Shiraz

Shiraz (listen Persie: شیراز‎ Persie pronunciation: [ʃiːˈrɒːz]) is the saxt maist populous ceety in Iran 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. 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. 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. In Shiraz industries sic as cement production, succar, fertilizers, textile products, wid products, metalwirk an rugs dominate. 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. Shiraz is hame tae Iran's first solar pouer plant. Twin touns — sister ceeties Chongqing, Cheenae Nicosia, Cyprus Dushanbe, Tajikistan Weimar, Germany Malacca Ceety, Malaysie References