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| | Iranica.com - FASAÚ |
 | | The people of Fasa@, like those of Ka@zeru@n, were engaged in overland trade, had thus acquired great wealth, and enjoyed comfort and a life of affluence. |
 | | Several kilometers southeast of Fasa@ is the mausoleum of Sayyed-al-D^n, with a turquoise-tiled dome; it dates to at least the Safavid period but has undergone subsequent restorations and repairs (MosátÂafaw^, p. |
 | | Through the mechanics of usage transfer within a specific area, the traditional toponym identifying the original chief town Pasa@ on the Fasa@ plain was later utilized in Arabicized form to identify the new principal town, Fasa@, located 3 km to the north in the same district. |
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