AHVĀZ iii. Monuments Little of architectural interest appears to have survived from the medieval period. On the left or east…

BAND-E AMĪR (the amir’s dike) or Band-e ʿAżodī, a dam or weir constructed across the Kor river at the southeast…

FASĀ i. Geography and History The sub-province (šahrestān) of Fasā, with an area of ca. 3,820 km2, is bounded to the…

CHRISTIANITY ii. In Pre-Islamic Persia: Material Remains Apart from literary sources, evidence for Christian communities within the Sasanian empire is…