Fars (territory)

The Cyrus the Great founded Satrap of Persia (in place of present-day Marvdasht, north of Fars province), then he moved Achaemenid Empire capital to Susa.

This region is the origin of Persian language and in addition to that, the forms of the old Pahlavi dialect have remained in it until today.

Ibn Hawqal considered the borders of this state from the east to Kerman, from the west to Khuzestan and from the north to the desert leading to Khorasan and part of Isfahan and from the south adjacent to the Persian Gulf.

Until the last century, the Fars territory was considered as an integrated state in terms of political division with differences compared to the past.

These five Khwarrah, which were also established in the post-Islamic period, are: Some of important cities of the state of Fars: Shiraz, Nai Zi (Neyriz), Siraf, Arrajan (current Behbahan), and... Other ancient cities of the state of Fars: Gor, Istakhr, Darabgerd, Bishapur, Arrajan, Siraf, Kaseh, Janabeh, Mahrooyan, Qondejan, Shush, Tawwaj, Nobandjan, Beyza, Yazd-e Khāst, Juyom, Ij, Najirom, Rishehr, Siniz, Neyriz, Qatruyeh, Temukan, Meshkan, Persepolis, Paishiyauvada, Liyan.

The position of Fars in map of Iran in the era of Abbasid Caliphate taken from the book of The Lands of The Eastern Caliphate
The position of Fars on the shores of the Persian Gulf in the era of Abbasid Caliphate taken from the book of The Lands of The Eastern Caliphate