Mamasani County is a county

Counties of Iran

The provinces of Iran further subdivided into counties called shahrestan , an area inside an ostan, and consists of a city centre, few bakhsh and many villages around them. There are usually a few cities and rural agglomerations in each county. Rural agglomerations are a collection of a number...

 in Fars Province 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...

. The capital of the county is Nurabad

Nurabad, Fars

Nurabad is a city in and the capital of Mamasani County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 51,668, in 11,006 families....

, which is located 180 kilometres from Shiraz

Shiraz

Shiraz may refer to:* Shiraz, Iran, a city in Iran* Shiraz County, an administrative subdivision of Iran* Vosketap, Armenia, formerly called ShirazPeople:* Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet* Ara Shiraz, Armenian sculptor...

. The people of Mamasani speak in Lurish (Luri) language in southern Lurish dialect. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions later split off to form Rostam County

Rostam County

Rostam County is a county in Fars Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Masiri. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 45,377, in 9,134 families. The county has one city: Masiri....

) was 162,694, in 35,145 families; excluding such portions, the population was 117,317, in 26,011 families. The county is subdivided into three districts: the Central District

Central District (Mamasani County)

The Central District of Mamasani County is a district in Mamasani County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 97,206, in 21,208 families. The District has two cities: Nurabad and Khumeh Zar....

, Mahvarmilani District

Mahvarmilani District

Mahvarmilani District is a district in Mamasani County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 9,915, in 2,277 families. The District is entirely rural....

, and Doshman Ziari District

Doshman Ziari District

Doshman Ziari District is a district in Mamasani County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 10,196, in 2,526 families. The District is entirely rural....

. The county has two cities: Nurabad

Nurabad, Fars

Nurabad is a city in and the capital of Mamasani County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 51,668, in 11,006 families....

 and Khumeh Zar

Khumeh Zar

Khumeh Zar is a city in the Central District of Mamasani County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 5,643, in 1,283 families - but it was counted as Kuhmeh Zar Sofla with 5,550 people in 1,262, separate from Kuhmeh Zar Olya with 93 people in 21 families....

.

Mamasani (also Muhammad Hasni) an ancient tribe with numerous sub-tribes live in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and other countries. The main tribe resides in Mamasani county in Fars province in Iran and speak Luri anguage. The Sistani Mamasanis live in Sistan and Baluchistan. The Brahui and Baluchi Mamasanis are called Muhammad Hassani

Muhammad Hassani

Muhammad Hasni are the largest Baloch tribe. They reside in the following districts of Pakistan: Chagai, Kharan, Dalbandin, Washuk, Kalat, Awaran, Khuzdar, Quetta, Nushki, Mastung, Panjgur, Makran and other...

 live in Baluchistan provinces of Iran and Pakistan and Nimrus and Helmand of Afghanistan.

External links

• A Mamasani folk-song sung by Shusha Guppy in the 1970s: You Must Come to Me.