Marand

Marand lies northwest of Tabriz on the route toward Khoy and the lands of Anatolia. Its Friday mosque preserves a finely decorated prayer niche, with carved plaster ornament and inscriptions that show the craftsmanship of the Ilkhanid period. The town also witnessed the struggles of the Turkmen dynasties that ruled Azarbaijan: in 1468–69 Uzun Hasan of the Aq Qoyunlu defeated Hasan Ali, son of the Qara Qoyunlu ruler Jahan Shah, near Marand.