Timeline of Yazd

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Yazd, Iran.

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Prior to 20th century

20th century

21st century

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bosworth 2007.
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This article incorporates information from the Persian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

in other languages

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