Tabriz Bazaar

Tabriz Bazaar is the largest covered brick bazaar in the world and one of the prominent examples of Iranian architecture. This bazaar consists of 20 corridors, 35 caravanserais, 25 Timchehs (domed halls), 11 schools, and about 5,500 shops with over 40 different types of professions. Parts of the Tabriz Bazaar include Amir Bazaar, Kafashan Bazaar, Yemeni Dozz Bazaar, and the Right Path of Tabriz Bazaar. The current bazaar dates back to the late Zand and Qajar periods. It is located in the central core of Tabriz city, extending from Alighapoo (the complex of Crown Prince’s palaces) in the east to Jameh Mosque in the west, and from some parts of the Meydan River in the north, which are connected by wooden bridges. Some of the most famous travelers and tourists such as Ibn Battuta, Marco Polo, Jackson, Ulysses Chalabi, Yaqut al-Hamawi, Gaspar Drouville, Alexis Suctikov, Jean Chardin, Eugene Flandin, John Cartwright, Jamali Kardi, Clavijo, Robert Grant Watson, Hamdallah Mustawfi, and Maqdesi have praised the splendor and grandeur of the Tabriz Bazaar. In the past, due to Tabriz’s location at the crossroads of the Silk Road and the passage of thousands of caravans from various Asian, African, and European countries, this city and its bazaar have enjoyed great prosperity.