9/6/2023 0 Comments Shush photos![]() ![]() The River Karun is navigable all the way to Ahvaz (above which, it flows through rapids). With the increase in the international sea commerce, arriving on the shores of Khuzistan, Ahvaz became a more suitable location for the provincial capital. However, later in the Sasanian time and throughout the Islamic era, the provincial seat returned and stayed at Shushtar, until the late Qajar period. During a short spell in the Sasanian era, the capital of the province was moved to its geographical center, where the river town of Hormuz-Ardasher, founded over the foundation of the ancient Hoorpahir by Ardashir I, the founder of the Sasanian Dynasty in the 3rd century CE. The seat of the province has for most of its history been in the northern reaches of the land, first at Susa Shush) and then at Shushtar. The pre-Islamic Partho-Sasanian inscriptions gives the name of the province as Khwuzestan. In Middle Persian, the term evolves into "Khuz" and "Kuzi". They are the Shushan of the Hebrew sources where they are recorded as "Hauja" or "Huja". Khuzestan, meaning "the Land of the Khuz", refers to the original inhabitants of this province, the "Susian" people (Old Persian "Huza" or Huja, as in the inscription on the tomb of Darius the Great at Naqsh-e Rostam). The Achaemenid Old Persian term for Elam was Hujiyā when they conquered it from the Elamites, which is present in the modern name. One of the most important regions of the Ancient Near East, Khuzestan comprises much of what historians refer to as ancient Elam, whose capital was in Susa. At the most recent census conducted in 2016, the province had a population of 4,710,509 in 1,280,645 households. The following census in 2011 counted 4,531,720 people in 1,112,664 households. Īt the 2006 National Census, Khuzestan province had a population of 4,192,598 in 862,491 households. ![]() Since 2014, it has been part of Iran's Region 4. Its capital is Ahvaz and it covers an area of 63,238 square kilometres (24,416 sq mi). It is in the southwest of the country, bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf. Khuzestan province (also spelled Xuzestan Persian: استان خوزستان Ostān-e Xūzestān) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. The shrine pictured here, belongs to Imamzadeh Hamzeh, located between Mahshahr and Hendijan. Daniel's Tomb, located in Khuzestan, has such a shape. The shape is an architectural trademark of craftsmen of the province. Persian, Khuzestani Arabic, Lurish, Persian dialects of Khuzestan, Qashqai, Armenian, Mandaicĭomes like this are quite common in Khuzestan province. ![]()
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