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Timeline of Yazd
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Yazd, Iran.
Prior to 20th century
- 749 - Abu-Moslem Khorasani in power.[1]
- 1051 - Kakuyid Faramurz in power.[2]
- 1070 - Ali ibn Faramurz in power (approximate date).
- 1119 - Masjed-e ʿAtiq (Friday Mosque) built by ʿAlāʿ-al-Dawla Garšāsp.[3]
- 1141 - Atabegs of Yazd in power.
- 1228/1229 - Mahmud Shah in power.[2]
- 1271/1272 - Ala al-Dawla in power.[2]
- 1274/1275 - Flood.[2]
- 14th century CE - Muin al-Din Yazdi writes history of Yazd.[4]
- 1307/1308 - Duvazdah Imam (tomb) built.[5]
- 1318 - Muzaffarid Mubariz al-Din Muhammad becomes governor.[3]
- 1320 - Shah Kamal madrasa built.[5]
- 1324 - Jame Mosque of Yazd built.[6]
- 1325
- Madrasa-ye Rokniya built.[3][5]
- Italian traveller Odoric of Pordenone visits city.[1]
- 1346/1347 - City walls expanded.[6]
- 1365 - Tomb of Šams-al-Din Moḥammad built (approximate date).[3]
- 1368/1369 - Masjed-e Rig (mosque) built.[7]
- 1385/1386 - Mosque of Ḵᵛāja Ḥāji Abu’l-Maʿāli[what language is this?] built.[3]
- 1395 - Fortifications built.[6]
- 15th century CE - Historians Ahmad ibn Husain Ali Katib and Jafar ibn Muhammad ibn Hasan Jafari each write histories of Yazd.[4]
- 1405/1406 - Iskandar b. Umar Shaykh becomes governor.[2]
- 1421/1422 - Bazaar built near Mehriz gate.[7]
- 1456 - Flood.[5]
- 1457 - Haji-Qanbar Bazaar built.[1]
- 1720s - Ghalzai Afghans in power.[6]
- 1742/1743 - Mirza Husayn becomes governor.[2]
- 1747 - Mohammad Taqi Khan becomes governor (until 1798).[7]
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20th century
- 1903 - Anti-Baháʼí unrest.[2]
- 1920 - Population: 45,000 (approximate estimate).[8]
- 1931 - Factory in business.[9]
- 1935 - Pahlavi Street constructed.[1]
- 1940 - Yazd Ateshkade (Zoroastrian building) opens.[10]
- 1976 - City Hall built.[1]
- 1982 - Population: 193,000 (estimate).[11]
- 1986 - Population: 234,003.[1]
- 1991 - Shahid Ghandi Yazd (football club) formed.
- 1996 - Population: 326,776.[12]
21st century
- 2004 - Foolad Yazd F.C. (football club) formed.
- 2009 - Yazd Solar Power Station commissioned near city.
- 2011 - Population: 486,152.[13]
- 2013 - 14 June: Local election held.
- 2014 - Tarbiat Yazd F.C. (football club) active.
See also
- Yazd history (fa)
- List of mayors of Yazd
- Timelines of other cities in Iran: Bandar Abbas, Hamadan, Isfahan, Kerman, Mashhad, Qom, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran
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