Dowlatābād

Dowlatabad lies on the Borkhar plain north of Isfahan, where villages and gardens spread across the dry country beyond the city. Underground qanats brought water from the foothills to the plain, supporting fields and enclosed gardens around settlements such as Dowlatabad. Their lines of wells marked the course of channels hidden beneath the ground. This cultivated landscape formed part of Isfahan's rural hinterland, set between the great city and the more barren uplands to the north.