Estahban

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Estahban is a city in Fars Province, Iran. It is the capital of Estahban County. The county is very fertile, which produces saffron, grain, cotton, walnut, almond, grapes and other fruits. Estahban has been the most famous provider of fig to the world. It is also one of the biggest producers of saffron.

It's original name was Estahbanat with a fully different spelling اصطهبانات which was changed in the 1970s to be more simple. It is also said that the name is derived from "سته بان" ("Setah Baan") with the meaning of "vineyard".

Estahbanat has been a center of Shiat religious studies in the last two centuries. Elders used to call it "نجف اصغر" ("The Small Najaf".)

The most famous and regarded men in the history of Estahban, are Mohammad Bagher Shahid Raabea who was a well known leader in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and Mirza Agha Seyed Ebrahim Estahbanati (آية الله العظمي آقا ميرزا آقا اصطهباناتي) who died in 1953 in Najaf; he was a religious leader.

A well known contemporary scientist born in Estahban is Professor Nezameddin Faghih who has published numerous scholarly books in a wide range of interdisciplinary areas, from system engineering and applied mathematics to mysticism [ [http://www.parstimes.com/CV/nfaghih.pdf Nezameddin Faghih] ] .

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