Town · Contested ground · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Ardestan

Ardestan, on the desert edge north-east of Isfahan on the road to Na'in and Yazd, with a Friday mosque rebuilt in Seljuk times.

It follows Isfahan, whose governorship in 1200 is not pinned.

Who holds it

Title
Not pinned
Since
not pinned
Born
not pinned
Family
not pinned
Confidence
low

See lord_1200 and the lord records.

Lord in 1200

Not pinned (follows Isfahan)

How things stand that morning

Drawn as contested with Isfahan.

Communities

Persians.

Fairs and markets

Not recorded in the sources read

Militia

Not recorded.

Trade and crafts

Oasis farming on underground canals; the Yazd road.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: No dated evidence.

Sources and studies

  1. Ibn al-Athir, The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period, part 3, tr. D. S. Richards (archive.org text, years 589-594)

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