Dašt-e Tarakun

Dasht-e Tarakun is a desert tract of southern Sistan, near the basin of Gowd-e Zereh. Its alluvial ground bears traces of former irrigation and abandoned settlements, evidence that land now dry once supported cultivation. Local tradition connects Tarakun with the legendary hero Rostam. Ruined forts, tombs and windmills stand amid the desert, recalling the changing fortunes of settlement along the lower Helmand.