Amir Chakhmaq Complex

This article is about the caravanserai and square complex. For the adjacent Shi'ite mosque, see Amir Chakhmaq Mosque.

Amir Chakhmaq Complex
مجموعه میدان امیرچخماق
The complex and courtyard at dusk
Location of the caravanserai in Iran
Religion
Affiliation	Shia Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Caravanserai Tekyeh Bathhouse Water well Confectionery
Location
Location	Yazd, Yazd province
Country	Iran
Coordinates	31°53′38″N 54°22′10″E
Architecture
Type	Mosque architecture
Style	Timurid
Founder	Jalal ed-Din Amir Chakhmaq Shami
Completed	Timurid Empire
Specifications
Dome	One
Minaret	Two

The Amir Chakhmaq Complex at night

The Amir Chakhmaq Complex (Persian: مجموعه میدان امیرچخماق, romanized: Majmūʿa Meydân Amir Čaqmaq) 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 tekyeh, a bathhouse, a cold water well, and a confectionery. At night, the building is lit up after twilight hours after sun set with orange lighting in the arched alcoves which makes it a spectacle. During the Iran–Iraq War and the Iraq wars with the United States and Afghanistan, many Iraqis and Afghanis came to inhabit the Amir Chakhmaq Square.