Mahallat was formerly divided
into three major parts. The northern part was Mahallat-e Bala, the area of the
Sadat-e Mahallat, the families descending from the prophet Mohammad. In the
middle Mahallat-e Ghaleh, originally a vast open space with fields, but in the
18th century two brothers from Sabzevar and their soldiers and servants built
castles here and developed the area. The family was later known as Amiri,
Amirkhani, Elahi and Khosrovani (Mahallati). The southern part was named
Mahallat-e Pain and this was where
