Ghobeyrā

Ghobeyra was a medieval township south of Kerman, where an eastern highway met routes towards Baft, Esfandaqa and Jiroft. The archaeological site stood beside the confluence of the perennial Chari and seasonal Ghobeyra rivers. Its glazed ceramics, metal vessels and other finds indicate prosperity continuing into the late fourteenth century.

The excavator A. D. H. Bivar interpreted the evidence as destruction by Timur's forces in the years following 1393, when nearby Sirjan was besieged. This is an archaeological conclusion, rather than a securely dated eyewitness account of the town's fall. The latest stratified coin bore Timur's name; a coin from Jahan Shah's reign, 1438–1467, occurred in secondary habitation. Sixteenth-century and later blue-and-white pottery appeared only in hearths associated with nomadic visitors. Apart from such visits and continued use of a mosque, there is little evidence for substantial later activity at the ruined township.