Borūjerd

Borujerd stands on a high plain at the eastern edge of the Zagros, surrounded by grain fields and mountain pastures. Its Friday Mosque includes a domed chamber of the Seljuq period, while the town's old quarters contained bazaars, madrasas and caravanserais. In the eighteenth century Borujerd became an important military centre; the Qajar rulers later maintained a garrison here as they sought to assert authority over the Lur tribes of the western mountains.