داراب

Darab

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city
	Darab
	الإحداثيات: 28°45′07″N 54°32′40″E / 28.75194°N 54.54444°E
Country	إيران
Province	Fars
County	Darab
Bakhsh	Central
التعداد (2006)
• الإجمالي	54٬513
منطقة التوقيت	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• الصيف (التوقيت الصيفي)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Drawing of Darab during the Qajar period by Eugène Flandin

داراب (فارسية: Dārāb)^[1] — وسابقاً: داراب‌گرد — هي مدينة ومقر مقاطعة داراب، محافظة فارس، إيران. وفي إحصاء 2006، بلغ تعدادها 54,513، في 13,279 عائلة.^[2]

ويحيط بدارات عدد من القرى، منها: Bargan, Tizab, Nasravan, Barab.

خلفية تاريخية

Darab city one of the oldest cities in Iran, and is even mentioned in the famous Persian epic Shahname by Ferdowsi. Legend ascribes the foundation of the city to Darius I, hence its earlier name Daráb-gerd (Darius-town).^[3]

In the neighborhood there are various remains, including the Kalah i Daráb (citadel of Darius), which consists of a series of earthworks arranged in a circle around an isolated rock. Another monument in the vicinity is a giant bas-relief, carved on the vertical face of a rock, representing the victory of the Sasanian king Shapur I over the Roman emperor Valerian in 260 A.D.^[3]

المنتجات الزراعية

Major city products are wheat, citrus, cotton, maize and palm.

في الأدب

In the notes to his long mystical poem The Kasidah (1880), Sir Richard Francis Burton describes his alter ego, "Haji Abdu El-Yezdi" as being a native of Darab.

الهامش

^ داراب can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3059243" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^ "تعداد جمهورية إيران الإسلامية 1385 (2006)". جمهورية إيران الإسلامية. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2011-09-20 suggested (help)
^ ^أ ^ب One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Daráb" . دائرة المعارف البريطانية. Vol. 7 (eleventh ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 826. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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الكلمات الدالة:

[1] داراب can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3059243" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".

[2] "تعداد جمهورية إيران الإسلامية 1385 (2006)". جمهورية إيران الإسلامية. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2011-09-20 suggested (help)

[EB1911-3] أ ^ب One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Daráb" . دائرة المعارف البريطانية. Vol. 7 (eleventh ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 826. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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