Jahrūm

Jahrom lay in central Fars on the route linking the Persian Gulf with Shiraz and Isfahan. Medieval geographical accounts describe a town supplied by streams and underground water channels, with dependent settlements around it. Under the Safavids, growing European trade through the Gulf increased the importance of this inland connection. Caravanserais stood on the stages between Lar and Jahrom and between Jahrom and Shiraz, although travellers found the road difficult.

In the reign of Shah Abbas I, Jahrom formed part of the crown lands. Its economy also appears through surviving copper coins bearing the city's mint name. Numismatic research has identified examples attributed to the Aq Qoyunlu and Safavid periods, with several different designs, including lion-and-sun motifs. The town later suffered during the upheavals surrounding the Safavid collapse. Its early modern history consequently joined cultivated land, caravan traffic, royal ownership and local coin production.