Official Name: | Hesaruiyeh |
Native Name: | حصاروييه |
Native Name Lang: | fa |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Iran |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Kerman |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Shahr-e Babak |
Subdivision Type3: | Bakhsh |
Subdivision Name3: | Central |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural District |
Subdivision Name4: | Khatunabad |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 221 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Timezone Dst: | IRDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | +4:30 |
Coordinates: | 30.0436°N 55.2164°W |
Hesaruiyeh (Persian: حصاروييه, also Romanized as Ḩeşārū’īyeh; also known as Hazār, Hazārū, and Hisāru) is a village in Khatunabad Rural District, in the Central District of Shahr-e Babak County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 221, in 54 families. Hesaruiyeh is located roughly southeast of Shahr-e Babak.
One local author suggests that the name comes from the words Ḩeşār (Persian: حصار), meaning "fort", "fence", "wall", or "barrier", and bārū (Persian: بارو) meaning "fortification".
Ḩeşārū’īyeh served as the stronghold of the Ismailis and is home to many Ismailies who have contributed a lot to building Shahr-e-Babak when they ruled Shahr-e Babak 150 to 200 years ago in the 1800s.
Ḩeşārū’īyeh is located close to Road 71, a national highway that connects Tehran in the north to Bandar-Abbas in the South. Beside the forts and the barriers, there is also a horseshoe-like stretched hill nearby called Tale-h Hesar, meaning "hill of the fort".