Shiraz ita ce cibiyar tattalin arzikin kudancin Iran. Rabin na biyu na karni na 19 ya shaida wasu ci gaban tattalin arziki wanda ya canza tattalin arzikin Shiraz sosai. An buɗe Canal na Suez a 1869 ya ba da damar shigo da kayayyaki masu yawa zuwa kudancin Iran na kayayyakin masana'antar Turai masu arha, kai tsaye daga Turai ko ta Indiya. Manoma a cikin lambobin da ba a taɓa gani ba sun fara shuka amfanin gona kamar opium poppy, taba, da auduga. Yawancin waɗannan amfanin gona na fitarwa sun wuce ta Shiraz a kan hanyarsu zuwa Tekun Fasha. 'Yan kasuwa na nesa na Iran daga Fars sun haɓaka hanyoyin kasuwanci don waɗannan kayayyaki, suna kafa gidajen kasuwanci a Bombay, Calcutta, Port Said, Istanbul har ma da Hong Kong.
Tekun Fasha