Timeline Of Kerman

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kerman, Iran.

Prior to 20th century

* 3rd century CE – Bardašir/Govāšir founded by Ardashir I.
* 644 – Muslim conquest of Kerman occurs (approximate date).
* 932 – Moḥammad b. Elyās in power.
* 1012 – Buyid Qawam al-Dawla in power.
* 1041–1072 - Construction of the Masjid i Malik mosque by Malik Kaverd Seljuk.
* 1048 – Seljuq Qawurd in power.
* 1188 – Seljuqs ousted (approximate date).
* 1222 – Amir Buraq Hajib in power.
* 1349 – Jameh Mosque of Kerman built. Retrieved 16 February 2017
* 1390 – Masjid-i Pa Minar (mosque) built.
* 1596 – Ganj Ali Khan becomes governor.
* 1598 – Ganjali Caravanserai construction begins.
* 1625 – Ganjali Mint built.
* 1631 – Ganjali Bathhouse built.
* 1660s – Offices of English East India Company and Dutch East India Company in business.
* 1758 – Karim Khan in power.
* 1794 – by forces of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar.
* 1801 – Ibrahim Khan becomes governor.
* 1875 – Population: 40,228.
* 1878 – Firuz Mirzā Farmānfarmā becomes governor.

20th century

* 1905 – Balasari and Shaykhi unrest.
* 1906 – established.
* 1917 – (hospital) founded.
* 1956 – Population: 62,157.
* 1966 – Population: 89,700.
* 1969 – (assembly hall) built.
* 1970 – Kerman Airport begins operating.
* 1976 – Population: 145,613.
* 1978 – .
* 1986 – Population: 264,560.
* 1996 – Population: 384,991.
* 1998 – Sanat Mes Kerman F.C. (football club) formed.

21st century

* 2003 – 19 February: Airplane crash occurs near city.
* 2006 – Population: 515,114.
* 2007 – Shahid Bahonar Stadium opens.
* 2011 – Population: 534,441.
* 2012 – Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi becomes Member of the Parliament of Iran from the .
* 2013 – 14 June: Local election held.
* 2014 – City becomes part of newly formed national administrative Region 5.
* 2015 – Ali Babayi becomes mayor.

See also

* Kerman history ( fa)
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* Other names of Kerman (city)
* Monuments in Kerman (city; in Persian)
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* Kerman Province history ( fa)
* Timelines of other cities in Iran: Bandar Abbas, Hamadan, Isfahan, Mashhad, Qom, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran, Yazd

References

''This article incorporates information from the Persian Wikipedia.''

Bibliography

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* Paul Ward English, "Cultural Change and the Structure of a Persian City," in Carl Leiden, ed., The Conflict of Traditionalism and Modernism in the Muslim Middle East (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1966), pp. 32–48.
* Paul W. English, City and Village in Iran: Settlement and Economy in the Kirman Basin (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1968).
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* Heribert Busse. "Kerman im 19. Jahrhundert nach der Geographie des Waziri," Der Islam 50 (1973): 284–312. (Includes translation of: )
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* Bastani Parizi. "Principes de l'évolution de la tolérance dans l'histoire de Kerman," in A. Harrak, ed., Contacts Between Cultures (Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press, 1992)

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File:Capture and Sack of Kerman by Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar.png, 1794 siege of Kerman

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