Pir-i Bakran

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Pir-i Bakran is the tomb shrine of Muhammad ibn Bakran, a Sufi saint who taught theology outside an existing structure at the site. The iwan was constructed to serve as his classrooms, but was not yet completed at the time of his death in 703/1303. The structure later modified to function as his mausoleum.

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