 Herzfeld based on the fact that in classical sources the name was spelt with an initial /s/ rather /sh/, suggested "white forest", which he connected with the Avestan legends.Indeed, to this day the plain of Sharazur has an important status among adherents of native religion of Yarsan as a holy and sacred region where God descends for the Last Judgement.The 12th century geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi, based on folk etymology interpreted origin of name Sharazur, from the name of the son of Zahhak, whom he mentions as founder of the famous city of Sharazor.