Bāft

Baft lies high in the mountains of Kerman, amid gardens and cultivated valleys. Older parts of the settlement stood at Qal‘eh Musiyeh and Qal‘eh Kohneh, west of the later town. Underground channels, or qanats, brought water to fields and orchards around Baft and neighbouring Bezenjan. The mountain setting gave the town a cooler climate than the low country farther south.