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FIRUZABAD , a See also:

town of See also:Persia, in the See also:province of See also:Fars, 72 M. S. of See also:Shiraz, in 28° 51' N. Pop. about 3000. It is situated in a fertile See also:plain, 15 m. See also:long and 7 M. broad, well watered by the See also:river Khoja which flows through it from See also:north to See also:south. The town is surrounded by a mud See also:wall and ditch. Three or four See also:miles north-See also:west of the town are the ruins of the See also:ancient See also:city and of a large See also:building popularly known as the See also:fire-See also:temple of See also:Ardashir, and beyond them on the See also:face of the See also:rock in the See also:gorge through which the river enters the plain are two See also:Sassanian bas-reliefs. The river leaves the plain by a narrow gorge at the See also:southern end, and according to See also:Persian See also:history it was there that See also:Alexander the See also:Great, when unable to See also:capture the ancient city, built a See also:dike across the gorge, thus damming up the See also:water of the river and turning the plain into a See also:lake and submerging the city and villages. The lake remained until the beginning of the 3rd See also:century, when Ardashir, the first Sassanian monarch, drained it by destroying the dike. He built a new city, called it Gar, and made it the See also:capital of one of the five great provinces or divisions of Fars. Firuz (or See also:Peroz, q.v.), one of Ardashir's successors, called the See also:district after his name Firazabad (" theabode of Firuz "), but the name of the city remained Gar until Azud ed Dowleh (Adod addaula) (949–982) changed it to its See also:present name. He did this because he frequently resided at Gar, and the name meaning also " a See also:grave " gave rise to unpleasant allusions, for instance, " See also:People who go to Gar (grave) never return alive; our See also:king goes to Gar (the town) several times a See also:year and is not dead yet." The district has twenty villages and produces much See also:wheat and See also:rice. It is said that the rice of Firazabad bears sixty-See also:fold.

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