Fārūmād

Farumad, historically Faryumad, lay in the fertile Jovayn district of western Khorasan. Its Friday mosque is a small two-iwan building distinguished by intricate carved plaster and ornamental brickwork, with touches of blue tile. Nearby stand the remains of a fortified town with thick walls, towers and a citadel. The poet Ibn Yamin, who died in 1368, was buried here beside his father.

In the fourteenth century Faryumad became the centre of Jovayn as neighbouring Azadvar declined. Its fortified quarter is associated with Ala al-Din Muhammad Faryumadi, a vizier appointed by the Ilkhan Abu Said in 1327–28. The vizier was executed by the Sarbadars in 1342, during the upheaval that followed the breakup of Ilkhanid power. The mosque's decoration belongs to the artistic world of Mongol-era Khorasan.