Kāshmar

Kashmar stands on the southern side of the Kuh-e Sorkh in Khorasan, in a district long associated with Torshiz. The historic town of Torshiz lay farther west before its centre moved east toward Kashmar during the eighteenth century. Kashmar's Friday Mosque belongs to the late eighteenth century; its brick structure, courtyard and iwan reflect the continuing importance of communal worship in the town.