class="apple-converted-space"> along with Neyriz and other cities. The forces of the
central government captured the Babi's fort in Zanjan after a long siege by the
order of Grand Vizier (Prime Minister of Iran) Amir Kabir and killed or expelled the Bab's
followers. According to Bosworth,
who quotes HamdollahMostfowsi,
the inhaitants during the Ilkhanid era spoke "pure Pahlawi", a Median
or northern form of Persian.
