Taleghani St.,next to Vakil mosque, Shiraz
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Description
Vakil was Karim Khan’s alias, a king from Zandid dynasty. He orders for construction of a complex consisting of a bathhouse, a mosque and a bazaar. The idea was that you should first wash yourself, then pray while clean, then proceed to do business. The bazaar is the last part of the complex and one of the most famous bazaars in Iran. The distinctive points about this bazaar is that most features of a traditional bazaar have been preserved in it.
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