A town north-west of Yazd with an old mud-brick citadel (the Narin Qal'a), on the road to Na'in and Isfahan.
Who holds it
- Name
- Izz al-Din Langar
- Title
- Atabeg of Yazd
- Since
- 590 AH (1193-94)
- Confidence
- high
Lord in 1200
The atabeg of Yazd.
How things stand that morning
Yazd's.
Charter
None known: the towns of the atabegs have no charters; the governor, the judge (qadi) and the market inspector (muhtasib) answer to the ruler.
Council
No sworn council; the notables (a'yan), the qadi and the headman (ra'is) speak for the town. Names for 1199-1200 not pinned.
Communities
Persian townsmen; Zoroastrians in the district.
Fairs and markets
Daily or weekly markets; no fair dates recorded.
Militia
Not recorded for 1199-1200.
Walls and castle
The Narin Qal'a citadel.
Trade and crafts
Farming by qanat; the Isfahan road.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: General.
Primary sources for Yazd
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Dictionary of Countries, Yaqut al-Hamawi (1224 to 1228, at Aleppo). An alphabetical gazetteer of every place Yaqut had read of or seen: he travelled as a bookseller's agent through Syria, Iraq, Persia, Khurasan and Khwarazm (about 1213 to 1220) and settled in Aleppo. Read online
Sources and studies
- S. C. Fairbanks, 'Atabakan-e Yazd', Encyclopaedia Iranica (after Ja'fari, Tarikh-i Yazd; Ahmad b. Husayn, Tarikh-i jadid-i Yazd; Mufid Bafqi)
- G. Le Strange, The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate (1905), chapters XVII-XXIV (Fars, Kirman, Makran) after Istakhri, Muqaddasi, Ibn al-Balkhi, Yaqut and Mustawfi
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.