Kazerun is a city in and the capital of Kazerun County

Kazerun County

Kazerun County is a county in Fars Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Kazerun. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 258,097, in 58,036 families. The county is subdivided into six districts: the Central District, Jereh and Baladeh District, Khesht District, Kamaraj and...

, Fars Province, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 84,594, in 20,810 families.

Kazerun is situated between Shiraz

Shiraz, Iran

Shiraz is the sixth most populous city in Iran and is the capital of Fars Province, the city's 2009 population was 1,455,073. Shiraz is located in the southwest of Iran on the Roodkhaneye Khoshk seasonal river...

 and Bushehr

Bushehr

Bushehr Bushehr lies in a vast plain running along the coastal region on the Persian Gulf coast of southwestern Iran. It is the chief seaport of the country and the administrative centre of its province. Its location is about south of Tehran. The local climate is hot and humid.The city...

. Its agricultural products include date palm

Date Palm

The date palm is a palm in the genus Phoenix, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit. Although its place of origin is unknown because of long cultivation, it probably originated from lands around the Persian Gulf. It is a medium-sized plant, 15–25 m tall, growing singly or forming a clump with...

s, citrus

Citrus

Citrus is a common term and genus of flowering plants in the rue family, Rutaceae. Citrus is believed to have originated in the part of Southeast Asia bordered by Northeastern India, Myanmar and the Yunnan province of China...

 orchards, wheat

Wheat

Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...

, tobacco

Tobacco

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...

, rice

Rice

Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...

, cotton

Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....

, and vine

Vine

A vine in the narrowest sense is the grapevine , but more generally it can refer to any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent, that is to say climbing, stems or runners...

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The nearby ruins of the ancient city of Bishapur

Bishapur

thumb|Irano-Roman floor mosaic detail from the palace of [[Shapur I]] at BishapurBishapur is an ancient city situated south of modern Faliyan, Iran on the ancient road between Persis and Elam. The road linked the Sassanid capitals Istakhr and Ctesiphon...

 12 mi. (19 km) N., include bas-relief depictions from the Sasanid era

Sassanid Empire

The Sassanid Empire , known to its inhabitants as Ērānshahr and Ērān in Middle Persian and resulting in the New Persian terms Iranshahr and Iran , was the last pre-Islamic Persian Empire, ruled by the Sasanian Dynasty from 224 to 651...

 (ca. 224–651). A statue of Shapur I

Shapur I

Shapur I or also known as Shapur I the Great was the second Sassanid King of the Second Persian Empire. The dates of his reign are commonly given as 240/42 - 270/72, but it is likely that he also reigned as co-regent prior to his father's death in 242 .-Early years:Shapur was the son of Ardashir I...

 (AD 241–272) can be found in a large cave at the site. The ruins of the Qal'eh-ye Gabri (Castle of the Gabr

Gabr

Gabr is a New Persian term originally used to denote a Zoroastrian.Historically, gabr was a technical term synonymous with mōg, "magus", denoting a follower of Zoroastrianism, and it is with this meaning that the term is attested in very early New Persian texts such as the Shahnameh...

s, or Zoroastrians) are located on a mound S.E. of Kazerun.

Scientists

Nasrollah Mardani

Nasrollah Mardani

Nasrollah Mardani one of the famous poets in Iran.He was born Kazerun.-Resources:http://www.ibna.ir/vdcjyiex.uqe8az29fu.html...

, a famous Persian poet, comes from Kazerun. It is also believed that Salman the Persian

Salman the Persian

Salman the Persian or Salman al Farisi was one of Muhammad's companions.During some of his later meetings with the other Sahaba, he was referred to as Abu Abdullah .-Birth place:...

, one of the followers of the Islamic prophet

Prophets of Islam

Muslims identify the Prophets of Islam as those humans chosen by God and given revelation to deliver to mankind. Muslims believe that every prophet was given a belief to worship God and their respective followers believed it as well...

, Muhammad

Muhammad

Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...

, comes from this city. "Welcome to Salman the Persian" can be seen at the entrance of the city. The town is also the scene of a famous battle in the novel My Uncle Napoleon

My Uncle Napoleon

My Uncle Napoleon is a coming of age novel by Iranian author Iraj Pezeshkzad published in Tehran in Persian in 1973. The novel was adapted to a highly successful TV series in 1976 directed by Nasser Taghvai...

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Kazerun is a city of Science. Qotb al-Din Kazeruni, Allame Jalaladdin Davani

Jalaladdin Davani

Jalaluddin Muhammad bin As'ad Kazeruni Siddiqi , often referred to as Jalaluddin Davani or Allamah Davani, was a leading philosopher, theologian, jurist and poet of 15th Century Iran...

, Allame Ali Davani

Ali Davani

Ali Davāni was an Iranian scholar and researcher, was born on September 27, 1929 in Davan, a village located at the north of kazerun, according to his identity certificate. He left his village to Abadan at his 6 years old. He lived for 7 years with a hunger for Islamic sciences...

, Sheykh Abueshaq Kazeruni

Sheykh Abueshaq Kazeruni

Sheykh Abueshaq Kazeruni, One of the greatest Persian mystics, was born in Kazerun....

, Sadid al-Din al-Kazaruni

Sadid al-Din al-Kazaruni

Sadid al-Din Muhammad ibn Mas‘ud al-Kazaruni was a 14th century Persian physician from Kazerun, Fars, Iran.He was a popular commentator on earlier medical writings, and composed a commentary titled al-Mughni fi sharh al-Mujiz on the epitome of The Canon of Medicine by Avicenna...

, Behjat ololama, Sheykh Amin addin baliani, Mirza Saleh Kazeruni

Mirza Saleh Kazeruni

Mirza Saleh Shirazi was the first reporter in Iran. He was born in Kazerun. His newspaper, Kaghaz-e Akhbar Mirza Saleh Shirazi was the first reporter in Iran. He was born in Kazerun. His newspaper, Kaghaz-e Akhbar Mirza Saleh Shirazi was the first reporter in Iran. He was born in Kazerun. His...

, Naser divan Kazeruni are from Kazerun. The mothers of Hafez

Hafez

Khwāja Shamsu d-Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Shīrāzī , known by his pen name Hāfez , was a Persian lyric poet. His collected works composed of series of Persian poetry are to be found in the homes of most Iranians, who learn his poems by heart and use them as proverbs and sayings to this day...

 and Saadi

Saadi (poet)

Abū-Muḥammad Muṣliḥ al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī better known by his pen-name as Saʿdī or, simply, Saadi, was one of the major Persian poets of the medieval period. He is not only famous in Persian-speaking countries, but he has also been quoted in western sources...

 were also from Kazerun.

Firouz Naderi

Firouz Naderi

Firouz Naderi is an Iranian-American scientist and currently the Director for Solar System Exploration at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory...

, (the Associate Director of NASA

NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...

's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The facility is headquartered in the city of Pasadena on the border of La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena...

 (JPL), responsible for Project Formulation and Strategy), was born in Kazerun.
Dr. Abdolreza Hajipoor, the best chemist in Iran and one of the best chemists in the world, is from Kazerun.
Reza Malekzadeh

Reza Malekzadeh

Reza Malekzadeh is an Iranian medical scientist and gastroenterologist.-Career:...

,one of the best Genius of Medical in the world was born in Kazerun.

Lakes and rivers

Parishan Lake is near Kazerun, Shapur River is near Bishapur

Bishapur

thumb|Irano-Roman floor mosaic detail from the palace of [[Shapur I]] at BishapurBishapur is an ancient city situated south of modern Faliyan, Iran on the ancient road between Persis and Elam. The road linked the Sassanid capitals Istakhr and Ctesiphon...

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History

The historic city Bishapour is near Kazerun. This city was capital of Sasanian.

Recreational places

Barm Plain is biggest Plain of Oak in Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

, Davan, Sarmashhad and Kaskan are three villages in Kazerun.
The old name of Kazerun was "Green City".

Ashora and tasoa carnival

This carnival has been one of the most celebrated and unique carnivals in Iran. The date of this carnival is in the ninth and tenth of Moharam Month. In these two days people go out and show the killing of Hussein, son of Ali. The theater starts from morning til noon. Almost all people in the city walk on the street together. They morn for this historical event.