Bakhsh

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For the person see: Rahim Bakhsh
A bakhsh (Persian: , bax) is a type of administrative division of Iran. While sometimes
translated as county, it should be more accurately translated as district, similar to a township in
the United States or a district of England.
There are usually a few cities (Persian: , ahr) and dehdars (municipalities or rural
agglomerations) (Persian: , dehestn) in each county. Dehdars are a collection of a number
of villages and their surrounding lands. One of the cities of the county is appointed as the capital
of each county.
To better understand such subdivisions, the following table may be helpful: Assume that
province P is divided into two counties: A and B. County A has 3 districts: Central, X, and Y.
The Central district is the district that contains City M, the capital of the county. Each district
might contain one or more cities and/or one or more RAs (rural agglomerations). In our example,
the Central district contains City M, City N, and RA T composed of the villages V1, V2, V3, and
V4, in turn; district X contains City O and RA U; and district Y has no cities and one RA V. The
minimal county consists of only one city as the only district, named Central, of course. The
county B in the following table is of such type, containing only one city Q.
Province County District City / RA* Villages
P
A
Central
City M (c)

City N

RA T V1, V2, V3, V4
X
City O

RA U V5, V6
Y RA V V7, V8, V9
B Central City Q