{"id":8238,"date":"2016-02-12T09:33:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T09:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/?p=8238"},"modified":"2016-02-12T09:33:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T09:33:22","slug":"bazaar-e-vakil-shiraz-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/bazaar-e-vakil-shiraz-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Bazaar-e Vakil, Shiraz, Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- onsite-txt --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 468px; height: 15px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9334026102155055\" data-ad-slot=\"2911505360\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\nBazaar-e Vakil (Vakil Bazaar), (<strong>\u0628\u0627\u0632\u0627\u0631 \u0648\u06a9\u06cc\u0644<\/strong>\u200e) is the main bazaar of Shiraz. It has beautiful courtyards, caravansarais, bath houses, and old shops which are deemed among the best places in Shiraz to buy all kinds of Persian rugs, spices, copper handicrafts and antiques.<\/p>\n<p>Bazaar-e Vakil is located in the historical center of the city in Darb\u2019e Shahzadeh near the Vakil Mosque. It displays a beautiful architecture with wide corridors and high ceilings along with openings which allow air circulation and penetration of light. It extends from near the Isfahan Gate (<strong>\u062f\u0631\u0648\u0627\u0632\u0647 \u0627\u0635\u0641\u0647\u0627\u0646<\/strong>) to where the Bazaars of the old city of Shiraz begin, and it comprises arched alcoves with wide platforms in between, and seventy four high and well proportioned arches sustaining the roof.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6989 aligncenter\" title=\"Vakil Bazar, Shiraz, Iran\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Vakil-Bazar-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Vakil-Bazar-Iran.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Vakil-Bazar-Iran-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><br \/>\n<em> Saraye Moshir (<strong>\u0633\u0631\u0627\u06cc \u0645\u0634\u06cc\u0631<\/strong>), an old caravanserail in the Bazaar-e Vakil, Shiraz, Fars province, Iran<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Photo by dynamosquito<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThere is a high domed crossing, where the east and west bazaars diverge from the main bazaar. Several of the main arches, and a number of intervening alcoves of the Bazaar-e Vakil, which were used as shops, were demolished when the Zand Avenue was extended eastwards.<br \/>\nThe bazaar was constructed of yellow bricks following the design of the earlier royal bazaar in Isfahan. It has five entrances with two rows of shops (Hojreh) (<strong>\u062d\u062c\u0631\u0647<\/strong>), situated north-south and east-west direction and perpendicular to each other. The floor of these shops are elevated about 70 centimeters from the street level, leaving a shelf in front of the shops running in all the length of the street. This shelf is about 1 meter wide. The bazaar has also beautiful courtyards, caravanserais, bath houses, and old shops which are deemed among the best places in Shiraz to buy all kinds of Persian rugs, spices, copper handicrafts and antiques. Like other Middle Eastern Bazaars there are a few numbers of mosques and Imamzadehs constructed adjacent or behind the Bazaar.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6991 aligncenter\" title=\"Vakil Bazar, Shiraz, Iran\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Vakil-Bazar-Iran-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Vakil-Bazar-Iran-2.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Vakil-Bazar-Iran-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><br \/>\n<em> Khatam Kari (<strong>\u062e\u0627\u062a\u0645 \u06a9\u0627\u0631\u06cc<\/strong>), Iranian craftman making khatam at Bazaar-e Vakil, Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Photo by dynamosquito<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nPreviously a functional and giant marble pool used to exist in the middle of the bazaar with its water being provided from the western wing of the bazaar. Gradually and as a result of the floor of the bazaar being brought up the pool is no longer in place. The tall ceilings of the bazaar combined with some simple wind towers enables the purification and steady flow of fresh air in the bazaar. Originally there were many more openings on the roof which allowed fresh air and light to penetrate the bazaar although as a result of renovations many of such openings have now been sealed and perforated openings above the shops have been put in place.<\/p>\n<p>Some believe that the market originally was established by the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buyid_dynasty\" target=\"_blank\">Buwayhids (Buyid dynasty) (<strong>\u0622\u0644 \u0628\u0648\u06cc\u0647\u200e\u200e<\/strong>)<\/a>(945\u20131055), and was completed mainly by the Atabaks of Fars, and only was renamed after <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karim_Khan\" target=\"_blank\">Karim Khan Zand (<strong>\u06a9\u0631\u06cc\u0645\u062e\u0627\u0646 \u0632\u0646\u062f<\/strong>)<\/a> in the 18th century. Others believe that the Zand monarch, after seeing the ancient Bazaar dating from the time of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abbas_I_of_Persia\" target=\"_blank\">Shah Abbas (<strong>\u0634\u0627\u0647 \u0639\u0628\u0627\u0633<\/strong>)<\/a>, laid out the design of the long finely-planned Bazaar in Shiraz, which is one of the best of the late Vakil&#8217;s monuments.<br \/>\nToday, it is home to almost 200 stores selling carpets, handicrafts, spices and clothes and is one of the most atmospheric bazaars in Iran, especially in the early evening when it is fantastically photogenic. As usual, it\u2019s best explored by wandering without concern for time or direction, soaking up the atmosphere in the maze of lanes leading off the main thoroughfares. Source: <em>chnpress.ir<\/em><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- onsite3 --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 728px; height: 90px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9334026102155055\" data-ad-slot=\"7341704967\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bazaar-e Vakil (Vakil Bazaar), (\u0628\u0627\u0632\u0627\u0631 \u0648\u06a9\u06cc\u0644\u200e) is the main bazaar of Shiraz. It has beautiful courtyards, caravansarais, bath houses, and old shops which are deemed among the best places in Shiraz to buy all kinds of Persian rugs, spices, copper handicrafts and antiques. 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