Timeline of Yazd

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Yazd, Iran.

Prior to 20th century

 * 749 - Abu-Moslem Khorasani in power.
 * 1051 - Kakuyid Faramurz in power.
 * 1070 - Ali ibn Faramurz 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.
 * 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.
 * 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. (football club) formed.
 * 2009 - Yazd Solar Power Station commissioned near city.
 * 2011 - Population: 486,152.
 * 2013 - 14 June: Local election held.
 * 2014 - Tarbiat Yazd F.C. (football club) active.

in English

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in other languages

 * (Written in 15th century CE)
 * 1969-1975 (3 volumes)
 * (Written in 15th century CE?)
 * (Written in 15th century CE)
 * 1969-1975 (3 volumes)
 * (Written in 15th century CE?)
 * (Written in 15th century CE?)