Firouzabad
Firoozabad
فیروزآباد
(Wikipedia) - Firouzabad or Firuzabad (Sassanid Middle Persian Ardasher-Khwarrah u0627u0631u062Fu0634u064Au0631u062Eu0648u0631u0647, or The Glory of Ardasher, post-Arab rule Fu012Bru016Bzu0101bu0101d u0641u064Au0631u0648u0632u0622u0628u0627u062F) is a city in Iran. It is located in Fars province south of Shiraz. The town is surrounded by a mud wall and ditch. It had an estimated population of 67,909 in 2005. Alexander of Macedonia destroyed the original city of Gu014Dr. Centuries later, Ardashir I, founder of the Sassanid Dynasty, revived the city before it was ransacked during the Arab invasion of the seventh century. Firuzabad is situated in a low-lying area of the region, so Alexander was able to drown the city by directing the flow of a river into the city. The lake he created remained until Ardashir I built a tunnel to drain it. He founded his new capital city on this site. Ardeshir's new city was known as Khor Ardeshu012Br, Ardeshu012Br Khurah and Shu0101hr-u012B Gu014Dr. It had a circular plan so precise in measurement that the Persian historian Ibn Balkhi wrote it to be "devised using a compass". It was protected by a trench 50 meters in width, and was 2 kilometers in diameter. The city had four gates; to the north was the Hormoz Gate, to the south the Ardeshir Gate, to the east the Mithra Gate and to the west the Bahram Gate. The royal capital's compounds were constructed at the center of a circle 450 m in radius. At the center point of the city was a Zoroastrian fire temple 30 m high and spiral in design, which is thought to have been the architectural predecessor of the Great Mosque of Samarra of Iraq. (see satellite photo- top right hand corner of the article) The city's importance was revived again in the reign of Azud al-Dawla of the Daylamite dynasty, who used the city as his frequent residence. It is at this time that the old name of the cityu2014Gu014Dr, was abandoned in favor of the new. In New Persian, spoken at the time, Gu014Dr had come to mean "grave. " King Azud al-Dawla, as the story goes, found it distasteful to reside in a "grave. " Per his instruction, the city's name was changed to Peroz-abad, "City of Victory. " Since then, the city has been known by variations of that name, to include Firuzabad (Middle Persian Fu012Bru016Bzu0101bu0101d). Among the attractions of the city are the Ghal'eh Dokhtar, the Palace of Ardeshir, and the fire temple tower among the remains of Gu014Dr. Firuzabad, Fars (Redirected from Firouzabad) This article is about the city in Fars Province, Iran. For other uses, see Firuzabad (disambiguation).
| — city — |
| Firuzabad |
| Coordinates: 28°50′38″N 52°34′15″E / 28.84389°N 52.57083°E / 28.84389; 52.57083Coordinates: 28°50′38″N 52°34′15″E / 28.84389°N 52.57083°E / 28.84389; 52.57083 |
| Iran |
| Fars |
| Firuzabad |
| Central |
| Population (2006) |
| 58,210 |
| IRST (UTC+3:30) |
| IRDT (UTC+4:30) |
Firuzabad (Persian: فيروزآباد also Romanized as Fīrūzābād; anciently, Sassanid Middle Persian Ardasher-Khwarrah – اردشيرخوره, meaning "The Glory of Ardasher") is a city in and the capital of Firuzabad County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 58,210, in 12,888 families.
Firuzabad is located south of Shiraz. The town is surrounded by a mud wall and ditch.
Alexander of Macedonia destroyed the original city of Gōr. Centuries later, Ardashir I, founder of the Sassanid Dynasty, revived the city before it was ransacked during the Arab invasion of the seventh century.
Firuzabad is situated in a low-lying area of the region, so Alexander was able to drown the city by directing the flow of a river into the city. The lake he created remained until Ardashir I built a tunnel to drain it. He founded his new capital city on this site.
Ardeshir's new city was known as Khor Ardeshīr, Ardeshīr Khurah and Shāhr-ī Gōr. It had a circular plan so precise in measurement that the Persian historian Ibn Balkhi wrote it to be "devised using a compass". It was protected by a trench 50 meters in width, and was 2 kilometers in diameter. The city had four gates; to the north was the Hormoz Gate, to the south the Ardeshir Gate, to the east the Mithra Gate and to the west the Bahram Gate. The royal capital's compounds were constructed at the center of a circle 450 m in radius. At the center point of the city was a Zoroastrian fire temple 30 m high and spiral in design, which is thought to have been the architectural predecessor of the Great Mosque of Samarra of Iraq. (See satellite photo in the top right hand corner of the article.)
The city's importance was revived again in the reign of Azud al-Dawla of the Daylamite dynasty, who used the city as his frequent residence. It is at this time that the old name of the city—Gōr, was abandoned in favor of the new. In New Persian, spoken at the time, Gōr had come to mean "grave." King Azud al-Dawla, as the story goes, found it distasteful to reside in a "grave." Per his instruction, the city's name was changed to Peroz-abad, "City of Victory." Since then, the city has been known by variations of that name, to include Firuzabad (Middle Persian Fīrūzābād).
Among the attractions of the city are the Ghal'eh Dokhtar, the Palace of Ardeshir, and the fire temple tower among the remains of Gōr.
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