Markar Clock Tower

31°53′02″N 54°22′06″E / 31.883839°N 54.368312°E / 31.883839; 54.368312

The Markar Clock Tower also known as Borj-e Sa'at-e Markar (Persian: برج ساعت مارکار) is the historical clock tower in Yazd, Iran.

History

The cost of building has been paid by a Zoroastrian from India, Pashutanji Marker.^[1] The clock tower has been made on 26 Oct 1942. The Markar clock tower or Borj-e Sa'at Markar is located in the middle of the Marker Clock Plaza.^[2]^[3] The Tower is located in the center point of Iran coordinately.

Architecture

The tower has a height of about 4 meters, a square shape, a pyramid on, and looks like as an obelisk. The Tower is located in the center point of Iran coordinately. The movement system has been made in London by J. Smith & Sons Co. The spring should be charged weekly.

Mirza Soroush obtained permission for, and supervised the construction of the Markar Plaza with gardens around it. The plaza is situated on the road to Kerman just north of the Markarabad school entrance.

There are poems on four sides of tower from a local poet, Naser, which located in two lines and should read clockwise. The upper line poem is about Ferdowsi, but the lower line is about the benefactor. The last hemstitch (شادم از کردار نیک مارکار) implies the end time/year of building of tower in Abjad numerals system; 13:20 or 1320 (Solar Hijri), as well as Markar's religion (Zoroastrian) by using one of his religion maxims: "Good Deeds"; (Persian: کردار نیک).

This hemstitch has an Abjad numeric value: 300+1+4+40+1+7+20+200+4+1+200+50+10+20+40+1+200+20+1+200=1320

Etymology

Sa'at means "clock", which refers to the four face clock in top of the tower. Markar is the name of benefactor who paid the cost of building.

Gallery

Markar Sa'at Plaza
The clock movt. system designed in London.

References

^ Shahriari, Mahshid (4 December 2020). "Pashutanji Marker: A Prominent Name in Zoroastrian History". Amordad News. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
^ "Page 4:Zoroastrian Schools of Yazd. Markarabad. Hataria, Marker, Lohrasp".
^ "CHN | Nowrooz". Archived from the original on 2008-11-01. Retrieved 2016-08-23.

External links

Media related to Markar Clock Tower at Wikimedia Commons

[Amordad-1] Shahriari, Mahshid (4 December 2020). "Pashutanji Marker: A Prominent Name in Zoroastrian History". Amordad News. Retrieved 10 December 2022.

[heritage-2] "Page 4:Zoroastrian Schools of Yazd. Markarabad. Hataria, Marker, Lohrasp".

[3] "CHN | Nowrooz". Archived from the original on 2008-11-01. Retrieved 2016-08-23.

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