Nāyband

Nayband is an isolated oasis on the desert road between Tabas and Ravar. Houses climb a rocky slope in tiers, above small fields and date palms watered by springs. For travellers crossing the central deserts, it offered a welcome place to rest and replenish supplies. Medieval writers described an inn, houses and irrigated fields here, while the mountains sheltered the settlement from the vast barren country around it.