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1 Pre|      governing the province of Fars, of which Shiraz is the
2 Pre|   Juban to the governorship of Fars, a lucrative and much-coveted
3 Pre|      himself as ruler over all Fars. The remaining years of
4 Pre| attacks, Mahommad marched into Fars and laid siege to Shiraz.
5 Pre|   hovering upon the borders of Fars, overran Southern Persia
6 Pre|     following verse: "Irak and Fars thou hast conquered with
7 XXI|     holdest me~Enchained; else Fars were but a barren soil,~