Mazandaran province

The name "Mazandaran" is Avestan for "the gate of the giants" or "the valley of the giants," from ماز (mâz) + ‎اندر (an-dar) + ـان‎ (ân), (). The name appears in the 10th-century CE Persian epic the Shahnameh to refer to a land inhabited by daevas (or divs)—supernatural beings in Zoroastrian belief—and sorcerers, and that this land is difficult to conquer. Toponyms in Mazandaran include several names with the word div, such as Div Asiyab, Div Cheshmeh, Div Kela, and Div Hamam. == History ==

silver-gilt plate with scene of musicians playing. Seventh century. Human habitation in the area dates back at least 75,000 years. Recent excavations in Gohar Tape in Rostamkola provide proof that the area has been urbanized for more than 5,000 years, and the area is considered one of the most important historical sites of Iran. It has played an important role in cultural and urban development of the region. Indigenous peoples of the region include the ethnic Mazanderanis, who speak an Iranian language which most closely resembles Gilaki and Sangiseri language, but also has phono-typical similarities to several Caucasian languages, reflecting the history of the region and its peoples. In the early 20th century, Reza Shah connected northern Elbourz to the southern slopes by constructing seven new roads and railways, the provinces of Mazandaran and Gilan became known as Shomal by all Iranians (meaning "the North" in Persian). Mazandaran province was made part of the Region 1 upon the division of the provinces into five regions solely for coordination and development purposes on June 22, 2014. were a tribe in the Medes south of the Caspian Sea mentioned by Ptolemy and Arrian. Ctesias refers to the land of Tapuri between the two lands of Cadusii and Hyrcania. in Mazandaran The territory known as Mazandaran has changed hands among various dynasties from early in its history. There are several fortresses remaining from the Parthian Empire and Sasanian Empire, and many older cemeteries scattered throughout the province. During this era, Mazandaran was part of Hyrcania, which was one of the important provinces. In 662 CE, ten years after the death of Yazdegerd III, the last Sasanian emperor, a large Muslim army under the command of Hassan ibn Ali invaded Tabarestan. With the advent of the Sasanian Empire, the King of Mazandaran (Tabaristan and Padashkhwargar) was Gushnasp, whose ancestors had reigned in the area (under the Parthian empire) since the time of Alexander the Great. In 529–536, Mazandaran was ruled by the Sasanian prince Kawus, son of Kawadh. Initially, the Rus' appeared in Serkland in the 9th century traveling as merchants along the Volga trade route, selling furs, honey, and slaves. The first small-scale raids took place in the late 9th and early 10th century. The Rus' undertook the first large-scale expedition in 913; having arrived on 500 ships, they pillaged the westernmost parts of Gorgan as well as Mazandaran and Gilan, taking slaves and goods. emirate (864-929 AD). The Bavandids, who claimed descent from Kawus, provided three dynasties. Tabaristan remained independent until 1596, when Shah Abbas I, Mazandarani on his mother's side, incorporated Mazandaran into his Safavid empire, forcing many Armenians Circassians, Georgians, to settle in Mazandaran. Pietro della Valle (1586–1652), who visited a town near Firuzkuh in Mazandaran, noted that Mazandarani women never wore the veil and didn't hesitate to talk to foreigners. He also noted the extremely large amount of Circassians and Georgians in the region, and that he had never encountered people with as much civility as the Mazandaranis. Post-Safavid period After the Safavid period, the Qajars began to campaign south from Mazandaran with Agha Mohammad Khan who already incorporated Mazandaran into his empire in 1782. On 21 March 1782, Agha Mohammad Shah proclaimed Sari as his imperial capital. Mazandaran was the site of local wars in those years, which led to the transfer of the capital from Sari to Tehran by Fath Ali Shah. In Modern era at Mazandaran make new house and bridge in Amol and Sari. In along the beach and in the forest built Villa and modern settlements. Before the reign of Nader Shah, the province was briefly occupied by the Russian army in the aftermath of the Russo-Persian War (1722–23) and returned to Persia in 1735. Following the outcomes of the Russo-Persian War (1804–13) and the Russo-Persian War (1826–28) northern Iran, especially Mazandaran and Gilan, as well as, to a certain extent, Tehran, fell under a growing Russian sphere of influence. In the 19th century, during the reign of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, the verdant region of Mazandaran was paid due attention as a recreational area. The top provincial official referred to the existence of three international airports and three major sea ports in the province and the visit of millions of Iranian and foreign tourists to Mazandaran, including health tourists. == Demographics ==

Language and ethnicity The population of the province has been steadily growing during the last 50 years. The following table shows the approximate province population, excluding the Golestan province, which has separated as an independent province in 1998. The population is overwhelmingly Mazandarani, with a minority of Gilaks, Azerbaijanis, Kurds, Georgians, Armenians, Circassians, Turkmen and others. Mazandarani people have a background in Tabari ethnicity and speak Mazandarani. Their origin goes back to the Tapuri people, from which their land was called Tapuria, the land of Tapuris. The Tapuris were made to migrate to the south coast of the Caspian Sea during the Achaemenid dynasty. The native people of Sari, Amol, Qaem Shahr, Babol, Nowshahr, Chalus, and Tonekabon are Mazandarani people and speak the Mazandarani language. The eastern Gīlakī dialect is spoken in the entire valley of the Čālūs river, though Kurdish tribes were established in the yeylāq of Kojūr and Kalārdašt in the Qajar period. Today Kurds in Mazandaran are mostly known as Khajevand Kurds and form majority of the cities of Kelardasht, Abbasabad, Nowshahr, Chalus and Kajur. Other Kurdish tribes in Mazandaran Province are Modanlu (In Sari), Jahanbeiglou (In Sari), Abdolmaleki (In Behshahr), Jalalvand (In Ramsar) and Amarlu (In Tonekabon). Tonekabon. In recent years the region has seen an influx of Iranians from other regions of Iran, many of them attracted by its nature and seaside. Mazanderani or Tabari is a Northwestern Iranian language. Various Mazandarani dialects exist which are spoken in Mazandaran province and the neighboring Golestan province such as Mazanderani, and Gorgani and possibly Qadikolahi (Ghadikolahi) and Palani. Today, Mazandaranis also use Persian (Western Persian). The people residing in Chalus speak Mazanderani language. The dialect of Kalarestaqi is spoken in the west of Chalus and the dialect of Kojuri in the east. The people residing in Nowshahr speak the Kojuri-dialect of Mazanderani language. Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the province's population was 2,893,087 in 783,169 households. The following census in 2011 counted 3,073,943 people in 931,007 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the province as 3,283,582 in 1,084,798 households. Mazandaran is one of the most densely populated provinces in Iran. Administrative divisions The population history and structural changes of Mazandaran province's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. Cities According to the 2016 census, 1,897,238 people (over 57% of the population of Mazandaran province) live in the following cities: Most populous cities The following sorted table, lists the most populous cities in Mazandaran. == Geography ==

Mazandaran is located on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea. It is bordered clockwise by Golestan, Semnan, and Tehran provinces. This province also borders Qazvin and Gilan to the west. Mazandaran province is geographically divided into two parts: the coastal plains and the mountainous areas. The Alborz Mountain Range surrounds the coastal strip and the plains abutting the Caspian Sea like a huge wall. Due to the prevailing sea breeze and local winds of the southern and eastern coasts of the Caspian Sea, sandy hills are formed, causing the appearance of a low natural barrier between the sea and plain. There is often snowfall in the Alborz regions, which run parallel to the Caspian Sea's southern coast, dividing the province into many isolated valleys. The province enjoys a moderate, subtropical climate with an average temperature of 25 °C in summer and about 8 °C in winter. Although snow may fall heavily in the mountains in winter, it rarely falls at sea level. 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Golestan National Park and Shastkolateh forest watershed are located in Golestan Province and Mazandaran Province (the total area of the Hyrcanian forest is estimated at . From these forests, are used commercially, are protected and the rest are regarded as forest lands or over-used forests. The total of the forest woods used in this province is estimated at . The Kojoor, Dohezar and Sehezar forest watersheds are located in Mazandaran Province. The Elburz Range forest steppe ecoregion is an arid, mountainous 1,000-kilometer arc south of the Caspian Sea, stretching across northern Iran from the Azerbaijan border to near the Turkmenistan border. It covers and encompasses the southern and eastern slopes of the Alborz Mountains as well as their summits. The Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests ecoregion, with its lush green mountainsides and plains that receive moisture from the Caspian Sea, forms this ecoregion's northern border. The vast Central Persian desert basin ecoregion forms its southern border. The Alborz range is composed of a granite core overlain with sedimentary rock including limestones, shales, sandstones, and tuffs. Metamorphic rocks such as schists, marbles, and amphibolite are also widely found. The climate is arid with annual precipitation varying from 150 mm to 500 mm, falling mostly as winter snow. Environment The now-extinct Caspian tiger and the Caspian horse are two of the animals of Mazandaran province. The 1971 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat was held in Mazandaran in the city of Ramsar. Unlike the rest of Iran, Mazandaran is watered by numerous rivers, or mountain torrents, all running from the mountains to the sea. The German traveller Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, who visited this country in 1771, says that in the space of eight miles, on the road from Resht to Amot, 250 of such streams are to be seen, many of them being so exceedingly broad and deep, that the passage across is sometimes impracticable for weeks together. Climate mountain range in Mazandaran Province Mazandaran Province naturally comes under the influence of the geographical latitude, the Alborz mountain range, elevation from sea level, distance from the sea, and the southern barren areas of Turkmenistan, local and regional air currents, and versatile vegetation cover. These conditions result in the climatic division of the province into three types: Moderate Caspian climate with hot, humid summers and mild, humid winters. This climate is found in the western and central plains of the province between the Caspian sea and the foothills the Alborz mountains. Rainfall is significant in this climate zone and is highest in autumn. the annual accumulation decreases from west to east. Frost occasionally occurs during winters. moderate mountainous climate generally in the altitude between meters and is characterized by a decrease in both precipitation and monthly temperatures. winters are long, cold and freezing and summers are mild and short. Cold mountainous climate with long freezing winters with long periods of frost and short cool summers. There is often snowfall during most of the seasons in the latter region, which continues till mid-summer. The climate is mainly found at an altitude above , such as the top of Mount Damavand and Alam-Kuh, where the conditions are suitable for mountain glacier == Governance ==

Mazandaran has 9 electoral fields and a total of 12 seats in the Islamic Consultative Assembly. == Transportation ==

Railway Mazandaran is served by the North Railway Dept. of the Iranian Railways. The department connects the province to Tehran to the south and Gorgan to the east. The cities of Sari, Qaemshahr, and Pol-e Sefid are major stations of the department. The Trans-Iranian Railway was a major railway building project started in 1927 and completed in 1938, under the direction of the Iranian monarch, Reza Shah, and entirely with indigenous capital. It links the capital Tehran with the Persian Gulf and Caspian Sea. The Mazandaran train station is the city's first modern rail station and it dates from the Pahlavi dynasty. Roads Mazandaran is connected to Tehran by Haraz road (Amol-Rudehen), Kandovan road (Chalus-Karaj), and Firoozkooh road (Savadkuh). Airports Dasht-e Naz Airport, serving the capital Sari, Noshahr Airport, and Ramsar International Airport are the domestic airports that connect the province to the other parts of the country. == Culture ==

In literature In the Persian epic, Shahnameh, Mazandaran is mentioned in two different sections. The first mention is implicit, when Fereydun sets its capital in a city called Tamishe near Amol: بیاراست گیتی بسان بهشت.................... به جای گیا سرو گلبن بکشت از آمل گذر سوی تمیشه کرد .............. نشست اندر آن نامور بیشه کرد And when Manuchehr is returning to Fereydun's capital, Tamisheh in Mazandaran (known as Tabarestan), after his victory over Salm and Tur. In the second section, a region called Mazandaran is mentioned in the Kai Kavoos era; it is an area which is mostly inhabited by Div (demons). The legendary Iranian Shah Kaykavoos, as well as the Iranian hero Rostam, each take turn to go to Mazandaran in order to battle the demons. In a verse from Shahnameh, Zal tells Kai Kavoos: "I heard troubling news that the king is planning to go to Mazandaran". However, this Mazandaran is not considered identical to the modern province of Mazandaran, and is instead a land to the west of Iran. The current province was simply considered a part of Tabaristan; the name Mazandaran is a later development, perhaps based upon local terminology. In Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera, one of the characters was formerly the daroga (chief of police) of Mazanderan. Nowruz The Tabarian New Year, or Neowrez, occurs in the pintek days of the Tabarian Calendar. In the Mazandarani language of Iran in the Mazanderani calendar, the year is divided into 12 thirty-day months and one pentad of days, often beginning on March 21. Neowrez Khani is one of the strongest and most popular traditions of the Mazanderani people. Ceremonies and events Tirgan is a mid-summer Iranian festival, celebrated annually on Tir 13 (July 3, 4, or 5). It is performed by splashing water, dancing, reciting poetry, and serving traditional foods such as spinach soup and shole-zard. The custom of tying rainbow-colored bands on wrists, which are worn for ten days and then thrown into a stream, is also a way to rejoice for children. Other famous events like, Varf chal, traditional ceremony with almost 800 years old as one of the unique rituals of Mazandaran associated with water was held in the village of Ab Ask and Lochu Wrestling game in different time. Music and dance Music in this region relates to the lifestyle of the inhabitants, and the melodies revolve around issues such as the forests, cultivation or farming activities and herding. The most famous dance of this area is the Shomali dance, not forgetting the stick dance that the men perform. Popular music in the province, known as the Taleb and Zohre, Amiri Khani and Katuli. Cuisine The cuisine of the province is very rich in seafood due to its location by the Caspian Sea, and rice is present in virtually every meal. Mazandarani cuisine is diverse between regions; the cuisine of coastal regions is different from mountainous regions, as people in the Alborz usually use the indigenous herbs and coastal people use the dishes of fish and Caspian Mazandaran rice with vegetables. == Tourism ==

Over 15 million Iranian and some 400,000 foreign tourists visit the province annually. More than 800 registered historical and cultural sites, 338 kilometers of shorelines, mineral springs in jungles and mountains, waterfalls, and caves are among the major tourism attractions in the Mazandaran province. Mazandaran has been picked as the tourism capital of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) members states in 2022. Mazandaran has 65 hotels, 51 motels, 91 apartment hotels, 293 eco-lodge complexes, 4,939 guest houses, 8 recreational complexes, 123 beach facilities, and 12 camping sites, with a total capacity of 1,246,177 people per night. Historical and natural tourist attractions • Mount Damavand • Abbas Abad Garden, Behshahr • Mausoleum of Mir Bozorg • Kandolus • largan • Tomb of Haydar Amuli • Safi Abad Palace • Ramsar Palace • Malek Bahman Castle • Lajim Tower, Savadkuh • Miankaleh peninsula • Veresk Bridge • Castle Poolad Baladeh • Davazdah Cheshmeh Bridge • Moalagh Bridge, Amol • Shapour Bridge, Juybar • Bathroom Vaziri, Sari • Tomb Darvish Fakhruddin Babol • History Museum Amol • Museum of Babol • Larijan Hot Spring • Shah Neshin Castle • Lake Valasht • Gerdkooh ancient hill • Gohar Tapeh • Lar Dam • Alam-Kuh • Lar National Park • Badab-e Surt • Tomb of Imamzadeh Abbas • Kandolus Museum Nowshahr • Fire Temple of Amol • Farahabad Complex • Safi Abad Palace • Bagh Shah, Behshahr • Imamzadeh Ebrahim Amol • Imamzadeh Ebrahim Babolsar • Imamzadeh Yahya Sari • Imamzadeh Qasem Babol • See Sangan Jungle • Alendan lake • Watch Tower Babol • Abpari Waterfall • Cave Zangian Qaemshahr • Alimastan Village • Cheshmeh Kileh Bridge, Tonekabon • Shahrak-e Namak Abrud • Huto and Kamarband Caves • Cemetery Sefid Chah • Cheshmeh Kileh Bridge Tonekabon • Resket Tower • Shapur Place, Babol • Waterfall Tircan • Nassereddin Shah relief • Jameh Mosque of Amol • Jameh Mosque of Sari • Elburz Range forest steppe • Bridge Felezi of Babolsar • Imam Hassan Askari Mosque • Chai Khoran Palace, Chalus • Lake Miansheh • Forest Park Nur • Clock tower Sari • Haraz River • Gerdkooh ancient hill • Mount Takht-e Suleyman • Waterfall Sangeno • Heshtel Towers • Amoloo Mineral Water Spring • Harijan Village Chalus • Tamishan Palace Noor • Div Sefid Cave • Cemetery Ispe Chah • Alasht Village • Cemetery Ispe Chah • Zangian Cave • Cheshmeh Imarat Behshar • Mohammad Hassan Khan Bridge, Babol • Haft Abshar Waterfall, Babol • Hill Qlaya Ghale Kety • Bathroom Vaziri, Sari • House Kalbadi, Sari • House Manouchehri, Amol • Palace of Shapur • Temple Kowsan • Cave rostam Kola • Garden Chehelsotoon • Mansion Municipal Tonekabon • Kangelo Castle, Savadkuh • Tower Shervin Bavand • Church sourkh Abad • Watchtower of Babol • Tomb Shah baloo zahid Amuli • Heshtel Tower • Mosque Jameh of Babol • Mosque Mohadesin • Tomb of Ibn-e Shahr Ashoob • Imamzadeh Sayyid Ali kia Sultan • Tomb of Seyed Mohammad Zarrin Nava • Herijan Waterfall • Deryouk Waterfall • Espe-o Waterfall • Kiasar Waterfall • Takieh Taker • Tower Shervin Bavand • Lake Sahon • Mohaddesin Mosque of Babol • Tomb Soltan Mohammad-e Taher • Tomb of Ibn Shahrashub • Forest Park Chaldareh • Forest Park Shahid Zare • Forest Park Mirza Kuchik Khan Haraz • Forst Park Kashpel • Javarem Forest park • Tamishan Palace • Div Sefid Cave • Marko Summit • Forst Park Dalkhani • Do hezar Village • Abe ask Village • Shahrak-e Darya Kenar • Lavij Village • Sheikh Musa Village • Forest Sange no, Neka • Amoloo mineral water Springs • Ramsar mineral water Springs • Pahlavi Hotel Qaem Shahr • Band-e Borideh River • Bazaar of Amol • Ramsar Palace • Ramsar Parsian Hotel • Clock Tower of Sari • Waterfall Sangeno • Cellar Kafer Keli • Imamzadeh Hashem Amol • Shahandasht Waterfall • Shoormast Lake, Savadkuh • Figure King Haraz • Kelardasht • Ramedani Historical House, Sari • Estakhr-e-Posht Lake • Paband National Park • Mal Khast Village • Kiasar National Park • Heyrat Village • Sarandoon and Balandoon == Notable people ==

People from and/or active in Mazandaran Province or its historical region include: Authors • Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (838-923), was a Tabari world historian and theologian (the most famous and widely influential person called al-Tabari). • Espahbod Sa'ad ad-Din Varavini who wrote the book called Marzuban-nama, and also a Divan of poetry in the Ṭabarí dialect, known as the Níkí-nama. • Ibn Isfandiyar, historian, author of a history of Tabaristan (Tarikh-i Tabaristan). • Mírzá Asadu’llah Fádil Mázandarání (1880–1957), Iranian Bahá'í scholar. • Musa ibn Khalil Mazandarani, 19th century Mazandarani scribe and scholar. • Zahir al-Din Mar'ashi • Manouchehr Sotoudeh • Parviz Natel-Khanlari • Ali Yachkaschi Poetry • Nima Youshij • Reza-Qoli Khan Hedayat • Mohammad Zohari • Amir Pazevari • Taleb Amoli • Mina Assadi • Seyed Karim Amiri Firuzkuhi • Fereydoun Rahnema • Mohsen Emadi Music • Gholam Hossein Banan • Benyamin Bahadori • Abdolhossein Mokhtabad • Delkash • Bijan Mortazavi • Afshin • Benyamin Bahadori • Farhang Sharif • Parisa • Simin Ghanem • Majid Akhshabi • Mehdi Rajabian • Shervin Hajipour Architecture • Omar Tiberiades (Abû Hafs 'Umar ibn al-Farrukhân al-Tabarî Amoli) (d.), Persian astrologer and architect. • Abolhassan Sadighi Cinema • Shahab Hosseini • Davoud Rashidi • Khosrow Sinai • Kambiz Dirbaz • Ladan Mostofi • Mostafa Zamani • Mohammad Ali Sadjadi • Anahita Hemmati • Roya Nonahali • Irene Zazians • Reza Allamehzadeh • Abbas Amiri Moghaddam • Saba Kamali • Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian • Ardalan Shoja Kaveh • Parinaz Izadyar • Maryam Kavyani • Leyli Rashidi • Zinat Pirzadeh • Hossein Rajabian Portraiture • Mokarrameh Ghanbari • Kourosh Sotoodeh • Towhidi Tabari • Abolhassan Sadighi Scholars • Sadegh Hedayat • Mohammad Taqi Danesh Pajouh • Ahmad Ghahreman • Ali Yachkaschi History • Arash • Mardavij Science • Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari His stature was eclipsed by his more famous pupil, Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi. • Abul Hasan al-Tabari, a 10th-century Iranian physician. • Abu'l Tayyeb Tabari was jurisconsult, judge (qāżī), and professor of legal sciences; he was regarded by his contemporaries as one of the leading Shafeʿites of 5th/11th century Baghdad. • Ali Yachkaschi • Moslem Bahadori • Iraj Malekpour • Alireza Mashaghi • Pooran Farrokhzad • Shahrokh Meskoob • Al-Tabarani Philosophy • Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, theologian and philosopher • Farhad Rachidi Physicians and astrologers • Muhammad ibn Mahmud Amuli • Abū Sahl al-Qūhī • Al-Nagawri • Sahl ibn Bishr • Yahya ibn Abi Mansur • Al-Nagawri • Tunakabuni • Al-Natili • Haseb-i Tabari Athletics • Abdollah Movahed • Imam-Ali Habibi • Behdad Salimi • Ghasem Rezaei • Hassan Rangraz • Reza Yazdani • Hassan Yazdani • Reza Soukhteh-Saraei • Askari Mohammadian • Mehdi Taghavi • Komeil Ghasemi • Morad Mohammadi • Ahmad Mohammadi • Mehdi Hajizadeh • Masoud Esmaeilpour • Ezzatollah Akbari • Ali Asghar Bazri • Bashir Babajanzadeh • Kamran Ghasempour • Mohammad Reza Khalatbari • Farhad Majidi • Rahman Rezaei • Mehrdad Oladi • Mohsen Bengar • Peiman Hosseini • Rahman Ahmadi • Hossein Tavakkoli • Hanif Omranzadeh • Hadi Norouzi • Adel Gholami • Alireza Firouzja • Mojtaba Mirzajanpour • Sheys Rezaei • Morteza Pouraliganji • Mojtaba Abedini • Sohrab Entezari • Farshid Talebi • Mousa Nabipour • Shahab Gordan • Noshad Alamiyan • Sousan Hajipour • Mahmoud Fekri • Peyman Hosseini • Ramin Rezaeian • Bahador Molaei • Maysam Baou • Omid Ebrahimi • Morteza Mehrzad • Shoja Khalilzadeh • Omid Alishah • Hamed Kavianpour • Abbas Hajkenari • Kianoush Rahmati • Ebrahim Taghipour • Mohsen Yousefi • Javad Asghari Moghaddam • Manouchehr Boroumand • Jasem Delavari • Behnam Ehsanpour • Mehrdad Pooladi • Majid Torkan • Mohsen Karimi • Hamed Kavianpour • Farzan Ashourzadeh • Ahmad Mohammadi • Ali Alipour • Javad Manafi • Nima Alamian • Mohammad Reza Barari • Ramezan Kheder • Abbas Dabbaghi • Reza Simkhah • Hassan Rahnavardi • Babak Nourzad • Ali Asghar Bazri • Sousan Hajipour • Anoushiravan Nourian • Farshid Talebi • Allahyar Sayyadmanesh • Ahmad Mohammadi • Mohsen Karimi Royalty • Reza Shah Pahlavi • Mohammad Reza Pahlavi • Dowlatshah • Khayr al-Nisa Begum • Khurshid of Tabaristan • Abbas the Great • Shams Pahlavi • Shahnaz Pahlavi • Leila Pahlavi • Ashraf Pahlavi • Farahnaz Pahlavi • Reza Pahlavi • Gholam Reza Pahlavi • Abdul Reza Pahlavi Military • Abbas Mirza • Ahmad Keshvari • Manouchehr Khosrodad • Al-Mu'ayyad Ahmad • Sardar Rafie Yanehsari • Mohammad Rouyanian • Iskandar-i Shaykhi • Hossein Khalatbari • Bahram Aryana • Ahmad Keshvari • Massoud Monfared Niyaki • Jahangir IV Politics • Ali Larijani • Mohammad Vali Khan Tonekaboni • Manuchehr Mottaki • Ehsan Tabari • Majid Rahnema • Hossein Ghods-Nakhai • Noureddin Kianouri • Ali-Akbar Davar • Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei • Reza Salehi Amiri • Hamid Reza Chitgar • Sadeq Larijani • Mohammad-Javad Larijani • Bagher Larijani • Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri • Mirza Aqa Khan Nuri • Morteza Gholi Khan Hedayat • Ahmad Tavakoli • Davoud Hermidas-Bavand • Sam Dastyari • Reza-Qoli Khan Hedayat • Hossein Rajabian • Ali Kordan • Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh • Elaheh Koulaei • Abdul Karim Hashemi Nejad • Reza Sheykholeslam • Shamseddin Hosseini • Hassan Ghashghavi • Mirza Shafi Mazandarani • Gholam Hossein Sadighi • Mirza Hassan Khan Esfandiary • Davoud Hermidas-Bavand • Haji Washington • Hossein Dadgar • Mirza Hassan Khan Esfandiary • Morteza Gholi Khan Hedayat • Mehdi Qoli Hedayat • Abdol-samad Mirza Ezz ed-Dowleh Saloor • Mehdi Qoli Hedayat • Hossein Shah-Hosseini • Fazel Larijani • Musa Nuri Esfandiari • Farhad Dejpasand • Javad Saeed • Mirza Shafi Mazandarani Christianity • Hossein Fallah Noshirvani Islamic scholars • Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli • Abdollah Javadi-Amoli • Mirza Hashem Amoli • Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani • Muhammad Taqi Amoli • Haydar Amuli • Ibn Furak • Ali Asghar Mazandarani • Mirza Husain Noori Tabarsi • Mohammad Taghi Falsafi • Ibn Shahr Ashub • Shaykh Tabarsi • Abul-Abbas Qassab Amoli • Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari • Mulla Ali Kani • Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari • Mohammad Salih al-Mazandarani • Ibn al-Sheikh Other religions • Baháʼu'lláh- The founder of the Baháʼí Faith was born and grew up in Nur, Mazandaran • Mírzá ʻAbbás Núrí – father of Baháʼu'lláh • ʻAbdu'l-Bahá – son of Baháʼu'lláh • Daniel al-Kumisi • Quddús • Subh-i-Azal Master • Kourosh Mansory • Gholam-Ali Soleimani • Farshid Moussavi • Behdad Esfahbod • Hossein Fallah Noshirvani Medical • Moslem Bahadori == Mazandaran today ==

Mazandaran is a fast-growing centre for tourism, innovation, biotechnology, and civil engineering. Economy The province is one of the 5 wealthiest in Iran. Oil wealth has stimulated industries in food processing, cement, textiles, cotton, and fishing (caviar). Iran's Cultural Heritage Organization lists close to 630 sites of historical and cultural significance, many of which are tourist attractions. Rice, grain, fruits, cotton, tea, tobacco, sugarcane, Flower, Mineral water, caviar, Dairy product, Meat industry and silk are produced in the lowland strip along the Caspian shore. Oil wealth has stimulated industries in food processing, cement, textiles, cotton, and fishing (caviar). Mazandaran, with 230,000 hectares of paddies, produces about one million tonnes of rice a year, or 42 percent of the country's total. Over 70 kinds of agricultural produce are grown in Mazandaran which meets 40% of domestic demand for rice and 50% of citrus fruits. The province is also the sole domestic supplier of kiwi. Mazandaran has 3,500 industrial and production units. Mazandaran is home to 460,000 hectares of farmland producing around 6 million tons of agro products annually. Over 10% of value-added in Iran's agriculture sector is generated in Mazandaran province. The textile industry included 212 large and small industrial units operating in the province in 1995. These include the Mazandaran's nassaji company, based in Qaemshahr, the Chitsazi factory of Behshahr, the Gooni bafi of Mahmudabad, and the Chukha factory of Sari. Some of these industrial units are no longer active because of issues happened after being transferred to the private sector in 1990s and 2000s. Export Germany, Russia, Iraq, France Turkey, Kazakhstan, India, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Belarus, Italy, Bahrain, Pakistan, Switzerland Ukraine, United States, Spain, Netherlands and Central Asian countries were Mazandaran's main export destinations during the period. The province in 2017 exported close to $800 million worth of goods. In the previous year totally about 800 million dollars of non-oil goods produced in Mazandaran were exported, half of which were exported from customs outside the province. In 2017 year main exports from the province consisted of dairy products (57%), food products (12%), industrial commodities (10%), pipes and profiles (8%) and cement (7%). Gas and oil From 1951 to 1978, and particularly after the formation of National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), the first exploration well was spudded. Up to 1970, 16 wells had been drilled near mud volcanoes. All these wells produced only natural gas and technical studies showed that continuation of these operations would be uneconomical. 10 thousand tons export oil and Uncertain amount of gas exported to Asian countries from Mazandaran. Statistics • 9th rank industrial units Iran • 5th rank general industry Iran • 4th rank tooling machines Iran • 2nd rank coal Iran • 1st rank livestock and agricultural products Iran • 1st rank granite Iran • 1st rank fluorine Iran • 1st rank flowers and ornamental plants Iran • 1st rank citrus exports Iran • 1st rank food products exports Iran Colleges and universities Main universities of Mazandaran: • University of Mazandaran, Babolsar • Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari • Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol • Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol • Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Sari • Shomal University, Amol • Allameh Mohaddes Nouri University, Nur • Imam Khomeini Naval University, Nowshahr • University of Science and Technology of Mazandaran, Behshahr • Iran University of Science and Technology, Nur Sports With 7 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze medals, Mazandaran has won 19% of Iran's medals in the Olympics, which is the largest share among Iran's medals in the Olympics. For the past several years Mazandaran has generated a consistent stream of Wrestling. Football and volleyball are two other popular sports that have a lot of players in the Premier League and the national team. Weightlifting, Taekwondo, table tennis, boxing, kickboxing, kung fu, karate, rally car are other successful sports in the province. Kalleh Mazandaran VC, Shamoushak Noshahr F.C. and F.C. Nassaji Mazandaran are three famous teams in the province. Kalleh have twice won the Iranian Volleyball Super League Championship and once the AVC Championship. Athletes in Olympics List of Mazandaran athletes who won medals in the Olympics: == Gallery ==

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