The following is a timeline of the
history
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of the city of
Yazd
Yazd ( fa, یزد ), formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located southeast of Isfahan. At the 2016 census, the population was 1,138,533. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a Wor ...
,
Iran
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.
Prior to 20th century
* 749 - Abu-Moslem Khorasani in power.
* 1051 -
Kakuyid Faramurz
Abu Mansur Faramurz (Persian: ابو منصور فرامرز), mostly known as Faramurz, was the Kakuyid Emir of Isfahan. He was the eldest son of Muhammad ibn Rustam Dushmanziyar. He was defeated by Tughril in 1051 and became his vassal. Faramurz ...
in power.
* 1070 -
Ali ibn Faramurz
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...
in power (approximate date).
* 1119 - Masjed-e ʿAtiq (Friday Mosque) built by ʿAlāʿ-al-Dawla Garšāsp.
* 1141 -
Atabegs of Yazd in power.
* 1228/1229 - Mahmud Shah in power.
* 1271/1272 - Ala al-Dawla in power.
* 1274/1275 - Flood.
* 14th century CE - Muin al-Din Yazdi writes history of Yazd.
* 1307/1308 - Duvazdah Imam (tomb) built.
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* 1318 -
Muzaffarid Mubariz al-Din Muhammad becomes governor.
* 1320 - Shah Kamal madrasa built.
* 1324 -
Jame Mosque of Yazd built.
* 1325
** Madrasa-ye Rokniya built.
** Italian traveller
Odoric of Pordenone visits city.
* 1346/1347 - City walls expanded.
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archived version
* 1365 - Tomb of Šams-al-Din Moḥammad built (approximate date).
* 1368/1369 - Masjed-e Rig (mosque) built.
* 1385/1386 - Mosque of Ḵᵛāja Ḥāji Abu’l-Maʿāli built.
* 1395 - Fortifications built.
* 15th century CE - Historians Ahmad ibn Husain Ali Katib and Jafar ibn Muhammad ibn Hasan Jafari each write histories of Yazd.
* 1405/1406 - Iskandar b. Umar Shaykh becomes governor.
* 1421/1422 - Bazaar built near Mehriz gate.
* 1456 - Flood.
* 1457 - Haji-Qanbar Bazaar built.
* 1720s -
Ghalzai Afghans in power.
* 1742/1743 - Mirza Husayn becomes governor.
* 1747 - Mohammad Taqi Khan becomes governor (until 1798).
20th century
* 1903 - Anti-
Baháʼí unrest.
* 1920 - Population: 45,000 (approximate estimate).
* 1931 - Factory in business.
* 1935 - Pahlavi Street constructed.
* 1940 - Yazd Ateshkade (Zoroastrian building) opens.
* 1976 - City Hall built.
* 1982 - Population: 193,000 (estimate).
* 1986 - Population: 234,003.
* 1991 -
Shahid Ghandi Yazd (football club) formed.
* 1996 - Population: 326,776.
21st century
* 2004 -
Foolad Yazd F.C.
Foolad Yazd Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال فولاد یزد) is an Iranian association football, football club based in Yazd, Iran, Yazd, Iran. They currently compete in the Azadegan League. The team was founded in 2004. (football club) formed.
* 2009 -
Yazd Solar Power Station commissioned near city.
* 2011 - Population: 486,152.
* 2013 - 14 June:
Local election
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held.
* 2014 -
Tarbiat Yazd F.C. (football club) active.
See also
*
Yazd history (
fa)
*
List of mayors of Yazd
Yazd ( fa, یزد ), formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located southeast of Isfahan. At the 2016 census, the population was 1,138,533. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a W ...
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Timelines
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Timelines can use any suitable scale representi ...
of other
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in Iran:
Bandar Abbas
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Hamadan
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Isfahan
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,
Kerman
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,
Mashhad
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Qom
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,
Shiraz
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,
Tabriz
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,
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References
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Yazd ( fa, یزد ), formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located southeast of Isfahan. At the 2016 census, the population was 1,138,533. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a Wor ...