A Contemplation on the Geographic Meaning of the State and the City of Jiroft during the Islamic Era, from the Early Centuries to the Eight Century AH

In ancient sources and documents, geographic, historic or whatever, references to Jiroft are rare but remarkable. Although these fail to provide even a vague or fragmented portrait of Jiroft, they do include some really pivotal clues that decisively contribute to an accurate description of region as clearly as possible. Applying the librarian and field methodology, this essay set out to tap into such sources seeking out references to Jiroft. Generally speaking, the findings of this essay boil down to the following. Jiroft goes well back into pre-Muslem invasion era. Its name keeps coming up to the sixth century as a seat of incidents in south-eastern lran. All the same, Jiroft starts to gradually go down in significance as an urban center in the subsequent centuries and although, in the light of old documents, its name (Jiroft) kept comming up, no clear reference has ever been made to Jiroft itself in the very same documents. Infect, in such documents Jiroft is referred to not as a city or urban center, but a vast geographical region to the south of the state of Kerman