Ramian ( fa, راميان, also

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d as Rāmīān, Rāmeyān, and Rāmīyān) is a city and capital of,

Ramian County Ramian County ( fa, شهرستان رامیان) is in Golestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Ramian Ramian ( fa, راميان, also Romanized as Rāmīān, Rāmeyān, and Rāmīyān) is a city and capital of, Ra ...

in Golestan Province, in northern

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 11,719, in 2,831 families. Ramian was used in Parthian times as a castle. In "Immortal Land" v. III (written by: Zabihollah e Mansoori) says Greek called it "Laboos" and there was a fight between Ashk II and Selucied king. Some say Ramian at that time had great vineries and wines. Many residents of modern Ramian are from the

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tribe of Qara-Eli (Garaili/Geraili). Genetically, they are a mix of Turkmens and

Keraites The Keraites (also ''Kerait, Kereit, Khereid''; ; ) were one of the five dominant Mongol or Turkic tribal confederations (khanates) in the Altai-Sayan region during the 12th century. They had converted to the Church of the East (Nestorianism) i ...

. Because they were Shia, they had sent to Kalpush to defend people against raids by the Sunni Turkmen and Uzbeks, in Safavid era. They separated other parts (Khorasan -like: Jajarm-, Semnan and Golestan -like: Ramian- provinces in early Qajar in order of Hosseyn-Qoli khan Qajar. Modern Ramian has been constructed at that time. Before, there was on old Ramian (Kohna Ramian) which was that old Ramian. They are also known as Qizilbash, because they were Shia Qizilbash force of Safavied.

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Cities in Golestan Province Populated places in Ramian County {{Ramian-geo-stub

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