Karku Fire Temple
The Karku or Karkushāh fire temple is located in the village of Deh Khātam, in the city of Zābol (region Sistān and Baluchestān) and dates back to the time of Keykhosrow, king of the Sasanians.
This building which was among Iran's major fire temples and whose Mobed (Zoroastrian priests) played a special role, until the seventh century of lunar Hegira. The remains of this historic monument consist of thick walls, drawings and relief paintings in adobe and mud and comprised a tower and guard bastions that are disappearing due to erosion.
According to the descriptions of the historians of the Islamic period, this ancient monument had two large domes and on each there was a horn like that of a large bull and a hearth beneath them.
The word Kar o 'kar' in ancient Persian means warlike people and karkuye fighting district; Ferdousi to write the Shāhnāmeh and for his research had gone to the Mobed of this temple of fire; In his work karkuye is mentioned three times and is the name of the heroes of the Sām family.
Next to the remains of the temple, a building dating back to the qajaro period shows up with beautiful stucco work and an inscription in the same material.
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