Karyan, Fars Explained
| Karyan |
| Native Name: | Persian: كاريان |
| Native Name Lang: | fa |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Iran |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Iran |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Fars |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Juyom |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Harm |
| Subdivision Type4: | Rural District |
| Subdivision Name4: | Karyan |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 2919 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | IRST |
| Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Karyan (Persian: كاريان) is a village in, and the capital of, Karyan Rural District of Harm District, Juyom County, Fars province, Iran.[2]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,068 in 404 households, when it was in Harm Rural District of the former Juyom District of Larestan County.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 2,843 people in 730 households.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,919 people in 749 households.[5]
After the census, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Juyom County. The rural district was transferred to the new Harm District, and Karyan was transferred to Karyan Rural District created in the district.[2]
Overview
Karyan is the setting of a Zoroastrian legend during the time of the Muslim conquest of Persia, where a Muslim force of 12,000 men besieged Karyan only to be slain single-handedly and unopposed by a Persian defender named Shah Karan while they were engaged in their prayer.[6] However, a new Muslim army, seeking revenge, was able to conquer Karyan after the betrayal of Shah Karan's wife and the residents were then massacred.[7]
See also
Notes and References
- ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Karyan, Juyom County . . 20 September 2023 . 20 September 2023 . fa.
- Web site: Letter of approval regarding the country divisions of Larestan County, Fars province . fa . Qavanin . https://web.archive.org/web/20230920154516/https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/297380 . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . Mokhbar . Mohammad . 20 September 2023 . 25 December 1400 . 20 September 2023.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 07 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920091830/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/07.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 07 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230116202002/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Fars.xls . 16 January 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 07 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220406013432/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_07.xlsx . Excel . 6 April 2022.
- Mary Boyce. Bībī Shahrbānū and the Lady of Pārs. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 1967 . 30. 1, Fiftieth Anniversary Volume (1967). 41. 10.1017/s0041977x00099080 . 611813. Cambridge University Press on behalf of School of Oriental and African Studies. 162849583 . In the Harm district of Fars, not so very far from Yazd, Edward Strack came across a naive legend which is a rough inversion of the Zoroastrian one; see his Six months in Persia, I, London, 1882, 119. According to this, at the time of the Arab invasions, a certain Zoroastrian, Shah Karan, was besieged at Karyun by 12,000 Arabs; and sallying out of the fort while they were at their prayers (which they would not leave), he slew them all. There were 40 virgins in the camp, who prayed to Allah for deliverance from him. The earth duly opened and swallowed 37 of them. The remaining three fled, pursued by him and his men. One turned to the mountains to the north and was nearly captured, when a cave opened in the mountain-side and she ran in and disappeared. 'The cave is called The Ghar Bibi, or Lady's Cave, to this day, and is well known to have no end.' Another of the maidens also disappeared into the mountain-side 'and water has trickled from the cleft ever since'. The third is said to have died of exhaustion on the mountains to the south. ' Her shrine, called that of the Bibi darmanda, or Tired-out Lady, is a famous place of prayer for childless wives.'.
- Edward Stack. Six Months in Persia. 2013. Original work published 1882. 1. 119–21. 24 June 2014. https://archive.today/20140626025302/http://www.forgottenbooks.org/readbook_text/Six_Months_in_Persia_v1_1000832333/123. 26 June 2014. dead.
