FARS is sometimes used in the same sense.
"Bagh O Bahar, Or Tales of the Four Darweshes"
Mir Amman of Dihli
Among them the foremost is called Mobed belonging to the city of Sabur in the province of FARS.
"Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I"
M. Inostranzev
Then he left Azarbayjan and proceeded towards FARS.
"Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I"
M. Inostranzev