Esfezar ( fa, اسفزار, also
Romanize
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d as Esfezār, Esfazār, and Asafzar; also known as Asfarār, Asferār, Esferār, and Isfizār) is a village in
Mud Rural District
Mud Rural District ( fa, دهستان مود) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Mud District, Sarbisheh County, South Khorasan Province, Iran
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,
Mud District,
Sarbisheh County
Sarbisheh County ( fa, شهرستان سربیشه) is in South Khorasan province, Iran
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South Khorasan Province
South Khorasan Province ( fa, استان خراسان جنوبی ''Ostān-e Khorāsān-e Jonūbī'') is a province located in eastern Iran. Birjand is the centre of the province. The other major cities are Ferdows, Tabas and Qaen. In 2014, it ...
,
Iran
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. At the 2006 census, its population was 460, in 131 families.
History
In 1383,
Timur
Timur ; chg, ''Aqsaq Temür'', 'Timur the Lame') or as ''Sahib-i-Qiran'' ( 'Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction'), his epithet. ( chg, ''Temür'', 'Iron'; 9 April 133617–19 February 1405), later Timūr Gurkānī ( chg, ''Temür Kü ...
the conqueror
captured Esfezar after it had revolted. Because it had interrupted his heavily planned
invasion of Georgia, he ordered that all survivors of the Siege be cemented into the walls of the city. Though it is likely that their bodies were later removed by Timur himself. This could also be a myth, to try and demonize Timur.
References
Populated places in Sarbisheh County
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