DARAB, a town of Fars, in Persia, and headquarters of a district of the same name, situated in 28° 45' N., 37' E., at an elevation of 4,000 ft., on the Shiraz, Fasa, Furg, Bandar Abbas caravan route, about 140 m. from the first-named and 208 m. from the last. It is a straggling place with an estimated population of 6,000. The district around produces oranges and lemons in abundance, and tobacco of good quality is cultivated extensively. In Iranian legend, the foundation of the town, known also as Darab-gird, is attributed to Darab, father of Dara (Darius III.). About 4 m. to the south-west, is a large circular earthwork known as Kalah-i-Darab, described in Sir W. Ouseley's Travels (1819), the history of which is unknown. Another monument in the vicinity is a gigantic bas-relief, carved on the vertical face of a rock, representing the victory of the Sasanian Shapur I. over the Roman emperor Valerian, A.D. 260.