Ramian
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Ramian is a city in and capital of Ramian County
Ramian County
Ramian County is a county in Golestan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Ramian. At the 2006 census, its population was 81,866, in 19,579 families. The county consists of two districts: Fenderesk District and Central District...

 in Golestan Province
Golestan Province
Golestan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in the north-east of the country, south of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is Gorgan....

, in northern 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 11,719, in 2,831 families.

Ramian was used in Parthian times as 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 thet time had great Vineries and wines.

People of modern Ramian are came from a tribe which called "Garaili" or " Geraili". A Turkic tribe in Khorasani turks, part of East Oghuz, Oghuz loop. They have same race with Azarbayjani and Turkish people. They had sent to Kalpush to defend people against Turkmen and Uzbeks, in Saffavied 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 that there wa on old Ramian (Koynah Ramian) which was that old Ramian.
They also known as Qizilbash, because they were in Qizilbash force of Safavied.

See also

  • Khorasani Turks
    Khorasani Turks
    Khorasani Turks or Turks of Khorasan , or Qizilbash Turks are Turks native to northeastern Iran, and in the neighboring regions of Turkmenistan up to beyond the Amu Darya River; and speak the Khorasani Turkic, and live in the North Khorasan,Razavi Khorasan and Golestan provinces of Iran.- Sources...

  • Khorasani Turkish
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