Ernān

Ernān is placed in the wider Rafsanjān country of Kermān, where roads crossed the dry plateau between Kermān and Yazd. Settlements in this region depended on access to water and on routes linking cultivated areas with neighbouring towns.

Rafsanjān's position on the Kermān–Yazd road made it an important regional centre. The town suffered attacks during the upheavals at the end of Safavid rule. Cotton cultivation also formed part of the district's agricultural economy, alongside exchange with other parts of Iran.