Amol

Āmol ( pronunciation: [ ɒmol ], persian آمل ) is a city in northern Iran in Mazandaran province. The city is located 20 km south of the Caspian Sea and 10 km north of the Alborz Mountains.

History

According to archaeological finds, the city and its surrounding area was already inhabited 29,000 years ago, some historians bring town among other things, with the Pischdadiern ( Pīschdādiyān ) and the Kayaniden in conjunction. Coin finds suggest that, among other things Āmol during the Sassanid era was the capital of the region and the country. The city became Islamized under the Abbasid Caliphate. After its destruction by the Mongols Sari became the capital Mazandarans. Then moved the capital several times between the two cities. The present city Āmol located north of the old town, is.

Trade

The city is a trade center for oranges, rice, iron and coal.

Attractions

Natural sights (selection)

  • Damavand, with 5610m the highest mountain in the Middle East
  • Lar Park, perineum, Laridschan
  • Haraz River with remarkable river
  • Haraz forest park on the route between Tehran and Āmol
  • From Esk - thermal sources for the treatment of skin diseases
  • Laridschan hot springs for the treatment of skin diseases
  • Amolu source - the water is suitable for treatment of intestinal diseases
  • Alomol Waterfall, more than 100m high enough with a nice spray
  • Yachi waterfall, completely iced waterfall at an altitude of 5.100m
  • Schahandascht Waterfall
  • Deryuk Waterfall
  • Tala Park (Golden Park )
  • Alimastan forest, Ziaro and Blairan
  • Qasim shrine dating from the 8th century
  • Schekl -Shah inscription
  • Malek Bahman ( Bahman - lock), from the 1st century
  • Sasanian Bazar from the 2nd century

Historical sights

  • Amol Jameh Mosque with basic structures dating from the 8th century
  • Mashhad Mirbozorg mausoleum dating from the 8th century
  • Mir Heydar Amoli Shrine, eighth century
  • Imamzadeh Ebrahim Tomb, 9th century
  • Imamzadeh Abdollah tomb
  • Sasanian Fire Temple
  • Imam Hassan Askari Mosque
  • Ashraf bath, 8th Century, the oldest bath in Āmol
  • Shah Abbas bath
  • Naser al - Haqq 's funeral tower
  • Gole Zard and Kafar - Keli Caves, Laridschan
  • Davasdah - Pelleh Bridge ( Twelve Steps Bridge ), 120m long protruding architectural bridge from the 18th century
  • Moalagh bridge
  • Historical Museum
  • Agha Abbas Mosque
  • Mirza Kochakkhan Mosque

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Fereydun is a form of Persian mythology. He is the sixth mythical Urkönig and is described in the sixth book of Shahnameh, the Persian Book of Kings by the Persian poet Firdausi ( 940/41-1020 ).
  • Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al -Tabari, Abu al -Hasan Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al -Tabari Amoli (ca. 838 - ca 870) was a Persian scholar and physician ( Hakim ), who wrote the first medical encyclopedia. His famous student Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al - Razi has tarnished his reputation. Ali came from a major Jewish family. His father Saul ben ibn Bishr was an astronomer and astrologer from Merv in Tabaristan (hence al -Tabari - the Tabaristaner ). Ali converted to Islam in the service of the Abbasid Caliph Al- Mutasim ( 833-842 ), who summoned him to his court. Even his successor al-Mutawakkil ( 847-861 ) kept him in his service. Ali ibn Sahl mastered Syriac and Greek, the two sources for the medical tradition of antiquity, who were lost to medieval Europe, and wrote verses in beautiful calligraphy.
  • Tabari, historian and scholar. Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, Ibn Yazīd, Arabic أبو جعفر محمد بن جرير بن يزيد الطبري, DMG Abū ʿ far Muḥammad Ǧa b.Ǧarīr b.Yazīd al-Tabari, known as al-Tabari (* 839 in Amol, Tabaristan, † January 19 923 in Baghdad ), was an eminent Islamic historian and scholar of Persian ancestry. About his life only a few data are obtained.
  • Abu Sahl al - Quhi, Abu Sahl ibn Rustam al - Waidschan Quhi, also al - Kuhi (Arabic أبو سهل ويجن بن رستم القوهي, DMG Abū Sahl b Waiǧan Rustam al - Qūhī; . Persian ابوسهل بیژن کوهی, DMG Abu - Sahl Kuhi Bizan, * 940 from Quh in Tabaristan, Iran, † 1000 ) was a Persian astronomer and mathematician.
  • Sahl ibn Bishr, Sahl ibn Bishr al - Israili ( first name also Sahl, Zahel or Zael, 1 H. 9th century ) was a Jewish astrologer, astronomer and mathematician from Tabaristan. He was the father of the famous scientist and physician Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al -Tabari ( Ali bin al -Tabari Radha ), who converted to Islam.
  • Fakhr ad-Din ar - Razi, Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Umar ibn al - Husayn al - Bakri Taymi at- at- Tabaristani Fakhr ad-Din ar - Razi ( persisc أبو عبد الله محمد بن عمر بن الحسین فخر الدین الرازی طبرستانی, DMG Abū. . ʿ Abd Allāh Muḥammad b ʿ Umar b al -Husayn Fakhr ad -Din ar - Razi; * 1149 in Ray, Iran, † 1209 in Herat, now in Afghanistan ) was a Persian Sunni theologian and philosopher who, even on medicine, physics astrology, literature, history and law wrote.
  • Muhammad ibn Mahmud al - Amuli, Muhammad ibn Mahmud al - Amuli (1300 - 1352) was a Persian physician from Mazandaran. He wrote a review of Avicenna's writings and created 1335-1342 a comprehensive encyclopedia, entitled Nafa'is al - Funun fi ' ara'is al-' Uyun ( treasures of science ).
  • Sayyed Zahiruddin Mar'ashi, (* 1413 in Amol, Iran, † 1488 ) was an Iranian scholar and historian. He is a direct descendant of the ruling family of Mar'ashi. His grandfather, Sayyed Kamaluddin Mar'ashi, ruled the city sari and had participated in the military resistance against the attack of Timur on Persia. The father Mir Sayyed Zahiruddin Mar'ashis, Sayyed Mar'ashi Nasiruddin, lived as a confidant of his own older brother Ali at his court in Sari. The tomb of his ancestors I Ghawamuddin Mar'ashi in the city of Amol named " Mir Bozorg " ("great prince ").
  • Taleb Amoli -e, Persian poets of the 16th and early 17th century at the court of Jahangir, wrote the Jahangir - Nameh
  • Abbas Mirza, Abbas Mirza (* 1783 † Amol October 25, 1833 in Mashhad ) was a Persian prince and second son of the Shah of Persia, Fath Ali. This had appointed him heir to the throne and thus the rightful throne of his elder brother, Mohammed Ali Mirza skipped. Mohammed Ali's mother was born in Georgia and was not of the tribe of the Qajar. For this reason he was excluded from the succession.
  • Ali Larijani, Ali Ardeshir Larijani, Ali Laridjani or Ali Larijani (* 1958 in Najaf in Amol ) is an Iranian politician. Larijani is considered henchman Chāmene'īs, is secretary of the competent also for Nuclear Affairs and National Security Council since 26 May 2008, by the power shift in the Iranian parliament election in 2008, Speaker of the Parliament or Parliament President and was considered a potential candidate for the presidency of Iran.
  • Sadegh Larijani, Sadegh Larijani (* 1960 in Najaf, Iraq ) is a Shiite clerics entitled Hodschatoleslam, since 2001 Member of Wächterrats.und since August 15, 2009 New head of the judiciary of Iran. He is the successor of Mahmud Hashemi Shahrudi, whose term of office of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Chamene'i was not renewed.
  • Ghasem Rezaei ( born August 18, 1985 in Amol ) is an Iranian wrestler.
  • Seyyed Heydar Amoli is a philosopher.

Pictures

Schahrdari hotel

Tala Park (Golden Park )

Historical Museum

Naser al - Haqq 's funeral tower

Jameh Mosque

Imamzadeh in Amol

Views of the Caspian Sea

Pishdadian Dynasty Kayanian dynasty Sari, Iran Mount Damavand Near East Sea foam DIN 31635 Abū Sahl al-Qūhī Fakhr ad-Din ar-Razi Wrestling Hamun Lake
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