Meybod Chapar Khaneh is a rare surviving courier station in the historic desert city of Meybod, about 60 kilometres north of Yazd. Built in the Qajar era by Mirza Mohammad Ali Yazdi, it served the horse-borne postal network that carried official letters and parcels between Iranian cities. Today, its courtyard and rooms form a museum devoted to postal and communications history.
The Persian term chapar khaneh means courier house. Such stations allowed riders to rest and exchange tired horses for fresh ones, keeping messages moving over long distances. Iran’s relay-post tradition reaches back to the Achaemenid period, although the surviving Meybod building is much later. Separating the age of the system from the date of this structure is crucial to an accurate visit.
