Shiraz
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Shiraz (
listen (help·info) Persie: شیراز Persie pronunciation: [ʃiːˈrɒːz]) is the saxt maist populous ceety in Iran[5] an is the caipital o Fars Province. Shiraz is locatit in the soothwast o Iran on the Rudkhaneye Khoshk saisonal river. Shiraz haes a moderate climate an haes been a regional tred centre for mair nor ane thoosan years.
The earliest reference tae the ceety, as Tiraziš, is on Elamite clay tablets datit tae 2000 BC.[6] In the 13t century, Shiraz became a leadin centre o the airts an letters, thanks tae the encouragement o its ruler an the presence o mony Persian scholars an airtists. Shiraz wis the caipital o Persie durin the Zand dynasty frae 1750 till 1781, as well as briefly durin the Saffarid period.
Shiraz is kent as the ceety o poets, wine an flouers.[7] The wird "shir" in Persian means "lion", but it coud an an mean "milk". It is an aa considered bi mony Iranians tae be the ceety o gardens, due tae the mony gardens an fruit trees that can be seen in the ceety. Shiraz haes haed major Jewish an Christian communities. The crafts o Shiraz conseest o inlaid mosaic wirk o triangular design; siller-ware; pile cairpet-weavin an weavin o kilim, cried gilim an jajim in the veelages an amang the tribes.[8] In Shiraz industries sic as cement production, succar, fertilizers, textile products, wid products, metalwirk an rugs dominate.[9] Shirāz an aa haes a major ile refinery an is an aa a major centre for Iran's electronic industries: 53% o Iran's electronic investment haes been centred in Shiraz.[10] Shiraz is hame tae Iran's first solar pouer plant.[11]
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