The city of Ahvaz or Ahwaz^[1] (Persian: اهواز ahvāz or Arabic: أحواز‎), is the capital of the Iranian province of Khūzestān. It is built on the banks of the Karun River and is situated in the middle of Khūzestān Province. The city has an average elevation of 20 meters above sea level. The city had a population of 1,338,126 in 2006.^[2] Image File history File linksMetadata Ahvaz_pol. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 443 pixelsFull resolution (1843 × 1020 pixel, file size: 846 KB, MIME type: image/png) Map of Ahvaz I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 723 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,024 × 849 pixels, file size: 59 KB, MIME type: image/png) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Red_pog2. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iran. ... Iran consists of 30 provinces: Provinces are governed from a local center, mostly the largest local city. ... Map showing Khuzestan in Iran Domes like this are quite common in Khuzestan province. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... Farsi redirects here. ... Arabic redirects here. ... Domes like this are quite common in Khuzestan province. ... Karun River passing the Iranian city of Ahvaz The Karun (also Karoun) is Irans most effluent, and the only navigable, river. ...

Etymology

The word Ahvaz is a Persianized form of the local Ahwaz, which in turn itself is derived from a Persian word. The Dehkhoda Dictionary specifically defines the Market of the Khuzis", where "Suq" is Persian word "chahar-suy/sugh" for market, and "Ahwaz" is a plural (اسم جمع) of the form "af'āl" (افعال) of the word "Huz", or more precisely, the root "ha wa za" (ه و ز), which itself comes from the Persian Huz, from Achaemenid inscriptions from where the term first appears. Thus, which refers to the non-Arabic original habitants of Khūzestān. Dehkhoda Dictionary is the largest ever lexical compilation of the Persian language. ...

The term "Huz", meanwhile, is the Old Persian rendition of Suz (Susa-Susiana), the native Elamite name of the region. Old Persian commonly changed the initial "s" in a foreign word into an "h," most famously, in its rendition of the name the river and the people Sindh/Sindhi into Hind/Hindi, which was then Hellenized into Indus, whence India. See Aryan Language or Old Persian For more information visit: *[Ancient Iranian Languages & Literature The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies (CAIS) ... For other uses, see Susa (disambiguation). ... The ancient Elamite Empire, تمدن عیلام in Farsi, lay to the east of Sumer and Akkad, in what is now southwestern Iran. ... Elamite is an extinct language, which was spoken in the ancient Elamite Empire. ... Sindh (SindhÄ«: سنڌ, UrdÅ«: سندھ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhis. ... Sindhi refers to an ethnic group of people originating in Sindh which is part of present day Pakistan. ... The Indus is a river; the Indus River. ...

Location and roads

Ahwaz located 120 km north-west of Abadan and is accessible via following routes in addition of a single runway airport: Abadan (Persian: ) is a city in the Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran (Persia). ...

• Tehran-Khorramshahr national railway
• Ahvaz-Abadan highway (145 km)
• Ahvaz-Andimeshk (152 km) highway
• Ahvaz-Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni highway (175 km).

Ahvaz being the largest city in the province consists of two distinctive districts: the newer part of Ahvaz, the administrative and industrial center, has been built on the right bank of the Karun while residential areas are found in the old section of the city, on the left bank. For other uses, see Tehran (disambiguation). ... Khorramshahr (Persian: خرمشهر) is a port city in Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. ... Abadan (Persian: ) is a city in the Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran (Persia). ... Andimeshk is a city in the Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. ...

Climate

Ahvaz has long, hot summers and mild, short winters. The maximum temperature in summer could soar up to 54 degrees Celsius while in winters the minimum temperature could fall around 2 degrees Celsius. The annual rainfall is 195 mm.^{[citation needed]}

History

For a more comprehensive historical treatment of the area, see the history section of Khūzestān Province. Domes like this are quite common in Khuzestan province. ...

Ancient history

Ahvaz is the anagram of "Avaz" and "Avaja" which appear in Darius's epigraph. This word appears in Naqsh-Rostam inscription as "Khaja" or "Khooja" too.^{[citation needed]}

First named Ōhrmazd-Ardašēr (Persian: هرمزداردشیر) (Roamn Hormizdartazir^[3]) it was built near the beginning of the Sassanid dynasty on what historians believe to have been the site of the old city of Taryana, a notable city under the Persian Achaemenid dynasty. It was founded either by Ardashir I in 230 (cf. Encyclopædia Iranica, al-Muqaddasi, et al.) or (according to the Middle Persian Šahrestānīhā ī Ērānšahr) by his grandson Hormizd I; the town's name either combined Ardashir's name with the Zoroastrian name for God, Ōhrmazd or Hormizd's name with that of his grandfather. It became the seat of the province, and was also referred to as Hūmšēr. During the Sassanid era, an irrigation system and several dams were constructed, and the city prospered. Examples of Sassanid-era dams are Band-e Bala-rud, Band-e Mizan, Band-e Borj Ayar and Band-e Khak. The city replaced Susa, the ancient capital of Susiana, as the capital of what was then called Xuzestān. The Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Dynasty (Persian: []) is the name used for the third Iranian dynasty and the second Persian Empire (226–651). ... This article belongs in one or more categories. ... Founder of empires: Cyrus, The Great is still revered in modern Iran as he was in all the successor Persian Empires. ... Silver coin of Ardashir I with a fire altar on its verso (British Museum London). ... Events Pope Pontian succeeds Pope Urban I Patriarch Castinus succeeds Patriarch Ciriacus I as Patriarch of Constantinople Births Deaths Categories: 230 ... Muhammad ibn Ahmad Shams al-Din Al-Muqaddasi (Arabic: محمد بن امحد شمس الدين المقدسي) (also known as Al-Maqdisi) was a notable medieval Arab geographer, author of Ahsan at-Taqasim fi Ma`rifat il-Aqalim (The Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions). ... Hormizd I, king of Persia, (272-273) was the son of Shapur I, under whom he was governor of Khorasan, and appears in his wars against Rome (Trebellius Pollio, 2, where Noldeke has corrected the name Odomastes into Oromastes, i. ... Ahura Mazda () is the Avestan language name for a divinity exalted by Zoroaster as the one uncreated Creator, hence God. ... For other uses, see Susa (disambiguation). ...

The city had two sections; the nobles of the city lived in one part while the other was inhabited by merchants.^[4] When the Arabs invaded the area in 640, the part of the city home to the nobility was demolished but the Hūj-ī-stānwāčār "Market of Khūz State", the merchant area, remained intact. The city was therefore renamed Sūq al-Ahwāz, "Market of the Khuz", a semi-literal translation of the Persian name of this quarter - Ahwāz being the Arabic broken plural of Hûz, taken from the ancient Persian term for the native Elamite peoples, Hūja (remaining in medieval Xūzīg "of the Khuz" and modern Xuzestān "Khuz State", as noted by Yaqut al-Hamawi (1179-1229) and Abu-Mansoor Javalighi. Events May 28 - Severinus becomes pope, but dies the same year. ... In linguistics, broken plurals is a grammatical phenomenon typical in many Semitic languages of the Middle East and Ethiopia in which a singular noun is broken to form a plural by having its root consonant embedded in a different frame, rather than by merely adding a prefix or suffix to... Elam (Persian: تمدن ایلام) is one of the oldest recorded civilizations. ... Yaqut (Yaqut ibn-Abdullah al-Hamawi) (1179 - 1229) was an Arab biographer and geographer. ... Events Third Council of the Lateran condemned Waldensians and Cathars as heretics, institutes a reformation of clerical life, and creates the first ghettos for Jews Afonso I is recognized as the true King of Portugal by Portugal the protection of the Catholic Church against the Castillian monarchy Philip II is... Events February 18 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy. ...

Medieval history

During the Umayyad and Abbasid eras, Ahvaz flourished as a center for the cultivation of sugarcane and as the home of many well-known scholars. It is discussed by such respected medieval historians and geographers as ibn Hawqal, Tabari, Istakhri, al-Muqaddasi, Ya'qubi, Masudi, and Mostowfi Qazvini. Nearby stood the Academy of Gundishapur, where the modern-day teaching hospital is said to have been first established. The Courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, one of the grandest architectural legacies of the Umayyads. ... Mashriq Dynasties  Maghrib Dynasties  The Abbasid Caliphate Abbasid (Arabic: , ) is the dynastic name generally given to the caliph of Baghdad, the second of the two great Sunni dynasties of the Arab Empire, that overthrew the Umayyad caliphs from all but Spain. ... Species Saccharum arundinaceum Saccharum bengalense Saccharum edule Saccharum officinarum Saccharum procerum Saccharum ravennae Saccharum robustum Saccharum sinense Saccharum spontaneum Sugarcane or Sugar cane (Saccharum) is a genus of 6 to 37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation) of tall perennial grasses (family Poaceae, tribe Andropogoneae), native to warm temperate to tropical... 10th century map of the World by Ibn Hawqal. ... Balamis 14th century Persian version of Universal History by al-Tabari Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Jarir at-Tabari 838–923 (father of Jafar, named Muhammad, son of Jarir from the province of Tabaristan, Arabic الطبري), was an author from Persia, one of the earliest, most prominent and famous Persian... A map by Istakhri from the text Al-aqalim. ... Muhammad ibn Ahmad Shams al-Din Al-Muqaddasi (Arabic: محمد بن امحد شمس الدين المقدسي) (also known as Al-Maqdisi) was a notable medieval Arab geographer, author of Ahsan at-Taqasim fi Ma`rifat il-Aqalim (The Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions). ... Yaqubi (Ahmad Ibn Abu Yaqub Ibn Jafar Ibn Wahb Ibn Wadih Al-yaqubi, 9th century), was an Arab historian and geographer, was a great-grandson of Wadih, the freedman of the caliph Mansur. ... Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Husayn Masudi (أبو الحسن ØŒ علي بن الحسين المسعودي) (?, Baghdad , Iraq - 956, Cairo,Egypt), was an Arab historian, geographer and philosopher. ... Tomb of Hamdollah Mostowfi, Qazvin, Iran. ... The Academy of Gundishapur (in Persian: ‎) was a renowned center of learning in the city of Gundeshapur during late antiquity, the intellectual center of the Sassanid empire. ...

Ahvaz was devastated in the bloody Mongol invasions of the 13th and 14th centuries. Ahvaz subsequently declined into a mere village. The dam and irrigation channels, no longer maintained, eroded and finally collapsed early in the 19th century. During this time Ahvaz was primarily inhabited by Arabs and a small number of Sabians. Some minor cultivation continued, while all evidence of sugarcane plantations had vanished, although ruins of sugarcane mills from the medieval era remained in existence.^[5] Expansion of the Mongol Empire Historical map of the Mongol Empire (1300~1405), the gray area is Timurid dynasty. ... The Arabs of Khuzestan are one of the ethnic groups of Iran inhabiting the province of Khuzestan. ... Not to be confused with Sabaeans, who were ancient people living in what is now Yemen. ...

Modern history

Sahel Cinema.

In the 19th century, "Ahvaz was no more than a small borough inhabited mainly by Sha'ab Arabs and a few Sabeans (1,500 to 2,000 inhabitants according to Ainsworth in 1835; 700 according to Curzon in 1890)."^[6] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1000x522, 430 KB)Sahel cinema, Ahvaz - Iran(Persia). ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1000x522, 430 KB)Sahel cinema, Ahvaz - Iran(Persia). ... Look up Borough in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Arab (disambiguation). ... Not to be confused with Sabaeans, who were ancient people living in what is now Yemen. ...

In the 1880s, under Qajar rule, the Karun River was dredged and re-opened to commerce. A newly-built railway crossed the Karun at Ahvaz. The city again became a commercial crossroads, linking river and rail traffic. The construction of the Suez Canal further stimulated trade. A port city was built near the old village of Ahvaz, and named Bandar-e-Naseri in honor of Nassereddin Shah Qajar. edit The Qajar dynasty ( ) (Persian: - or دودمان قاجار) was a ruling Persian dynasty[1] of Turkic descent[2], that ruled Iran (Persia) from 1781 to 1925. ... For other uses, see Suez (disambiguation). ... Nasser-al-Din Shah The Shah, on his European tour, in The Royal Albert Hall, London Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar (Persian: ‎ translit: ) (July 16, 1831 - May 1, 1896) was the Shah of Persia from September 17, 1848 until his death on May 1, 1896. ...

Uptown Kianpars, a district of Ahvaz.

Oil was found near Ahvaz in the early 20th century, and the city once again grew and prospered as a result of this newfound wealth. From 1897-1925, Sheikh Khaz'al controlled this area and the name was changed to Naseriyeh. Afterwards, during the Pahlavi period, it resumed its old name, Ahvaz. The government of the Khūzestān Province was transferred there from Shûshtar in 1926. The trans-Iranian railroad reached Ahvaz in 1929 and by the World War II, Ahvaz had become the principal built-up area of interior of Khūzestān. Professional segregation remained well marked between various groups in that period still feebly integrated: Persians, sub-groupings of Persians and Arabs. Natives of the Isfahan region held an important place in retail trade, owners of cafes and hotels and as craftsmen.^[7] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1000x529, 500 KB)Uptown Kianpars, Ahvaz. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1000x529, 500 KB)Uptown Kianpars, Ahvaz. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sheikh Khazal Khan Lieutenant-General Sheikh Khazal Khan ibn Haji Jabir Khan (1863?-1936), styled His Eminence, Muaz us-Sultana, and Sardar-e-Aqdas (Most Sacred Officer of the Imperial Order of the Aqdas), was the ruler of a virtually autonomous sheikhdom (officially called the Sheikhdom of Mohammerah... The Pahlavi script was used broadly in the Sasanid Persian Empire to write down Middle Persian for secular, as well as religious purposes. ... Domes like this are quite common in Khuzestan province. ... Shushtar Shûshtar is an ancient fortress city in the Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... This article is about the Persian people, an ethnic group found mainly in Iran. ... For other uses, see Arab (disambiguation). ... EÅŸfahān province (Persian: استان اصفهان (Ostan-e Esfahan); also transliterated as Isfahan, Esfahan, Espahan, Sepahan or Isphahan) is one of the 28 provinces of Iran. ...

Iraq attempted to annex Khūzestān and Ahvaz in 1980, resulting in the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988). Ahvaz was close to the front lines and suffered badly during the war. Combatants  Iran Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Iraq Peoples Mujahedin of Iran Commanders Ruhollah Khomeini Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Shamkhani Mostafa Chamran â€  Saddam Hussein Ali Hassan al-Majid Strength 305,000 soldiers 500,000 Pasdaran and Basij militia 900 tanks 1,000 armored vehicles 3,000 artillery pieces 470 aircraft...

Foolad Ahvaz steelworks.

Iraq had pressed its claims to Khūzestān in part because many of the inhabitants of the area spoke Arabic rather than Persian, the dominant language in Iran. Iraq had hoped to exacerbate ethnic tensions and win over popular support for the invaders. Most accounts say that the Iranian Arab inhabitants resisted the Iraqis rather than welcome them as liberators. However, some Iranian Arabs claim that as a minority they face discrimination from the central government; they agitate for the right to preserve their cultural and linguistic distinction and more provincial autonomy. See Politics of Khūzestān. Fulad e Ahvaz steel factory. ... Fulad e Ahvaz steel factory. ... Farsi redirects here. ... The Arabs of Khuzestan are one of the ethnic groups of Iran inhabiting the province of Khuzestan. ... Map showing Khuzestan in Iran This article focuses on the politics of Khuzestan, an oil-rich and ethnically diverse province in southwestern Iran Ethnic groups in Iran // Unlike most other Iranian provinces, Khuzestan is ethnically diverse, home to a number of distinct peoples and tribal groups. ...

During the year 2005 the city witnessed a series of bomb explosions. Many government sources relate these events to developments in Iraq, accusing foreign governments of organising and funding Arab separatist groups. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

Contemporary Ahvaz

In 1989, the Foolad Ahvaz steel facility was built close to the town. This company is best known for its company-sponsored football club, Foolad F.C., which was the chart-topper for Iran's Premier Football League in 2005. Ahvaz is also home to another IPL football team, Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.. Soccer redirects here. ... Foolad Khuzestan Football Club (Persian: ‎ , meaning Steel) is an Iranian football club, based in Ahvaz, Khuzestan. ... Irans Premier Football League (Persian: , officially known as the Persian Gulf Cup, previously known as the IPL:Iranian Pro League) is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the highest level of the Iranian football league system above the Azadegan League. ... Esteghlal Ahvaz Football Club (Persian: ) is an Iranian football club based in Ahvaz, Iran. ...

Transportation

• Ahvaz is accessible via freeways to Isfahan and Shiraz, and roadways to Tehran.
• A metro urban railway system is being built by the Ahvaz urban railway. It will be a 23Km underground line with 24 stations.
• The airport is served by Iran Asseman Airlines (Dubai, Kuwait, Tehran), Caspian Airlines (Dubai), Iran Air (Isfahan, Kuwait, Tehran), Iran Air Tours (Isfahan, Mashad, Shiraz, Tehran), Kish air (Tehran)

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Colleges and universities

Ahvaz is also known for its universities as well as its role in commerce and industry. Ahvaz institutes of higher learning include:

• Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences
• Petroleum University of Technology (Persian)
• Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
• Islamic Azad University of Ahvaz (Persian)

Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (AJUMS), is a medical school in Khuzestan Province of Iran. ... Soon after the founding of Jondishapur University, Dr. Talat Basāri was appointed vice chancellor of the university, the first woman to reach such a post in any university in Iran. ...

Some famous Ahvazis

Soon after the founding of the modern University of Jondishapur, Dr. Tal'at Basāri was appointed vice chancellor of the university, the first woman to reach such a post in any university in Iran.^[8]

Malileh Farshid: One of Iran's first and youngest female architects. She designed the Ahvaz Sports Complex. Her wish was to have it ready for Ahvaz to host the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[8]

• Will V. Bet-Sayad, MS Scientist in Eco-Physiology; Artist
• Sousan S. Altaie, PHD Scientific Policy Advisor, OIVD CDRH, FDA
• Ezzat Negahban, Patriarch of modern Iranian archaeology.
• Mehrangiz Kar, Human rights activist.
• Hamid Zangeneh, Economist and author.
• Rita Asgharpour, Author.
• Reza Moosavi, national awarded architect.
• Ahmad Mahmoud, Novelist.
• Kianoush Aryyari, Director.
• Hamid Labkhandeh, Director.
• Jasem Masoudi,
• Farshad Kooti, The award winner of Pro Evaluation Soccer(PES6) games in university of tehran, iran(2007).
• Hamid Dabashi, Intellectual historian, cultural and literary critic
• Siavash Ghomeyshi, well-known singer and music composer.
• Patrick Monahan, British Comedian.
• Parviz Abnar
• Mohammad Reza Eskandari, Iran's current minister of Agriculture
• Abu Nuwas, famous figure in Arabic poetry.
• Ali Abbas Majusi, physician
• Ali Shamkhani, Iranian Minister of Defence (1997-2005)
• Hossein Kaebi, national football star
• Jalal Kameli Mofrad, national football player
• Tehran kaebi,
• Seyed Kazem Alavi Fazel, Psychiatrist, X-Chancellor of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences
• Mohammad Mousavi Ney soloist
• Ali ibn Abbas al-Majusi, the famous physician
• Naubakht, an astronomer, and his sons;
• Ibn Sakkit Doraghi Ahwazi, Writer in the early years after invasion of Islam
• Sattaar Oraki Pouri, Iranian Pianist and Composer
• Farid Omran, Originallt from Abadan, Globally recognised composer
• Milad Gharibi , Nucleic Physicist , Gained 2007 Physics Nobel

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References

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See also

• Mandaeism, Mandaic language
• Khūzestān Province
• Politics of Khūzestān
• Gundeshapur
• Susa
• Elam
• Choqa Zanbil
• History of Iran
• Takhti Stadium (Ahvaz)

Religions Mandaeism Scriptures Ginza Rba, Qolusta Languages Mandaic, Arabic, Aramaic Mandaeism or Mandaeanism is a monotheistic religion with a strongly dualistic worldview. ... The Mandaic language is the liturgical language of the Mandaean religion; a vernacular form is still spoken by a small community in Iran around Ahwaz. ... Domes like this are quite common in Khuzestan province. ... Map showing Khuzestan in Iran This article focuses on the politics of Khuzestan, an oil-rich and ethnically diverse province in southwestern Iran Ethnic groups in Iran // Unlike most other Iranian provinces, Khuzestan is ethnically diverse, home to a number of distinct peoples and tribal groups. ... Gundeshapur (in Persian گندیشاپور, Pahlavi Gund-ī Shāh Pūr, Gondeshapur, Jondishapoor, Jondishapur, and Jondishapour, Gundishapur, Gondêšâpur, Jund-e Shapur, Jundê-Shâpûr, etc. ... For other uses, see Susa (disambiguation). ... Elam (Persian: تمدن ایلام) is one of the oldest recorded civilizations. ... A model of the current Chogha Zanbil ziggurat, showing the other buildings in the vicinity of the main structure. ... edit Geographical extent of Iranian influence in the 1st century BCE. The Parthian Empire (mostly Western Iranian) is shown in red, other areas, dominated by Scythia (mostly Eastern Iranian), in orange. ... Takhti Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Ahvaz, Iran. ...

External links

• Ahvaz Municipal Office (Persian)
• Union of Iranian Southern Universities (Persian)
• Foolad Ahvaz Football Club (Persian)
• Ahwaz Bazaar Directory (Persian)