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Country
  
Iran

Bakhsh
  
Mud

Time zone
  
IRST (UTC+3:30)

Province
  
South Khorasan Province

County
  
Sarbisheh

Rural District
  
Mud

Population
  
460 (2006)

Esfezar

Esfezar (Persian: اسفزار‎‎, also Romanized as Esfezār, Esfazār, and Asafzar; also known as Asfarār, Asferār, Esferār, and Isfizār) is a village in Mud Rural District, Mud District, Sarbisheh County, South Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 460, in 131 families.

History

In 1385, Timur the conqueror captured Esfezar after it had revolted. Because it had interrupted his heavily planned invasion of Georgia, he ordered that all survivors of the Siege be cemented into the walls of the city. Though it is likely that their bodies were later removed by Timur himself. This could also be a myth, to try and demonize Timur.

References

Esfezar Wikipedia