Dehdasht

Dehdasht occupies a plain among the southwestern Zagros mountains. Its old city, known as Bilad Shapur and later associated with Kohgiluyeh, preserves extensive stone-built remains. Mosques, baths, a bazaar and caravanserai stood within a town protected by walls and towers, while houses filled the streets between them. The ruins reveal an urban centre rather than an isolated mountain settlement.

Under the Safavids Dehdasht was an important centre of Kohgiluyeh and a stopping place in trade with the southern ports. Merchants and travellers used the caravanserai, while religious and public buildings served its inhabitants. The town later declined, leaving its stone buildings to mark the former extent of a city that once connected the Zagros valleys with the lowlands and the Persian Gulf.