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Gulashkird also known as Faryjab or Paryjab or Valashgird was an important town in Kerman province of Iran during the Middle Ages as a station on the trade routes from the Persian Gulf and Persia to India and also into Central Asia.

Today the town lies at modern Faryjab, a small village north east of Bandar Abbas, south of Jiroft and 50 km north of Mantijan, near the town of Manujan and the Rudkhanah i Duzdi River.

Historically the town was a strongly fortified town with a castle known as Kftshah and was serviced by quanats that allowed the area to grow Indigo, oranges, date palms and Grain, It was mentioned by Arab geographers Mukaddasi and Yaqut al-Hamawi and Marco Polo.

The village has been suggested as a possible location for the lost city of Alexandria Carmania, founded by Alexander the Great months before he died in Babylon. Indeed, Greek pottery has been found in the area.

References

1. Lewis Vance Cummings, Alexander the Great (Grove Press, 2004) page 402.
2. E. H. Warmington, The Commerce Between the Roman Empire and India (Cambridge University Press Archive, 2014) page 24.
3. Lands of the Eastern Caliphate Archived 2015-06-19 at the Wayback Machine.
4. Guy Le Strange, The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia from the Moslem Conquest to the Time of Timur (Cosimo, Inc., 2010)page 318.
5. E. Yarshater, The Cambridge History of Iran: Seleucid Parthian (Cambridge University Press, 1983) page 773.
6. Yakut (iv, 939)
7. Travels of Marco Polo Vol2.
8. The Travels of Marco Polo vol 1, chapter16.
9. G. Le Strange, The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate, Cambridge University Press 2011. page 317
10. Lewis Vance Cummings, Alexander the Great (Grove Press, 2004)page 402 p402
11. Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes, A History of Exploration from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, Taylor & Francis, 1949

v t e Hormozgan province, Iran
Capital	Bandar Abbas
Counties and cities	Abumusa County Abu Musa Bandar Abbas County Bandar Abbas Fin Bandar Lengeh County Bandar Charak Bandar Lengeh Kish Kong Bashagard County Sardasht Bastak County Bastak Jenah Kukherd Hajjiabad County Fareghan Hajjiabad Jask County Jask Khamir County Bandar Khamir Ruydar Minab County Hasht Bandi Minab Senderk Sirik Parsian County Parsian Qeshm County Dargahan Hormuz Qeshm Suza Rudan County Rudan Ziarat-e Ali
Sights	Boz Dam Caravanserai of Bastak Castle of Aamaj Castle of Siba Dariush Grand Hotel Dasak Mountain Fort of Our Lady of the Conception Geno Biosphere Reserve Hara forests of Qeshm Harireh Hindu Temple, Bandar Abbas The Historic Bath of Siba Khe Aab Mountain Kish Island Greek Ship Lashtan Castle, Bandar Lengeh Mehran River Nakh Mountain Paraw Kukherd Portuguese Castle, Qeshm Island Takhti Stadium Terenah Zeer Mountain
populated places	List of cities, towns and villages in Hormozgan Province
See also	Greater and Lesser Tunbs Hendurabi Hengam Island Hormuz Island Larak Island Lavan Island Shidvar Island Sirri Island Strait of Hormuz

v t e Minab County
Capital	Minab
Districts	Central Cities Minab Rural Districts and villages Band-e Zarak Bagh Golan Ban Bast Band-e Zarak Chah Kar Damaghrig Darbagh Dudu Eslamabad Gabrani Gorazuiyeh Gowdu Gurzang Jan Gan Jushki Kalut Kardar Kargan Kash Qalman-e Bala Kash Qalman-e Pain Khoshkabad Kohneh Shahr Kombil Konar Esmail Konar-e Torsh Kulegh Kalam Kulegh Kashi Mahmudi Miskanak Moghiri Pulad-e Qasemi Qader Khani Reza Alichi Rezayi Roknabad Salmani Sangaki Sar Shif Sarmast Shimilu Shomjuiyeh Suleqan Talvar Teybi Shahi Tom Baluchan Tom-e Khvajeh Bahmani Zehuki Gurband Chah Esmail Chah Shirin Dom Shahr Gurband Hajji Khademi Mahreghan Now Band-e Jadid Now Band-e Qadim Poshteh-ye Gurband Tirur Ziarat Mowla Howmeh Ahmadabad-e Koleybi Bahmani Baziari Bolboli Chah-e Neshini Darkhaneh Deh-e Vosta Fakhrabad Golshavar Hakami Hanai Sarrigan Jowzan Kalentan Kalu Khvajeh Shamsi Koleybi Mahmudi Makian Mirabad Molla Hasani Molla Jamati Nasirai Paziarat Poshteh-ye Aliabad Poshteh-ye Azadegan Poshteh-ye Mohnu Qasem-e Jelali Sar Kam Bahmani Sarkontkan Sarrigan Shah Mansuri Shahmoradi Shahvarpalur Shamju Talar Tombak-e Bala Tombak-e Pain Tombanu Tomb-e Gowhar Tomb-e Sat Karian Aha Khani Baghak Berenzaki Borhan Chahshur-e Halvayi-ye Yek Gahru Gasman Halavan Halvai-ye Do Halvai-ye Seh Jafarabad Kachek Kahtek Kahurdan Karian Koshtaran Kutak-e Qalat Kutak-e Rayisi Pabanan Palangi Pamanbar Poshteh Talang Qalaman-e Abdollah Qalamzani Qalat-e Rostam Ravang Tahtan Talang-e Anbari Talang-e Saratak Zartuji Ziarat-e Talang Tiab Baghuni Chalow-ye Gavmishi Dalalun Dehu Espangun Gishnu Hajjiabad Kolahi Mah Khatuni Mahmud Shahi Mashahran Mazegh-e Bala Mazegh-e Pain Nakhl-e Ebrahimi Sarbaran Sobohti Tiab Senderk Cities Senderk Rural Districts and villages Bondar Bondar Chah Hanan Chah Kharu Chahlak Charubuni Cherak-e Bala Cherak-e Pain Darjak Emamabad Gizanag Gonbad-e Sorkh Hangar Kalat-e Mahmak Mosheka ol Din Owdui Posht Kalat Sadar Shirish Somsili Tam Babol Tigh Siah Dar Pahn Benambani Bonkaram Dahan-e Dar Dahich Dar Pahn Darjadun Davari-ye Bala Davari-ye Pain Dehnow Devin Esfand Eslamabad Gashiraz Gudi Henj Jehad Kal-e Alivan Kart Zani Kashpiri Naz Parazan Qadamgah-e Hazrat-e Ali Ropeka Sarkahnan-e Davari Sefid Kuh Shibkuh Tombu-e Bala Tombu-e Pain Zamindar Senderk Abdollahabad Aliabad Anbarak Arangu-ye Bala Arangu-ye Pain Arreh Kan Banzir Beneh Kan Bing Choragh-e Suz Dargelu Daviri Deh-e Ziaratan Garu Genan Guner Keshaharan Khurhuy Kohnak Lur Mazagh-e Kurian Mazavi Owtrang Pishunla Key Sarmazegh Sheykh Amr Shivehi Sit Tukahur Cities Hasht Bandi Rural Districts and villages Cheraghabad Ahmadabad Amirabad Cheraghabad Cheraghabad-e Bala Cheraghabad-e Jonubi Cheraghabad-e Markazi Dahandar Hamin Hasht Bandi-ye Do Heyatabad Jafarabad Kahurtak Kalatak Kuy-e Hejrat Mazraeh-ye Tafzali Mojtame-ye Emam Nil Gary Rig Deraz Rig Kag Tom Malantaki Tukahur Anjirak Bandak Chah Deraz Chah Gharbal Chah Heydar Chah Sharif Hojjatabad Kahnan-e Sarney Pasangar Rashk Rig Muled Sohran Tomparitak Tukahur

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