Tâkestân

Takestan, formerly known as Siaden, lies west of Qazvin on a plain crossed by the road towards Abhar and Zanjan. Its later name means vineyard, reflecting the vines grown in the surrounding country. The small domed tomb known as Pir-e Takestan dates from the Seljuk period, its brickwork preserving a trace of the town's medieval past. Fields and gardens spread across the plain beneath the mountains that enclose this part of the Iranian plateau.