Qaryat al-Bidh

Deh Bid lies in the cold highlands of northern Fars, on the road between Isfahan and Shiraz. Its name, meaning willow village, belongs to a country of mountain valleys and cultivated plains between Abadeh and the Marvdasht basin. The upland route passes settlements of the Shul people as it descends towards the old heartland of Fars. Fields and grazing grounds share the high valley, whose climate is markedly cooler than the southern lowlands.