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from India, Pashutanji Marker. The clock tower has been made on 26 Oct 1942. The Markar clock tower or Borj-e Sa'at Markar is located in the middle of the Marker Clock Plaza. The Tower is located in the center point of Iran
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Mirza Soroush obtained permission for, and supervised the construction of the Markar Plaza with gardens around it. The plaza is situated on the road to
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There are poems on four sides of tower from a local poet, Naser, which located in two lines and should read clockwise. The upper line poem is about
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Sa'at means "clock", which refers to the four face clock in top of the tower. Markar is the name of benefactor who paid the cost of building.
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This hemstitch has an Abjad numeric value: 300+1+4+40+1+7+20+200+4+1+200+50+10+20+40+1+200+20+1+200=1320
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by J. Smith & Sons Co. The spring should be charged weekly.
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The tower has a height of about 4 meters, a square shape, a
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