Rāmhormoz
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 Iran
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| Province : | Chuzestan | ||
| Coordinates : | 31 ° 17 ′ N , 49 ° 36 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 180 m | ||
| Residents : | 57,510 (2012) | ||
| Time zone : | UTC +3: 30 | ||
Rāmhormoz ( Persian رامهرمزhistorical name Samargān ) is a city in southwestern Iran in the province of Chuzestan , the foundation of which goes back to the Sassanids in the 3rd century AD.
Rāmhormoz is located about 100 km east of the provincial capital Ahvaz between the Zāgros Mountains and alluvial plains. The city is the only city in the administrative district ( Schahrestan ) Rāmhormoz, which in turn consists of a district ( Bachsch ) and four municipalities (Dehestan). The Garrāḥi / Āb-e Kordestān, which supplied the city with water via a canal, flows south of the city, other rivers in the vicinity are the Ala and the Gupal. The climate is hot and arid.
The urban population consists of Persians , Arabs and Bakhtiars . The city dialect was incomprehensible to medieval Arabic geographers such as al-Muqaddasi , which indicated an Arabic-Persian mixture.
The founding of the city is attributed to the Sassanid ruler Hormizd I , but the settlement of the area dates back to before the Elamite Empire . The earliest finds date from the 5th millennium BC. Al-Muqaddasi reported in detail about the Rāmhormoz of the Middle Ages and mentioned, among other things, the wealth of income on the plains in front of the city and the variety of goods produced.
The city's long history is also reflected in the historic buildings and sites. This is how the grave of Hormizd I is supposed to be here. Next to it is the Imamzade of Bibi Sitti, who is said to be the daughter of St. Hasan al-ʿAskarī . Two fortresses from the Qajar era still stand, one of which is now the city's anthropological museum.
Archaeological finds
In 1969, 42 archaeological sites were found in the course of an extensive survey. The most important of these were Tepe Bormi from the Middle Elamite period (1900–1100 BC) and several Sassanid fortresses. In April 2009, archaeologists uncovered two 2500 year old palaces and 18 columns that can be dated back to the Elamite , Achaemenid and Sassanid times. Five of these columns have been restored. The finds suggest that the place is on the ancient Persian Royal Road , which once connected Persepolis with the Apadana Palace in Susa and in the course of which there were more than a hundred palaces and caravanserais .
As early as May 2007, in addition to a series of artefacts, two U-shaped graves with skeletons of a woman and a girl who presumably belonged to an Elamite royal family were found.
Some of the finds were brought to the Rāmhormoz Cultural Office , while other finds were destroyed by road works and smuggling activities.
Web links
- Rāmhormoz . In: Ehsan Yarshater (Ed.): Encyclopædia Iranica (English, including references)
- Articles on Tavoos Online (English)
- Message on Tehrantimes.com (English)
- Articles on Cais-soas , 2007 (english)