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Irahistan
Irahistan () or Irahestan is a historical region in Iran. It is also known by some of the locals as Achomestan. The region of Irahistan consists of several counties in Fars province (Larestan, Khonj County, Gerash County, Lamerd County, and Mohr County) and Bastak County, Bandar Lengeh County and Parsian County in Hormozgan. The region's importance grew during the Sassanid period with vast expansion of settlements in Irahistan. In the book " Kar-Namag i Ardashir i Pabagan," which is written in Middle Persian, in the section describing the second war between Ardeshir and Haftvad, the name of Irahistan is mentioned: In medieval times, the region was ruled by local lords until they were removed by a Safavid invasion in 1610. In the thirteenth century, the city of Lar became a center of trade and commerce in Irahistan and the population of this city grew rapidly, outpacing the more historical towns and cities. The people in this region speak Persian and Achomi. Achomi p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achomi People
Achomi/Achami people (, , Pahlavi scripts, Inscription Parsig: 𐭠𐭰𐭬𐭭𐭩𐭠), known by their self-designated pseudonym as ''Khodmooni'' (), commonly known as ''Laris'' (), ''Larestanis'' (), or ''Garmsiris'', are an Iranian peoples, Iranic sub Ethnicity, ethnic group said to be descended of a tribe of Persians known as “Ira” (), who primarily inhabited southern Iran in a region historically known as Irahistan (presently Larestan region), in some of them migrated to Shiraz, and the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Arab countries in the Persian Gulf region. They speak the Achomi language which has reported eight dialects and it is not intelligible with New Persian/Persian language, Farsi, (Dari, Tajik language, Tajiki, and Iranian Persian, Iranian). They are predominantly Sunni Muslims, with a Shia Islam, Shia minority. Origins The Achum/Acham people are said to be of Persian/Parsi (پارسی) descent. In the Achaemenid Empire, Achemaenid Behistun Inscription of D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khonj County
Khonj County () is in Fars province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Khonj. Demographics Language and ethnicity Khonj was traditionally part of the region of Irahistan. Khonj's inhabitants are Achomi people Achomi/Achami people (, , Pahlavi scripts, Inscription Parsig: 𐭠𐭰𐭬𐭭𐭩𐭠), known by their self-designated pseudonym as ''Khodmooni'' (), commonly known as ''Laris'' (), ''Larestanis'' (), or ''Garmsiris'', are an Iranian peoples, Ir .... History After the 2016 National Census, the village of Mahmeleh was elevated to the status of a city. Population At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 37,978 in 7,025 households. The following census in 2011 counted 41,133 people in 9,121 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 41,359 in 10,708 households. Administrative divisions Khonj County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bastak County
Bastak County () is in Hormozgan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Bastak. History After the 2016 National Census, the villages of Henguiyeh, Kuhij, and Kukherdharang were elevated to city status. Demographics Language Bastak was traditionally part of the region of Irahistan. Bastak's inhabitants are Sunni Muslim and speak Achomi (Larestani) language. The Bastaki accent of Achomi language is very similar to the Khonji, Gerashi and Fedaghi and Evazi and other regional accents. Population At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 65,716 in 13,563 households. The following census in 2011 counted 80,119 people in 18,780 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 80,492 in 21,684 households. Administrative divisions Bastak County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. See also * Azdi Bastak *Larestan *Khonj County * Gerash County * Lamer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamerd County
Lamerd County () is in Fars province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Lamerd. History After the 2011 census, Chah Varz Rural District was separated from the Central District in the formation of Chah Varz District, which was divided into two rural districts, including the new Sheykh Amer Rural District. After the 2016 census, Kahnuyeh Rural District was established in Alamarvdasht District, and Kheyrgu Rural District was separated from it in the formation of Kheyrgu District, which was divided into two rural districts, including the new Kamali Rural District. The villages of Chah Varz and Kheyrgu were elevated to city status. Demographics Ethnicity Lamerd was historically part of the region of Irahistan. The people of Lamerd are known as the Achomi people Achomi/Achami people (, , Pahlavi scripts, Inscription Parsig: 𐭠𐭰𐭬𐭭𐭩𐭠), known by their self-designated pseudonym as ''Khodmooni'' (), commonly known as ''Laris'' (), ''Larestanis'' (), or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerash County
Gerash County () is located in Fars province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Gerash. History In November 2008, Beyram, Evaz, and Gerash Districts were separated from Larestan County in the establishment of Gerash County, which was divided into three districts of two rural districts each, with Gerash as its capital. However, Beyram and Evaz Districts were returned to Larestan County six months later. At the same time, Khalili Rural District was created in the Central District, and Arad Rural District was separated from it in the formation of Arad District, which was divided into two rural districts, including the new Sabz Push Rural District. After the 2016 National Census, the village of Arad was elevated to the status of a city. Demographics Ethnicity Gerash was traditionally part of the region of Irahistan. Gerash's inhabitants are Achomi people. Population At the time of the 2011 census, the county's population was 47,055 people in 12,839 households. The 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achomi Language
Achomi (), also known as Khodmooni and Larestani, is a Middle Persian (Parsig) derived and Southwestern Iranian language spoken by the Achomi people in southern Fars and western Hormozgan and by significant numbers of Ajam citizens in the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, and other neighbouring countries. It is the predominant language of Gerash, Larestan, Lamerd, Khonj, and Evaz counties in Fars and Bastak County and Ruydar in Hormozgan province. Moreover, many cities, towns, and villages in Iran have their own particular dialect, such as Larestan, Khonj, Gerash, Evaz, Ashkanan, Bastak, Lar, and Banaruiyeh. The majority of Achomi speakers are Sunni Muslims, with a minority being Shia Muslims. The Achomi language is considered a descendant of the Sassanid Persian language or Middle Persian.گويش مردم اوز. نسرين انصاف پور و محمد رفيع ضيايى 1396 Etymology and name of the language There are different ways to refer to this language. *Acho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haftvād
Haftvād () is a legendary character whose story appears alongside accounts of the rise of Ardashir I, the founder of the Sassanid dynasty of Persia, in the third century C.E. Haftvād is mentioned in various sources, most notably the ''Shahnameh'' of Abu'l-Qāsim Ferdowsī Tūsī. Haftvād in the ''Shahnameh'' The tale of Haftvād appears in the section of the ''Shahnameh'' on the reign of Ardashir. The story opens with a description of Haftvād's daughter, who works as a spinner. Haftvād pays her little attention, instead favoring the seven sons for whom he is named ("haft" means "seven" in Persian, and "vād" means "son"). One day, as Haftvād's daughter takes a break from spinning to eat lunch on the mountainside with her fellow spinners, she spies an apple on the ground. She bites into it and finds a small worm, which she hides away in her spindle case. That day she spins twice as much as she normally does. It soon becomes apparent that the worm is special, as Haftvād's da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safavid
The Guarded Domains of Iran, commonly called Safavid Iran, Safavid Persia or the Safavid Empire, was one of the largest and longest-lasting Iranian empires. It was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often considered the beginning of modern Iranian history, as well as one of the gunpowder empires. The Safavid Shāh Ismā'īl I established the Twelver denomination of Shīʿa Islam as the official religion of the empire, marking one of the most important turning points in the history of Islam. An Iranian dynasty rooted in the Sufi Safavid order founded by sheikhs claimed by some sources to be of Kurdish origin, it heavily intermarried with Turkoman, Georgian, Circassian, and Pontic GreekAnthony Bryer. "Greeks and Türkmens: The Pontic Exception", ''Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Vol. 29'' (1975), Appendix II "Genealogy of the Muslim Marriages of the Princesses of Trebizond" dignitaries and was Turkish-speaking and Turkified;, "The origins of the Safavids are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Language
Persian ( ), also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Farsi (, Fārsī ), is a Western Iranian languages, Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian languages, Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible standard language, standard varieties, respectively Iranian Persian (officially known as ''Persian''), Dari, Dari Persian (officially known as ''Dari'' since 1964), and Tajik language, Tajiki Persian (officially known as ''Tajik'' since 1999).Siddikzoda, S. "Tajik Language: Farsi or not Farsi?" in ''Media Insight Central Asia #27'', August 2002. It is also spoken natively in the Tajik variety by a significant population within Uzbekistan, as well as within other regions with a Persianate society, Persianate history in the cultural sphere o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lar, Iran
Lar () is a city in the Central District (Larestan County), Central District of Larestan County, Fars province, Fars province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Demographics Ethnicity Lar's inhabitants are Larestani people. Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 51,961 in 12,891 households. The following census in 2011 counted 65,451 people in 16,528 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 62,045 people in 18,578 households. History The city was originally called Lar after the person who had first established the city. ''Lar'' (لاڑ) is the name of one of Shahnameh's famous heroes. Around the 16th and 17th centuries, Lar was considered to be a major stop along the road to the Persian Gulf when it was under the Miladian dynasty. In the early part of the 17th century, Achomi people, Larestani people migrated to Arab world, Arab states in the Persian Gulf in significant numbers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Persian
Middle Persian, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg ( Inscriptional Pahlavi script: , Manichaean script: , Avestan script: ) in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasanian Empire. For some time after the Sasanian collapse, Middle Persian continued to function as a prestige language. It descended from Old Persian, the language of the Achaemenid Empire and is the linguistic ancestor of Modern Persian, the official language of Iran (also known as Persia), Afghanistan ( Dari) and Tajikistan ( Tajik). Name "Middle Iranian" is the name given to the middle stage of development of the numerous Iranian languages and dialects. The middle stage of the Iranian languages begins around 450 BCE and ends around 650 CE. One of those Middle Iranian languages is Middle Persian, i.e. the middle stage of the language of the Persians, an Iranian people of Persia proper, which lies in the south-western Iran highlands on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
