Kerman Providince

Bam

(The Forgotten Fortress)

Bam is a unique city which is located 190 KM southeast of Kerman. It has an altitude of 1,000 meters. It is molded in the red clay of the Great Iranian Desert.

Kerman

(Provincal Capital)

(Ganj Ali Khan Complex)

Being a town of considerable past history, Kerman is not looking to the future only. Its people are proud of serveral ancient monuments of particular originality, among them a group of utilitarian buildings dating from the Safavid period in the 17th century.

Mahan

(Shah Nematolla-e-Vali's Tomb)

Mahan has the finest minarets in Iran. Pictured above is Shah Nematolla-e-Vali's Tomb in Mahan. Within this sanctuary is the tomb of a saintly person, said to have lived for a hundred years, from 1331 to 1431: Shah Nur-ed-Din, Nematolla Vali, poet, sage, sufi and founder of an order of dervishes.