According to a
hadith in
Sahih al-Bukhari, Ramhormoz is the
ancestral home of
Salman the Persian, a
companion of the Prophet. , mint at Ramhurmuz minted Dated AH 96 (AD 714/5) during
Al-Walid I's reign The proper history of the city begins in the Sasanian era, although there have been
Elamite remains found in and around the city as well. The tomb of the Sasanian founder of the city, Hormizd I, is commonly thought to be situated within the city. "With the gradual Muslim conquest of Khuzestan in the 7th century, Rāmhormoz was the scene of a peace agreement between the local Sasanian satrap, Hormozān, and the commander of the Muslim army.". During the Islamic times, it was remarked by
Muslim geographers that the city contained a library comparable only to the one in
Basra in the wealth of its collection, and that silk was produced in the city and distributed to distant lands. The city enjoyed incredible opulence before entering a state of decline. Ramhormoz was the location in which Elamite was last reported to be spoken. This report was written circa 988 AD by
Al-Muqaddasi, characterizing the local Khuzi people as bilingual in Arabic and Persian but also speaking
an "incomprehensible" language. The town had recently become prosperous again after the foundation of a market. As it received an influx of foreigners and being a "Khuzi" was stigmatized at the time, the language probably died out in the 11th century. The 14th-century Muslim
Amazigh traveler and explorer
ibn Battuta visited the city during his travels and described the city as "a fine city with fruit-trees and rivers." From late
Safavid until
Qajar Iran, the allegiance of the city frequently shifted between
Khuzestan and
Fars province. In the 18th and 19th centuries,
Lurs and
Arabs started to settle within and around the city from nearby lands. ==Demographics==