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Estahban
Estahban ( and ) is a city in the Central District of Estahban County, Fars province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. The area surrounding Estahban is very fertile, being the largest producer of dried figs, saffron, grain, cotton, walnuts, almonds, grapes and other fruits in the Middle East. Estahban has been the most famous provider of figs to the world. It is also one of the biggest producers of saffron. Demographics Language, ethnicity, and religion The majority of the people of Estahban are Persians, and they speak Persian with the Shirazi accent, not the Persian accent of Tehran. The majority in the city are Muslims. Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 33,101 in 8,714 households. The following census in 2011 counted 34,639 people in 9,730 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 36,410 people in 10,970 households. Geography Estahban is located at 29.1291° N, 54.35 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Reza Ale Ebrahim
Mohammad Reza Ale Ebrahim (born 24 October 1951 in Estahban) is an Iranian writer, researcher and anthropologist. He has so far published more than 20 books on the culture, literature and the history of Estahban, a city in Fars province, Fars province in Iran. He writes short stories besides conducting research on culture and the oral lore of the people of Estahban. Education Mohammad Reza Ale Ebrahim gained his high school diploma in his hometown, Estahban and then moved to Tehran to further his studies. He holds a double B.A. in Training Sciences (management and planning) and the Persian literature from Allameh Tabataba'i University. Books Biographies * ''The Revolt, Life and Struggles of Karimpour Shirazi'', Mohammad Reza Ale Ebrahim and Ali Ashraf Darvishian, Cheshmeh Publications, Tehran, 2004. * ''Ghazi Azododdin Iji'', Mohammad Reza Ale Ebrahim, Setahban Publications, Estahban, 2005. * ''Martyr Rabe (the martyr of the Freedom Path)'', Mohammad Reza Ale Ebrahim, Setahb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estahban County
Estahban County () is in Fars province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Estahban. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 66,391 in 16,606 households. The following census in 2011 counted 66,172 people in 18,584 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 68,850 in 20,890 households. Administrative divisions Estahban County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. See also References Estahban County Counties of Fars province {{Fars-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central District (Estahban County)
The Central District of Estahban County () is in Fars province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Estahban Estahban ( and ) is a city in the Central District of Estahban County, Fars province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. The area surrounding Estahban is very fertile, being the largest producer of dried figs, .... Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 43,582 in 44,141 households. The following census in 2011 counted 44,141 people in 12,386 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 46,166 inhabitants in 13,935 households. Administrative divisions See also References Districts of Fars province Populated places in Estahban County {{Estahban-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nezam Al Olama Estahbanati
Mohammad Nezam Al Olama, known as Nezam Al Olama Estahbanati (6 January 1849, in Estahban, Fars province – 20 December 1942, in Estahban, Fars province): was a renowned faqih and one of the most prominent scholars and well-known Ulama of the Qajars The Qajar family (; 1789–1925) was an Iranian royal family founded by Mohammad Khan (), a member of the Qoyunlu clan of the Turkoman-descended Qajar tribe. The dynasty's effective rule in Iran ended in 1925 when Iran's ''Majlis'', conveni ... and Rezā Shāh era, according to Fars-Nama-ye Naseri and . References *''The information in this article is based on that in its Persian equivalent''. * Idem, "Merchants of Shiraz in the Late 19th Century," a monograph prepared at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, 1987. * A. Banuazizi and A. Ashraf, "The Urban Elite and Notables of Shiraz in the Late Nineteenth Century," paper presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fars Province
Fars Province or Pars Province, also known as Persis or Farsistan (فارسستان), is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Shiraz. Pars province has an area of 122,400 km2 and is located in Iran's southwest, in Regions of Iran, Region 2. It neighbours the provinces of Bushehr province, Bushehr to the west, Hormozgan province, Hormozgan to the south, Kerman province, Kerman and Yazd province, Yazd to the east, Isfahan province, Isfahan to the north, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad to the northwest. Etymology The Persian language, Persian word Pa''rs'' (), derived from the earlier form ''Pârs'' (), which is in turn derived from ' (), the Old Persian name for the Persis region. The names ''Parsa'' and ''Persia'' originate from this region. Pars is the historical homeland of the Persian people. It was the homeland of the Achaemenid Empire, Achaemenid and Sasanian Empire, Sasanian Persian dynasties of Iran, who ... [...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] |
OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap (abbreviated OSM) is a free, Open Database License, open geographic database, map database updated and maintained by a community of volunteers via open collaboration. Contributors collect data from surveying, surveys, trace from Aerial photography, aerial photo imagery or satellite imagery, and import from other freely licensed geodata sources. OpenStreetMap is Free content, freely licensed under the Open Database License and is commonly used to make electronic maps, inform turn-by-turn navigation, and assist in humanitarian aid and Data and information visualization, data visualisation. OpenStreetMap uses its own data model to store geographical features which can then be exported into other GIS file formats. The OpenStreetMap website itself is an Web mapping, online map, geodata search engine, and editor. OpenStreetMap was created by Steve Coast in response to the Ordnance Survey, the United Kingdom's national mapping agency, failing to release its data to the pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakhtegan Lake
Bakhtegan Lake () was a salt lake in Fars province, southern Iran, about east of Shiraz and west of the town of Neyriz. With a surface area of , Bakhtegan was Iran's second-largest lake. It was fed by the Kor River. The construction of several dams on the Kor River had significantly reduced the water flow into the lake, increased its salinity, and extirpated the lake's populations of flamingos and other migratory birds. Description Lake Bakhtegan, once Iran's second largest lake, was fed mostly by the Kur River, while Lake Tashk was fed by overflow from the marshes at its west end and by a large permanent spring in the northwest. Despite being naturally segregated by narrow strips of land, they used to join to form a single lake during years of heavy rainfall. The lakes became completely dry from 2008 through 2010 and the ecosystem has suffered adverse effects. Species Lake Bakhtegan is now completely dry and the living species have either died or moved to other locations. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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DSC or Dsc may refer to: Education * Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) * District Selection Committee, an entrance exam in India * Doctor of Surgical Chiropody, superseded in the 1960s by Doctor of Podiatric Medicine Educational institutions * Dyal Singh College, Delhi, India * DSC International School, Hong Kong, China United States * Dalton State College, Georgia * Daytona State College, Florida * Deep Springs College, California * Dixie State College, now Utah Tech University, Utah Science and technology * Dice similarity coefficient, a statistical measure * Differential scanning calorimetry, or the differential scanning calorimeter * Digital setting circles, on telescopes * Digital still camera, a type of camera * Doppler shift compensation, in bat echolocation * Dye-sensitized solar cell, a low-cost solar cell * Dynamic stability control, computerized technology that improves a vehicle's stability * Dynamic susceptibility contrast, a technique in perfusion MRI * Subarctic clim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darab
Darab () is a city in the Central District (Darab County), Central District of Darab County, Fars province, Fars province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. History Darab is one of the oldest cities in Iran, and is mentioned in the Persian epic ''Shahname'' by Ferdowsi. Legend ascribes the foundation of the city to Darius I, hence its earlier name Daráb-gerd (Darius-town). In the neighborhood there are various remains, including the Kalah i Daráb (citadel of Darius), which consists of a series of Earthworks (archaeology), earthworks arranged in a circle around an isolated rock. Another monument in the vicinity is a giant Relief#Bas-relief or low relief, bas-relief, carved on the vertical face of a rock, representing the victory of the Sasanian Empire, Sasanian king Shapur I over the Roman emperor Valerian (emperor), Valerian in 260 A.D. According to Hamza al-Isfahani, the city was triangular in design, and the circular defensive wall, which has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiraz
Shiraz (; ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the population of the city was 1,565,572 people, and its built-up area with Sadra, Fars, Sadra was home to almost 1,800,000 inhabitants. A census in 2021 showed an increase in the city's population to 1,995,500 people. Shiraz is located in Southern Iran, southwestern Iran on the () seasonal river. Founded in the early Islamic period, the city has a moderate climate and has been a regional trade center for over a thousand years. The earliest reference to the city, as ''Tiraziš'', is on Elamite clay tablets dated to 2000 BCE. The modern city was founded by the Sasanian dynasty and restored by the Umayyad Caliphate in 693 CE and grew prominent under the successive Iranian peoples, Iranian Saffarid dynasty, Saffarid and Buyid dynasty, Buyid dynastie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
