Eghlid

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Eghlid (اقلید), is a city in Fars province, Iran. Its located on the high road between Isfahan and Shiraz, and the population is estimated to be 70,000. Eghlid is located close to the Zagros mountain chain and has one of the highest elevations among Iranian cities (2250 meters). It is also close to the desert city of Abarqu, making it a city on the border of high mountains and desert. It has a dry and cold weather, and some of its mountain peaks are covered by snow throughout the year. It is an agricultural city and its main products are wheat, barley, potato, and fruits like apple, pear, walnut.

[edit] Historical Background

During the Achamenid empire its name was azargarta.(source: partoye vahid dar asrare takhte jamshid پرتوی وحید در اسرار تخت جمشید )

Eghlid's name comes from "kelid," which means key in Persian. Up to the recent years, older people used to call it "kelil." The main reason behind this name is that it in ancient times it was the main gateway to Pars, and especially Persepolis and the road called "royal road" used to pass through it. other routes to Persepolis were mountainous and difficult to pass.

Legend says that Eghlid was built by three brothers called Elias, Aslam, and Orjam. There are three main neighborhoods (which used to be three castles) in Eghlid bearing the name of these three brothers: Eliasan, Aslaman, Orjaman.

Eghlid has many historical places dating back to Iran's pre-Islamic era.

There is a very old mosque in the center of the city (jame' mosque). eghlid is the arabic form of persian word "kelid".because it has been the door of fars province.it has very nice people with high culture.