Laft

Laft (Persian: لافت)[a] is a city in the Central District of Qeshm County, Hormozgan province, Iran.

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Laft's population was 3,899 in 765 households, when it was a village in Howmeh Rural District.

Historical monuments in Laft include Naderi Castle, a square-shaped castle with four towers; two rounded dome-like reservoirs; a burial ground in which some of the inscriptions are dated to 1000 years ago; and the shrines of Seyed Hassan Mansor, Sheikh Tousi, and Sheikh AndarAbi.

Behind the castle, in a crater, 366 Tala (Golden) wells were dug for gathering the rainwater, one for each day of the leap year in Iran.

[citation needed] At Laft harbor, there is a dock which is related to Median, Achaemenian, and Sassanian dynasties.

Golden wells
A View of Luft , on 26 November 1809 , from a sketch by Richard Temple
The attack by the British on the fort of Luft , 27 November 1809