Shiraz
Shiraz (
listen? Persian: شیراز Template:IPA-fa) is the saxt maist populous ceety in Iran[1] an is the caipital o Fars Province. Shiraz is locatit in the soothwast o Iran on the Rudkhaneye Khoshk saisonal river. Shiraz haes a moderate climate an haes been a regional trade center for mair than ane thoosan years.
The earliest reference tae the ceety, as Tiraziš, is on Elamite clay tablets datit tae 2000 BC.[2] In the 13t century, Shiraz became a leadin center o the airts an letters, thanks tae the encouragement o its ruler an the presence o many Persian scholars an airtists. Shiraz wis the caipital o Persie durin the Zand dynasty frae 1750 till 1781, as well as briefly durin the Saffarid period.
Shiraz is kent as the ceety o poets, wine an flouers.[3] The wird "shir" in Persian means "lion", but it coud an an mean "milk". It is an aa considered bi mony Iranians tae be the ceety o gardens, due tae the mony gardens an fruit trees that can be seen in the ceety. Shiraz haes haed major Jewish an Christian communities. The crafts o Shiraz consist o inlaid mosaic wirk o triangular design; silver-ware; pile carpet-weavin an weavin o kilim, cried gilim an jajim in the veelages an amang the tribes.[4] In Shiraz industries such as cement production, sugar, fertilizers, textile products, wood products, metalwirk an rugs dominate.[5] Shirāz an aa haes a major oil refinery an is an aa a major center for Iran's electronic industries: 53% o Iran's electronic investment haes been centered in Shiraz.[6] Shiraz is hame tae Iran's first solar pouer plant.[7]
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[edit] References
- ↑ Efter Tehran, Mashhad, Esfahan, Tabriz an Karaj; in 2006 Shiraz haed a total population o 1,204,882
- ↑ Cameron, George G. Persepolis Treasury Tablets, University of Chicago Press, 1948:115.
- ↑ (Iran Chamber Society) "Shiraz" (php file); "Shiraz"
- ↑ "the physical features of Shiraz"
- ↑ Looklex Encyclopaedia
- ↑ ARSH Co. site
- ↑ Iran’s first solar power plant comes on stream. tehran times (2009-01-11). Retrieved on 25 September 2010. .
