Also written Khān-e ʿAvaż. Early (?) and Middle Islamic settlement, on the the road between Shiraz and Arrajan, described by Ibn al-Balkhi and Eṣṭakhrī. Area of ruins, comprising three caravanserai, described by A. Stein (1940), surveyed by Gaube (1968), of which only the major structures remain nowdays in Saadad Abad village. Possible identification with the medieval stage of Saāha / Bandak.
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