Zagros Mountains

The Jebal Barez mountains run southeast between Bam and the Jiroft country. Their ridges divide the dry eastern side from the valleys of the Halil basin, and many streams rise among their heights. The highest peak, Alam Shah, reaches more than 3,700 metres. The inhabitants of these mountains retained the Zoroastrian faith through the Umayyad period and converted to Islam towards the end of the ninth century under the Saffarids.