Jahrom
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Jahrom is a city in and the capital of Jahrom County
Jahrom County
Jahrom County is a county in Fars Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Jahrom. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 197,331, in 48,335 families. The county is subdivided into four districts: the Central District, Khafr District, Simakan District, and Kordian District. The...

, Fars Province, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 103,023, in 25,946 families.

Jahrom is located 190 kilometres (118.1 mi) southeast of Shiraz
Shiraz, Iran
Shiraz is the sixth most populous city in Iran and is the capital of Fars Province, the city's 2009 population was 1,455,073. Shiraz is located in the southwest of Iran on the Roodkhaneye Khoshk seasonal river...

, the capital of Fars Province. The majority of people in Jahrom are Persians. Many tropical and sub-tropical plants are grown in Jahrom (i.e. palm date, citrus, wheat. Based on Ahmad Kasravi, the late Iranian historians and philologist, the name Jahrom can be analyzed to render a "warm-place". But a more satisfactory etymology interprets the name as a "green-place".

History

Jahrom's history goes back some 5500 years when the Achaemenids established the Persian Empire.
The biggest hand-made cave
Cave
A cave or cavern is a natural underground space large enough for a human to enter. The term applies to natural cavities some part of which is in total darkness. The word cave also includes smaller spaces like rock shelters, sea caves, and grottos.Speleology is the science of exploration and study...

 in the world is in the south of Jahrom and is called "Sangeshkan Cave".. The Sassanid monument of Qadamgāh is located in south east of the city 190Km from Shiraz
Shiraz
Shiraz may refer to:* Shiraz, Iran, a city in Iran* Shiraz County, an administrative subdivision of Iran* Vosketap, Armenia, formerly called ShirazPeople:* Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet* Ara Shiraz, Armenian sculptor...

, experts believe the monument was constructed during the late Sasanian dynastic era (224-651 CE), and it was a Zoroastrian shrine, probably a fire temple. The monument was registered in Iran’s National Heritage list in 1956 but sadly the site in danger as the result of unprofessional restorations. Jahrom is the birth place of Barbod, who became the main lyricist and musician in the court of the great Sassanid king Khosrau II
Khosrau II
250px|thumb|Khosrau II 250px|thumb|Khosrau II 250px|thumb|Khosrau II (Khosrow II, Chosroes II, or Xosrov II in classical sources, sometimes called Parvez, "the Ever Victorious" – (in Persian: خسرو پرویز), was the twenty-second Sassanid King of Persia, reigning from 590 to 628...

(Parviz).

Colleges and universities

There are four major universities in the city:

Famous Jahromis

  • Barbad
    Barbad
    Barbad or Barbad the Jahromi was a Persian musician of the Sassanid era, who lived during the rule of Khosrau II, 590 to 628..- Etymology :...

    , one of the first musicians in the world
  • Ali Mohammad Besharati, one of Iranian minister of interior
  • Ahmad Shirzadegan
  • Dr.Hamid Shakeri


External links

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