Nosratabad
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For the place in Afghanistan, see Nosratabad, Afghanistan.
Nosratabad is a city in the province of Sistan and Baluchistan in south-eastern Iran. It lies on the road from Zahedan to Bam.[1]
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The city was named for Nusret el Mulk, a former deputy governor of Seistan; when built, c. 1870, it was first called Nasirabad in honor of Nasr-uddin Shah; other names, used locally, are Shahr-i-Seistan, Shahr-i-Nassiriyeh, or simply Shahr, the town.
During the late nineteenth century it was the residence of [[British] and Russian consuls, and had post and telegraph offices (as of 1911). The city served as the capital of Sistan until some time in the 20th Century.
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This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
