Zarand

Zarand lies on a plain northwest of Kerman, where roads lead towards Kuhbanan, Bafq and Ravar. Medieval geographers called it an old town, and it belonged to a chain of oases along the desert edge. It was once a substantial settlement with six gates and a congregational mosque at its centre. When the Ghuzz devastated Bardsir in the late twelfth century, Malik Dinar made Zarand his seat and the administrative centre of Kerman.