Vakil Water Storage

The Vakil Water Storage is an

ab anbar An ''ab anbar'' (, literally "cistern") is a traditional reservoir or cistern of drinking water in Greater Iran. Structure To withstand the pressure the water exerts on the containers of the storage tank, the storage itself was built below g ...

(water cistern) that was built in the late 18th century during the

Zand dynasty The Zand dynasty () was an Iranian dynasty, founded by Karim Khan Zand (1751–1779) that initially ruled southern and central Iran in the 18th century. It later expanded to include much of the rest of contemporary Iran (except for the provi ...

Karim Khan Mohammad Karim Khan Zand (; ) was the founder of the Zand dynasty, ruling all of Iran (Persia) except for Khorasan from 1751 to 1779. He also ruled over some of the Caucasian lands and occupied Basra for some years. While Karim was ruler, Ir ...

, the founder of the Zand dynasty, made

Shiraz Shiraz (; ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the popu ...

his capital and initiated the construction of new monuments and buildings that were necessary to improve the citizens' quality of life. He began to create a

bazaar A bazaar or souk is a marketplace consisting of multiple small Market stall, stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, Central Asia, North Africa and South Asia. They are traditionally located in vaulted or covered streets th ...

, situated at the capital, which was named

Vakil Bazaar Vakil Bazaar () is a bazaar in central Shiraz, Iran. See also * Iranian architecture Iranian architecture or Persian architecture (, ''Me'māri e Irāni'') is the architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia, the Caucasus and C ...

. Later on,

ordered engineers to build a public bath as there were no baths in people's homes back during that period. The

Vakil Bath Vakil Bath, Wakil Bath, or Wakil Hammam (Persian: حمام وکیل) is an old public bathhouse (''hammam'') in Shiraz, Iran. It was a part of the royal district constructed during Karim Khan Zand's reign (1751–1779) which includes the Arg of ...

construction was also completed in a short time, but the new capital of Iran needed a better source of fresh water, which is why his majesty thought about building a water reservoir chamber, an

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