Sari, Iran

Sari ( masandaranisch: Sari / Cari, Persian ساری ) is the capital of the Iranian province Māzandarān on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea. It lies north of the Alborz Mountains. Its population is just under 300,000 inhabitants (calculated as of 2012), the city area 5161 km ². The city's name is supposed to Prince Saruya back, whose father, Ispahbadh Farruchān I the Great, reigned from Sari from over Tabaristan in the early 8th century.

History

Excavations in the Hutto Cave show a colonization of the area since the 7th century BC According to legend, the city was founded by the Shahnameh heroes Tus -i Naudhar. The ancient Greeks knew the city as Zadrakarta. Zadrakarta was destroyed by Alexander the Great later. However, he left the city under the new name Syrinx new build.

Later, during the Sassanian dynasty and their vassals the Dābūyiden from which also came Farruchān the Great, the city under the name Sari capital of Tabaristan was. From the 11th to the early 13th century, also resided here the second line of Bāwandiden - Ispahbadhs.

After the invasion of the Mongols, Uzbeks, Turks, and Turkmens, the city gradually lost its importance. Shah Abbas I verleibte sari into his kingdom and founded north of the city of Sari Farahābād. Aga Mohammed Khan explained later Sari his capital. However, the capital was later moved to Tehran. Under Reza Shah Pahlavi, the city was expanded and modernized. During World War II, the Soviets occupied the city, but they evacuated again after the war.

Population

The city's population is mixed, in addition to the locals saris or Mazandaranern live here Persians, Turks, Kurds, Afghans and Turkmens. There also live a few German, Russian, Japanese and Arabs here. At the time of Qajar, the individual parts of the city were named after the ethnic groups living there or their areas of origin, such as Afghoun Mahalleh or Kurd Mahalleh. Most speak Mazandarani and the Saravi dialect. In addition to the ethnic groups mentioned above, Georgians, Armenians and Zoroastrians lived here. After attacks such as in April 711 by Tarik ibn Ziyad the commander on the Spanish mainland settled there also some Spanish peoples.