BEHBAHAN

behbahan, a walled town of persia in the province of fars, pleasantly situated in the midst of a highly cultivated plain, 128 m. w.n.w. of shiraz and 3 m. from the left bank of the river tab, here called kurdistan river. it is the capital of the kuhgilu-behbahan sub-province of fars and has a population of about 10,000. the walls are about 3 m. in circumference and a narinj kalah (citadel) stands in the south-east corner. at a short distance north-west of the city are the ruins of arrajan, the old capital of the province.