanized Chakhmaq, Chakmaq, Chakhmagh, Chakmak) is a prominent structure in Yazd, Iran, noted for its symmetrical sunken alcoves.

[2] 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.

It was built on orders of Jalal ed-Din Amir Chakhmaq Shami, who was the governor of Yazd and a general of Shahrukh Mirza.

[6] The prominent structure has a three-storey elaborate façade of symmetrical sunken arched alcoves.

The complex includes the three-storey tekyeh which used to commemorate the death of Hussein ibn Ali.

[9] In the corner of the tekyeh, there is a nakhl, described as a "strong, wooden object with very large metal fixtures and studs".

The same year the mosque was inaugurated, Haj Qanbar Jahanshahi, who was the subsequent governor, constructed a bazaar and caravanserai at the sides of the square".

The Amir Chakhmaq Complex at night
Dome of the mosque