Iranian Political Geography

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Kermānshāh

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Kermānshāh, Iran Kirmīsīn, Bākhtarān A province and a city founded in 390 by Bahrām IV who was governor of the province of Kermān before he came to the Sāssānian throne (388–99). He named it the ‘(City of the) King of Kermān’. The name was changed from Kermānshāh to Bākhtarān after the 1979 revolution because of the alleged distaste of the Iranian people for the title ‘shah’. It was admitted a decade later, however, that the ancient name had no connection with the overthrown Pahlavi dynasty. Kermānshāh is now back in favour and it remains capital of the province of Kermānshāhān. Bākhtarān was named after the Bakhtiari tribe, the name itself meaning ‘Bearer of Good Fortune’.

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Kermanshah

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Kermanshah , city (1991 pop. 624,084), capital of Kermanshah prov., W Iran. It is the trade center for a rich agricultural region that produces grain, rice, vegetables, fruits, and oilseed. Manufactures include carpets, canvas shoes, textiles, refined petroleum, refined sugar, and other processed foods. Kermanshah has numerous caravansaries that are crowded semiannually with Shiite pilgrims to Karbala, Iraq. Kurds form the majority of the population. Kermanshah was founded by the Sassanids in the 4th cent. AD and became a secondary royal residence. It was captured by the Arabs in the 7th cent. Later it was a frontier fortress against the Ottoman Turks, who occupied it a number of times, including the period from 1915 to 1917. Nearby are the famed Behistun Inscriptions and notable Sassanian rock reliefs.

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