Abadeh, was a small walled town of Iran, in the province of Fars, situated at an elevation of 6200 ft. in a fertile plain on the high road between Isfahan and Shiraz, 140 m. from the former and 170 m. from the latter place.

It is the chief place of the Abadeh-Iklid district, which has 30 villages, and is famed for its carved wood-work, made of the wood of pear and box trees.

From Gutenberg Encyclopedia (1911).