Bandar-e Deylam

Bandar Deylam stands on the northern shore of the Persian Gulf, where a low coastal plain meets the sea. North of the town lie the remains of Mahruyan, a medieval port at the end of a road leading towards the Iranian interior. Its ruined walls and scattered pottery, including Chinese wares, recall a time when ships and merchants linked this shore with distant markets. The port itself and the later settlement of Deylam were distinct places on the same coast.