Khwar

Khwar lies at the edge of the central Iranian salt desert, where the Hablarud descends from the Alborz into a cultivated plain. Rivers, canals and underground qanats supported fields and fodder in this dry country east of Varamin. Under the Safavids a road crossed the desert south of Khwar, linking Isfahan with the route towards Mazandaran. A stone causeway laid across the salt marshes, together with caravanserais and a small palace, helped travellers pass this difficult stretch of the plateau.