Ray, also spelled Rayy or Rages (ری in Persian) is the most historic city in the province of Tehran, Iran. Most notably, it is the birthplace of Rhazes.
The city is estimated to be more than two thousand years old, and was built during the Median Empire.
After the Mongol invasion the town was severely damaged and it gradually lost its importance in the presence of Tehran. Despite its historic significance, it is not qualified as an important tourist attraction.
Rayy was a city with more than 4000 years of history mostly rooted in his ancient Persian past.
Rayy could have enticed him in more ways than one and to go there must have satisfied his own personal desire, and sense of adventure.
After the fall of Rayy and other important Buiyd's capitals, all the adherents of these sects were severely persecuted and a restrict Sunnie faith reigned supreme all over the Abbasid empire with Baghdad as its political and religious centre.
Rayy is featured in the Avesta (the original document of Zoroastrianism, an Iranian religion) as a sacred place, and it is…
The city of Rayy, located south of present-day Tehran, was an early capital of Persia;...
Although he was neither a great nor a good leader, Harun al-Rashid, who ruled Islam at the peak of its empire, was to gain fame because of the opulent luxury of his court and his lavish patronage of the arts.
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