Narmāshīr

Narmashir lay on the desert edge southeast of Bam, amidst palm groves and gardens. The medieval town was a fortified market on the pilgrimage road from Sistan, where merchants from Khorasan traded in goods from Oman and India. Four gates opened through its defences, and its Friday mosque stood among the markets beneath a notable minaret. The district was known for dates as well as its place on the routes of southeastern Persia.

The geographer Hamdallah Mustawfi still described Narmashir as populous in the fourteenth century. The old town continued to develop into the late Timurid age, but declined and was abandoned during the Safavid period. Its name survived for the surrounding district. In the eighteenth century the Ghilzai established themselves there, probably with Nader Shah's approval, while neighbouring Bam served as a forward Iranian position facing them.