Neyriz

Neyriz (Persian: ني ريز, also Romanized as Neyrīz and Nīrīz) is a city in and the capital of Neyriz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 45,180, in 11,970 families. The name is also used for the district in which it is situated and for the Bakhtegan Lake. The town was located on its shores, but because of the shrinkage of the salt lake it is now to its southeast. In the nineteenth century the people of Neyriz were Bábís, and were persecuted by the government. The first name of this city was "Naizi" Friday mosque The Friday mosque of Neyriz was built at least in three phases that span Buyid, Seljuk, Il-Khanid rule in the Fars province. An inscription on the great qibla iwan indicates that the mihrab was...