. Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . whose green tinge affords a welcome contrast to thebrown and parched aspect of all around. Yezd is a city of considerable antiquity, since its nameapparently occurs, under the form of TcraTt;;^ai (IsaticTiai)^ inPtolemys Greek geography, where it is named among the fewtowns of the desert of Carmania.^ According to Persiantradition, moreover, it must have been known in Alexanderstime, having been used by the victorious invader as a placeof confinement for his prisoners of war.^ The com
. Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . whose green tinge affords a welcome contrast to thebrown and parched aspect of all around. Yezd is a city of considerable antiquity, since its nameapparently occurs, under the form of TcraTt;;^ai (IsaticTiai)^ inPtolemys Greek geography, where it is named among the fewtowns of the desert of Carmania.^ According to Persiantradition, moreover, it must have been known in Alexanderstime, having been used by the victorious invader as a placeof confinement for his prisoners of war.^ The common viewassociates the name Yezd, or Yazd, with Yazdagard I ( 399-420), father of Bahram Gor, probably as the rebuilder ratherthan the original founder.^ 1 Ptolemy, Geography, 6. 6. 2. This see Sykes, Ten Thousand Miles inname is not to be confused with Istakhr Persia, pp. 419-420. (Curzon, Persia, 2. 239). ^ For remarks on the name of Yezd 2 On this latter point (drawn from and Kathah, see note i at the end ofHafiz) and for the common view re- this chapter, p. 351. garding Yezd (Yazd) and Yazdagard,. View of Yezd
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