Sarbāz

Sarbaz gives its name to a river that cuts through the Makran mountains towards the Sea of Oman. The settlement is also known as Qaleh-ye Sarbaz, or the fort of Sarbaz, recalling the strongholds of local chiefs in Baluchistan. Along the long river gorge, villages occupy pockets of ground between steep dry hills. Archaeological remains beside the river reveal settlement in the third millennium BCE and connections with other lands of southeastern Iran and the coast.