Amol

Amol
	Left 17th century Davazdah-Tscheschme Bridge, right modern Moalagh Bridge over the Haraz River
	Amol
	Amol
Basic data
Country:	Iran
Province :	Māzandarān
Coordinates :	36 ° 28 ′ N , 52 ° 21 ′ E Coordinates: 36 ° 28 ′ N , 52 ° 21 ′ E
Height :	76 m
Surface:	21 km²
Residents :	199,698 (2000)
Population density:	10 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	46131-46391
Time zone :	UTC +3: 30

Amol ( pronunciation : [ ɒmol ], Persian آمل Āmol ) is a city in northern Iran in the province of Māzandarān . The city is located 20 km south of the Caspian Sea and 10 km north of the Elburs Mountains .

history

Amol at night

According to archaeological finds, the city and its surroundings were already inhabited 29,000 years ago. Some historians bring the city u. a. associated with the Pishdadians (Pīschdādiyān) and the Kayanids . Coin finds suggest that Āmol u. a. was the capital of the region and the country during the Sassanid era . The city was under the Abbasids - Caliphate Islamized . After the destruction by the Mongols , Sari became the capital of Mazandaran. After that, the capital switched between the two cities a few times. The current city of Āmol lies north of the old city complex.

trade

The city is a trading center for oranges , rice , iron and coal .

Attractions

Natural sights

Damawand , with 5610 m the highest mountain in the Near and Middle East
Lar Park and Dam, Larijan
Haraz River with a river that is worth seeing
Haraz Forest Park on the route between Tehran and Āmol
Ab-Esk hot springs used to treat skin conditions
Larijan hot springs for the treatment of skin diseases
Amolu spring - the water is suitable for the treatment of intestinal diseases
Alomol waterfall , reaches more than 100 m high with beautiful spray
Yachi waterfall, completely frozen waterfall at an altitude of 5100m
Shahandash waterfall
Deryuk waterfall
Tala Park (Golden Park)
Alimastan Forest, Ziaro and Blairan
8th century Qasim shrine
Shekl Shah inscription
Malek Bahman (Bahman Castle), 1st century
Sasanian bazaar from the 2nd century

Historical sights

Dome of the Friday Mosque

Friday mosque ( masdschid dschāmiʿ ) with basic structures from the 8th century
Mashhad Mirbozorg mausoleum from the 8th century
Heydar Mir Amoli Shrine, 8th century
Imamzadeh Ebrahim, burial place, 9th century
Imamzadeh Abdollah tomb
Sasanian fire temple
Imam Hassan Askari Mosque
Aschraf bath, 8th century, oldest bath in Āmol
Shah Abbas bath
Naser al Haqq funeral tower
Gole-Zard and Kafar-Keli Caves, Larijan
Davasdah Pelleh Bridge (twelve-step bridge), 120 m long architecturally protruding bridge from the 18th century
Moalagh Bridge
historical Museum
Agha Abbas mosque
Mirza Kochakkhan Mosque

sons and daughters of the town

Imamzade Ebrahim

Fereydūn is a figure in Persian mythology. He is the sixth mythical primeval king and is described in the sixth book of Shāhnāme , the Persian book of kings by the Persian poet Firdausi (940 / 41-1020).
Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari , Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari Amoli (c. 838 - c. 870) was a Persian doctor and scholar (Hakim) who wrote the first medical encyclopedia. His famous student Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi has tarnished his fame. Ali came from an important Jewish family. His father Saul ben Bischr was an astronomer and astrologer from Merw in Tabaristan (hence al-Tabari - the Tabaristani). Ali converted to Islam in the service of the Abbassid caliph Al-Mutasim (833 - 842), who appointed him to his court. His successor Al-Mutawakkil (847-861) also kept him in his service. Ali ibn Sahl mastered Syriac and Greek, the two sources of ancient medical tradition lost to medieval Europe, and wrote verse in beautiful calligraphy.
Tabari , historian and scholar. Abû Ja'far Muhammad Ibn Jarīr Ibn Yazīd at-Tabarī, Arabic أبو جعفر محمد بن جرير بن يزيد الطبري, DMG Abū Ǧaʿfar Muḥammad b.Ǧarīr b.Yazīd aṭ-Ṭabarī , called at-Tabarī (* 839 in Amol, Tabaristan , † January 19, 923 in Baghdad ), was an important Islamic historian and scholar of Persian descent. Little data is available about his life.
Abu Sahl al-Quhi , Abu Sahl Waidschan ibn Rustam al-Quhi, also al-Kuhi (Arabic أبو سهل ويجن بن رستم القوهي, DMG Abū Sahl Waiǧan b.Rustam al-Qūhū, Persian ابوسهūهی Sahlhī, Persian ابوسهūهی Sahlhī ابوس هل بیژن ; * around 940 from Quh in Tabaristan, Iran; † around 1000) was a Persian astronomer and mathematician.
Sahl ibn Bischr (al-Israili) was a Jewish astrologer, astronomer and mathematician from Tabaristan. He was the father of the famous scientist and doctor Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari (Ali bin Radha al-Tabari), who converted to Islam.
Fachr ad-Dīn ar-Rāzī , Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Umar ibn al-Husayn at-Taymi al-Bakri at-Tabaristani Fachr ad-Din ar-Razi [1] (persisc أبو عبد الله محمد بلد الله الاابا بن عمر الساد لسن فخرد بن الن , DMG Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b.al-Ḥusain Faḫr ad-Dīn ar-Rāzī; * 1149 in Ray, Iran; † 1209 in Herat, now Afghanistan) was an eminent Persian Sunni theologian and philosopher who also learned about medicine , Wrote physics, astrology, literature, history and law.
Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Amuli , Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Amuli (1300-1352) was a Persian doctor from Māzandarān . He penned a commentary on Avicenna's writings and created a comprehensive encyclopedia between 1335 and 1342 entitled Nafa'is al-funun fi 'ara'is al-'uyun (Treasures of Science).
Sayyed Zahiruddin Mar'ashi (* 1413 in Amol; † 1488) was an Iranian scholar and historian. He comes directly from the ruling family of the Mar'ashi. His grandfather, Sayyed Kamaluddin Mar'ashi, ruled the city of Sari and participated in the military resistance against Tamerlan's attack on Persia. Mir Sayyed Zahiruddin Mar'ashi's father, Sayyed Nasiruddin Mar'ashi, lived as a confidante of his own older brother Ali at his court in Sari. The tomb of his ancestor Mir Ghawamuddin Mar'ashi in the city of Amol is called "Mir Bozorg" ("Great Prince").
Tāleb-e Āmoli, Persian poet of the 16th and early 17th centuries at the court of Jahangir , wrote the Jahangir-nāmeh
Abbas Mirza , Abbas Mirza (* 1783 Amol † October 25, 1833 in Mashhad) was a Persian prince and the second son of the Shah of Persia, Fath Ali. He had appointed him heir to the throne and thereby passed over the legal succession of his older brother, Mohammed Ali Mirza. Mohammed Ali's mother was from Georgia and was not of the Qajar tribe. Because of this, he was excluded from the line of succession.
Ali Larijani , Ali Ardeschir Larijani, also Ali Laridjani or Ali Larijani (* 1958 in Nadschaf im Amol) is an Iranian politician. Larijani is considered a follower of Chāmene'īs, is secretary of the National Security Council, which is also responsible for nuclear issues, and since May 26, 2008, due to the power shift in the Iranian parliamentary elections in 2008, speaker of parliament and parliamentary president and was considered a potential candidate for the presidency of Iran [ 1].
Sadegh Larijani , Sadegh Larijani (* 1960 in Najaf, Iraq) is a Shiite clergyman with the title Hodschatoleslam, member of the Guardian Council since 2001 and has been the new head of the judiciary of Iran since August 15, 2009. He is the successor to Mahmud Hashemi Shahrudi , whose term of office was not extended by the revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ali Khamene'i.
Ghasem Rezaei (born August 18, 1985 in Amol) is an Iranian wrestler.
Seyyed Heydar Amoli is a philosopher.