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. Retrieved 18 February 2017 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. (See also 2012 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. (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. 2026 - 7 April - City hit by several strikes around dawn.
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
References
This article incorporates information from the Persian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
via Google Books
(History of qanat water technology in the city)
in other languages
(Written in 15th century CE) 1969-1975 (3 volumes)
(Written in 15th century CE?)
External links
(Bibliography) Items related to Yazd, various dates (via Qatar Digital Library)
Items related to Yazd, various dates (via Europeana) Items related to Yazd, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)