Robat (disambiguation)

Robat (Persian: رباط), the Farsi variant of Arabic ribat, initially referred to an Early Islamic frontier fort, and later to a caravanserai or Sufi retreat. Some places named Robat are:

Afghanistan

  • Robat, Afghanistan

Iran

Fars Province

Hamadan Province

Isfahan Province

Kerman Province

Khuzestan Province

  • Robat-e Olya, Khuzestan, a village in Bagh-e Malek County
  • Robat-e Sofla, Khuzestan, a village in Bagh-e Malek County

Lorestan Province

Markazi Province

North Khorasan Province

Razavi Khorasan Province

Semnan Province

South Khorasan Province

Yazd Province

Zanjan Province

Turkmenistan

  • Kizil-Robát ("Red Caravanserai"), Russified to Kizil-Arvát, the ribat that gave its name to Gyzylarbat

See also

  • Rabad, Central Asian variant for Semitic word 'rabat'
  • Rabat (disambiguation), Semitic word for 'fortified town' or 'suburb'
  • Ribat, Arabic word for Early Muslim frontier fort (later caravansary, Sufi retreat), the origin of the Persian word 'robat'
  • Ribat-i Malik, also spelled Rabat Malik - a ruined caravanserai on in Uzbekistan
  • Robat Rural District (disambiguation)
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