Bandar Siraf
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Bandar Siraf (Bandar Taheri) (بندر سیراف (بندر طاهری |
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Beachfront in Siraf
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 Bandar Siraf (Bandar Taheri)
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| Coordinates: 27°40′00″N 52°20′33″E / 27.66667°N 52.34250°ECoordinates: 27°40′00″N 52°20′33″E / 27.66667°N 52.34250°E | |
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 Iran
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| Province | Bushehr |
| County | Kangan |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Urban | 3,500 |
| Time zone | IRST (UTC+3:30) |
| • Summer (DST) | IRDT (UTC+4:30) |
Bandar Siraf (Persian: بندر سیراف, also Romanized as Bandar-e Sīraf; also known as Sīraf, Ţāherī, and Tāhiri; also known as Bandar-e Ţāherī and Bandar-i Ţāhirī Persian: بندر طاهری - "Bandar" meaning "Port" in Persian) is a city in the Central District of Kangan County, Bushehr Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 3,500, in 722 families.
According to legend, Siraf was an ancient Sassanid port, destroyed around 970 CE, which was located on the north shore of the Persian Gulf in what is now the Iranian province of Bushehr. Its ruins are approximately 220km east of Bushire, 30km east from Kangan city, and 380km west of Bandar Abbas. Siraf controlled three ports: Bandar-e-Taheri, Bandar-e-Kangan and Bandar-e-Dayer. The Persian Gulf was used as a shipping route between the Arabian Peninsula and India over the Arabian Sea. Small boats, such as dhows, could also make the long journey by staying close to the coast and keeping land in sight.
The port was known as Tahiri until in 2008 the government of Iran changed the official name of the city back to Bandar Siraf.
The port was known as Siraf in ancient times. At the time of the silk road, most of the commerce towards Asia was performed through Siraf. Many sources reported that at that time, all the inhabitants of Siraf were Jewish merchants. When Arabs invaded Persia, they forced the Jewish inhabitants to become Muslims. Furthermore, they changed the name to Taheri, which means pure in Arabic. The Arabs considered Jews as ritually impure(نجس) and since they thought converting to Islam has made them ritually pure (Tahir طاهر) they changed the name of the port to Tahiri.
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