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Nâseri

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Naseri was the name given to the town of Ahwaz as it was refurbished and enlarged in the late 19th century by the eponymous Qajar king, Nasir al-Din Shah. The name lasted into the 1930s, when it was once again changed back to Ahwaz (q.v.).