The Amir Chakhmaq Complex is a prominent structure in Yazd, Iran, noted for its symmetrical sunken alcoves. It is a mosque located on a square of the same name. It also contains a caravanserai, a teky
The complex and courtyard at dusk
The Amir Chakhmaq Complex at night
Dome of the Amir Chakhmaq Mosque
Amir Chakhmaq Complex at night
Shah Rukh or Shahrukh Mirza was the ruler of the Timurid Empire between 1405 and 1447.
Contemporary portrait of Shah Rukh, painted in his lifetime in 1435-36, by commission of his son Ibrahim Sultan.
The Birth of Shah Rukh in Samarkand on 20 August 1377. Zafarnama of 1436, folio 148r.
Shah Rukh presenting the head of Shah Mansur to Timur in the Battle of Shiraz (1393). Tarikh e Khandan e Timuriyah (1577–78).
Shah Rukh on horse (right) is depicted making a triumphal entrance in Samarkand in 1394, after Timur named him Governor of the city. He is preceded by a customary payk groom running on foot. Contemporary miniature, commissioned by Shah Rukh's son Ibrahim Sultan in his Zafarnama of 1436.