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Bampur
Bampur ( and ) is a city in the Central District of Bampur County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. History The old citadel of Bampur, on a hill about high north of the river, fell into ruins. A new fort called Kalah Nasseri, was built at Pahrah, which is known as Iranshahr, further east, in the 1880s. Fahraj, which in 1911 had a population of about 2,500, has become more important than Bampur. Fahraj, which is also known as Pahura (or Paharu or Puhra), is by some identified as the Poura where Alexander the Great halted on his march from the Indus Valley. It was Historically ruled by Rakshani Baluchs of Iran Under Their Ruler, Shah Mihrab Khan, had led our several campaigns against Persians laid waste into the lands, particularly Luristan Demographics Language and ethnicity The majority of the population are ethnic Baloch who speak the Balochi language. Population At the time of the 2006 National Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bampur County
Bampur County () is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Bampur, whose population at the time of the 2016 National Census was 12,217 people in 3,123 households. History In 2017, Bampur District was separated from Iranshahr County Iranshahr County () is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Iranshahr, Iran, Iranshahr. History After the 2006 National Census, the village of Mohammadabad was elevated to cit ... in the establishment of Bampur County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Bampur as its capital. In June 2021, the village of Qasemabad was elevated to the status of a city. Demographics Administrative divisions Bampur County's administrative structure is shown in the following table. See also Notes References Bampur County Counties of Sistan and Baluchestan province {{SistanBaluchestan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bampur District
Bampur District () is a former administrative division of Iranshahr County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital was the city of Bampur Bampur ( and ) is a city in the Central District of Bampur County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. History The old citadel of Bampur, on a hill about high north of the river, .... History After the 2006 National Census, the village of Mohammadabad was elevated to city status as Mohammadan. After the 2016 census, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Bampur County. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 census, the district's population was 47,360 in 9,148 households. The following census in 2011 counted 54,042 people in 12,590 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 60,557 inhabitants in 15,369 households. Administrative divisions See also Notes References Former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central District (Bampur County)
The Central District of Bampur County () is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Bampur, whose population at the time of the 2016 National Census was 12,217 people in 3,123 households. History In 2017, Bampur District was separated from Iranshahr County Iranshahr County () is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Iranshahr, Iran, Iranshahr. History After the 2006 National Census, the village of Mohammadabad was elevated to cit ... in the establishment of Bampur County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Bampur as its capital. Demographics Administrative divisions See also References Districts of Sistan and Baluchestan province Populated places in Bampur County {{Bampur-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iranshahr County
Iranshahr County () is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Iranshahr, Iran, Iranshahr. History After the 2006 National Census, the village of Mohammadabad was elevated to city status as Mohammadan, Bampur, Mohammadan. In addition, Dalgan District was separated from the county in the establishment of Dalgan County. After the 2016 census, Damen Rural District was separated from the Central District (Iranshahr County), Central District in the formation of Damen District, including the new Abadan Rural District. In 2018, Bampur District was separated from the county to establish Bampur County. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 264,226 in 49,443 households. The following census in 2011 counted 219,796 people in 50,978 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 254,314, in 62,625 households. Administrative divisions Iranshahr County's pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahr-e Sukhteh
Shahr-e Sukhteh (, meaning "Burnt City"), c. 3550–2300 BC,Ascalone, E., and P. F. Fabbri, (2022)"Demographic considerations regarding the settlement and necropolis of Shahr i Sokhta" in: E. Ascalone and S.M.S. Sajjadi (eds.), Excavations and Researches at Shahr-i Sokhta 2 (= ERSS 2), Pishin Pajouh, Tehran, pp. 524, 525. also spelled as ''Shahr-e Sūkhté'' and ''Shahr-i Sōkhta'', is an archaeological site of a sizable Bronze Age urban settlement, associated with the Helmand culture. It is located in Sistan and Baluchistan Province, the southeastern part of Iran, on the bank of the Helmand River, near the Zahedan- Zabol road. It was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in June 2014. The reasons for the unexpected rise and fall of the city are still wrapped in mystery. Artifacts recovered from the city demonstrate a peculiar incongruity with nearby civilizations of the time and it has been speculated that Shahr-e Sukhteh might ultimately provide concrete evidence of a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bampur River
Bampur River is located in southern Iran that flows into the Baluchistan region. The Bampur River starts in the Karvandar Mountains and flows 120 km past Damin, Bampur and Iranshahr before dissipating in the desert sands. History The Bampur River Valley has been inhabited since the 3rd millennium BC when Bronze Age villages formed. The first Europeans to reach the Bampur River were Captain Grant and Sir Henry Pottinger in 1809. Sir Aurel Stein Sir Marc Aurel Stein, (; 26 November 1862 – 26 October 1943) was a Hungarian-born British archaeologist, primarily known for his explorations and archaeological discoveries in Central Asia. He was also a professor at Indian universities. ... visited the area in 1932. References Rivers of Sistan and Baluchistan Province Landforms of Sistan and Baluchestan province {{Iran-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counties Of Iran
Iran's counties (, Romanization, romanized as ''šahrestân'') are administrative divisions of larger Provinces of Iran, provinces (''ostan''). The word ''shahrestan'' comes from the Persian words ' (city) and ' ("place, land"). "County", therefore, is a near equivalent to (šahrestân). Counties are divided into one or more districts ( ). A typical district includes both cities ( ) and rural districts ( ), which are groupings of adjacent villages. One city within the county serves as the capital of that county, generally in its Central District. Each county is governed by an office known as ''farmândâri'', which coordinates different public events and agencies and is headed by a ''farmândâr'', the governor of the county and the highest-ranking official in the division. Among the provinces of Iran, Fars province, Fars has the highest number of ''shahrestans'' (37), while Qom province, Qom has the fewest (3). In 2005 Iran had 324 ''shahrestans'', while in as of now there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiroft Culture
The Jiroft culture,Oscar White MuscarellaJiroft(2008), in: Encyclopedia Iranica. "For archeological accuracy the terms "Jiroft" or "Jiroft culture" employed to define a specific ancient Iranian culture and its artifacts should only be cited within quotation mark." also known as the Intercultural style or the Halilrud style, is an early Bronze Age (3rd millennium BC) archaeological culture, located in the territory of present-day Sistan and Baluchestan and Kermān provinces of Iran. The proposed type site is Konar Sandal, near Jiroft in the Halil River area. Other significant sites associated with the culture include Shahr-e Sukhteh (Burnt City), Tepe Bampur, Espiedej, Shahdad, Tal-i-Iblis and Tepe Yahya. The grouping of these sites as an "independent Bronze Age civilization with its own architecture and language", intermediate between Elam to the west and the Indus Valley civilization to the east, was first proposed by Yusef Majidzadeh, head of the archaeological excav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iranshahr (city)
Iranshahr ( and ) is a city in the Central District of Iranshahr County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. The city is near the borderlands between Iran and Pakistan where Baloch people live. Pahrah (present-day Iranshahr) is the site where Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ... celebrated with and regrouped his troops after his Indian conquests. Bampur, where the ancient Bampur fort is located, is near the city. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 99,496 in 17,698 households. The following census in 2011 counted 97,012 people in 22,676 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 113,750 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaz Murian
Hamun-e Jaz Murian () is an inland basin or depression in southeast Iran, straddling the provinces of Kerman and Sistan-Baluchistan. The area of Hamoon and Jazmourian basin stretches to 69,600 square kilometers, with the western part of 35,600 square kilometers in Kerman province and the eastern part of 34,000 square kilometers in Sistan-Baluchestan province. The Jazmurian Wetland is located in an endorheic basin at the southern edge of the Dasht-e-Lut. Several factors such as high evaporation, overexploitation of groundwater, dam construction on the rivers feeding the wetland, and the effect of drought and climate changes have caused this wetland to dry out during the recent years. Geography At the center of the basin is a "seasonal lake," or ''hamun''. The lake can remain almost totally dry during dry years, while in wetter years it can have water year around. Jaz Murian is an oblong shape, east to west, surrounded by high mountain ranges reaching peaks in excess of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrice De Cardi
Beatrice Eileen de Cardi, (5 June 1914 – 5 July 2016) was a British archaeologist, specializing in the study of the Persian Gulf and the Baluchistan region of Pakistan. She was president of the British Foundation for the Study of Arabia, and she was Secretary of the Council for British Archaeology from 1949 to 1973. At the end of her career, she was the world's oldest practising archaeologist. Early life and education De Cardi was born in London on 5 June 1914, the second daughter of a Corsican father, Edwin de Cardi, and an American mother, Christine Berbette Wurfflein. She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, although her schooling was interrupted by ill health. From 1933 to 1935 she studied history, Latin and economics at University College London. She also studied archaeology, under the prominent archaeologist Sir Mortimer Wheeler. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. Career De Cardi received her earliest training as an assistant at the digs conducte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balochi Language
Balochi (, romanized: ) is a Northwestern Iranian language, spoken primarily in the Balochistan region of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. In addition, there are speakers in Oman, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Turkmenistan, East Africa and in diaspora communities in other parts of the world. The total number of speakers, according to '' Ethnologue'', is million. Of these, 6.28 million are in Pakistan. Balochi varieties constitute a dialect continuum and collectively at least have 10 million native speakers. The main varieties of Balochi are Eastern (Soleimani), Southern (Makrani) and Western (Rakhshani). The Koroshi dialect is a dialect of the Balochi language, spoken mainly in the provinces of Fars and Hormozgan. According to Brian Spooner, Balochi belongs to the Western Iranian subgroup, and its original homeland is suggested to be around the central Caspian region. Classification Balochi is an Indo-European language, spoken by the Baloch and belongi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
