02/03/2019
The History of Meybod
There are several myths and narrations about the history and name of the city, Meybod. According to a myth, the historic city of Meybod was built at the time of Keyumars, in Ferdowsi Shahnameh he appears as the first king of the world. Another narration has attributed the early construction of the city of Meybod to Mahbood, one of Yazdegerd's captains and famous lieutenant colonel of the times of Kavadh and Anushiruwan (Khosrow I), when it is considered the peak of the flourishing and development of the Iranian cities. It is believed that Meybod was also created and expanded at that time. Another narration says the word Meybod (Meybath) comes from the Middle Persian, it has been mentioned many times in the historical and geographical documents of the early pre-Islamic centuries.
The last narration attributes the city to a king named Mobad who entitled the city Mobad Gerd. However, gradually Gerd was deleted from the end of it and converted Meybod.
Meybod was a prestigious city with a special political status in the late Sassanid and Mongol invasions. A clear evidence supporting this claim is the coins minted in Meybod in that time, because among one hundred and eleven towns identified in pre-Islamic Iran, only a few had the conditions and permission to mint the coin and Meybod was one of them.Historic city of Meybod located in Yazd province is one of the earliest settlements in Iran. With its seven-thousand-year history, the city presents a historic and valuable texture. Now, the whole texture has been nationalized and is among the oldest cities in the world. The most prominent feature of urbanization and the old age of Meybod is the stronghold of Narin Castle and its defense facilities.
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