On the top of the Qeysarie Gate, there are some foramens as the empty place of a clock made by an English man named ‘Fasty’ for Shah Abbas I. when the creator died, the clock stopped working and no one else was ever found to be able to launch the clock’s hands again.
Upon this clock, a great bronze bell was dangling which was plundered from the Portuguese castle in Hormuz. This bell was never struck; however, it was melted to make cannons in 1800 and it probably had had a formidable sound. After a few years, the clock suddenly disappeared from atop the gate. Aligned over the walls in front of Ali Qapu, were 120 cannons which were also plundered from Hormuz.
Name Qeisaryeh Gate
Location North of Naqshe Jahan, Entrance of the Qeisaryeh Bazaar
Era Safavid
Floors Formerly 3, 2 floors currently
National Registration No.103 at 15th Dey 1310 Solar
