Ramhormoz

According to a hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari, Ramhormoz is the ancestral home of Salman the Persian, a companion of the Prophet.{{cite book|author1=Milad Milani|title=Sufism in the Secret History of Persia|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317544593|page=180|quote=In one particular hadith, Salman mentions he is from Ramhormoz, though this is a reference to his ancestry as his father was transferred from Ramhormoz to Esfahan, residing in Jey (just outside the military camp), which was designed to accommodate the domestic requirements of military personnel.}}{{cite book |translator=Sameh Strauch |title=Mukhtaṣar Sīrat Al-Rasūl|date=2006|publisher=Darussalam|isbn=9789960980324|page=94}}{{cite book|title=Sahih Bukhari, Book 5, Volume 58, Hadith 283 (Merits of the Helpers in Madinah [Ansaar])|url=http://www.usc.edu/org/cmje/religious-texts/hadith/bukhari/058-sbt.php|quote=Narrated Salman: I am from Ram-Hurmuz (i.e. a Persian town).}}

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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.".Chase F. Robinson, "The Conquest of Khūzistān", BSOAS 67/1, 2004, pp. 14-39.

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.Wilhelm Barthold, An Historical Geography of Iran, Princeton, N.J, 1984.اصطخری, ابواسحاق ابراهیم، به اهتمام ایرج افشار (1368). مسالک و ممالک. تهران: علمی و فرهنگی. 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.{{Cite journal |last=Van Bladel |first=Kevin T. |date=July 2021 |title=The Language of the Xūz and the Fate of Elamite |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1356186321000092/type/journal_article |journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society |language=en |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=447–462 |doi=10.1017/S1356186321000092 |issn=1356-1863}}

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."The Travels of Ibn Battuta A. D. 1325-1354. Volume II. pp. 283. The Hakluyt Society/Cambridge University Press; First Thus Edition (1 January 1962)

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.{{Cite web|url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/ramhormoz|title = Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica}}

Ramhormoz people speak Bakhtiari dialect like Masjid Suleiman and Aghajari.{{Cite web |title=Iranica |url=https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/khuzestan-08-dialects}}Iranica has clearly considered the language of the communities living in Ramhormoz to be Southern Luri.{{Cite web |title=Lori dialects |url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/lori-dialects}}Ramhormzi dialect is a pseudo Bakhtiari dialect.{{Cite web |title=Khuzestan dialects |url=https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/khuzestan-08-dialects}}.The language of the people of Ramhormoz (also called Romsi) is Bakhtiari dialect.{{Cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Iranica |url-status=live |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708181643/https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/khuzestan-08-dialects |title=Khuzestan viii. Dialects |language=en |access-date=15 August 2023 |url=https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/khuzestan-08-dialects}}Ramhormzi's accent is the same as Lori Bakhtiari's, which is slightly different.{{Cite book |last=(Yousfi, 2017: 22-23). |title=(Yousfi, 2017: 22-23).}}

The people of Ramhormoz are from the Bakhtiari tribe and from the Chaharlang tribes, and there are tribes from other tribes such as Khodri of Dashtestan, Zarezadeh, Bigdali, and Talavari.{{Cite web |title=The great Islamic encyclopedia |url=https://cgie.org.ir/fa/news/23712/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%82%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%87-%C2%AB-%D8%AF%D8%A7-%D9%88-%D8%AF%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%B1%C2%BB-%D8%AA%D8%A7-%C2%AB-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D8%B5%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%C2%BB}}

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 49,822 in 10,966 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Khuzestan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/06.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920093911/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/06.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 69,869 people in 17,046 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Khuzestan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Khuzestan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118191739/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Khuzestan.xls|archive-date=18 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 74,285 people in 20,127 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Khuzestan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_06.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021081917/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_06.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=21 October 2020}}

Ramhormoz has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSh).

{{Weather box

|location = Ramhormoz (1987–2010)

|metric first = Y

|single line = Y

|Jan record high C = 27.2

|Feb record high C = 31.0

|Mar record high C = 37.4

|Apr record high C = 43.2

|May record high C = 47.8

|Jun record high C = 50.6

|Jul record high C = 51.6

|Aug record high C = 51.4

|Sep record high C = 48.6

|Oct record high C = 43.0

|Nov record high C = 35.8

|Dec record high C = 31.0

|year record high C = 51.6

|Jan high C = 17.1

|Feb high C = 20.2

|Mar high C = 25.2

|Apr high C = 32.1

|May high C = 39.7

|Jun high C = 44.5

|Jul high C = 46.0

|Aug high C = 45.8

|Sep high C = 42.0

|Oct high C = 35.9

|Nov high C = 26.7

|Dec high C = 19.8

|year high C = 32.9

|Jan mean C = 12.7

|Feb mean C = 15.0

|Mar mean C = 19.2

|Apr mean C = 25.4

|May mean C = 32.2

|Jun mean C = 36.3

|Jul mean C = 38.2

|Aug mean C = 38.0

|Sep mean C = 34.2

|Oct mean C = 28.9

|Nov mean C = 20.7

|Dec mean C = 15.0

|year mean C = 26.3

|Jan low C = 9.3

|Feb low C = 9.8

|Mar low C = 13.3

|Apr low C = 18.7

|May low C = 24.7

|Jun low C = 28.2

|Jul low C = 30.5

|Aug low C = 30.1

|Sep low C = 26.3

|Oct low C = 21.8

|Nov low C = 14.7

|Dec low C = 10.2

|year low C = 19.7

|Jan record low C = -0.8

|Feb record low C = -0.8

|Mar record low C = 2.8

|Apr record low C = 7.6

|May record low C = 15.6

|Jun record low C = 21.6

|Jul record low C = 23.4

|Aug record low C = 22.6

|Sep record low C = 18.4

|Oct record low C = 12.4

|Nov record low C = 2.2

|Dec record low C = 0.6

|year record low C = -0.8

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 77.1

|Feb precipitation mm = 42.5

|Mar precipitation mm = 43.2

|Apr precipitation mm = 19.7

|May precipitation mm = 1.9

|Jun precipitation mm = 0.1

|Jul precipitation mm = 0.1

|Aug precipitation mm = 0.2

|Sep precipitation mm = 0.9

|Oct precipitation mm = 8.0

|Nov precipitation mm = 29.0

|Dec precipitation mm = 87.5

|year precipitation mm = 310.2

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 7.0

|Feb precipitation days = 4.4

|Mar precipitation days = 4.3

|Apr precipitation days = 3.2

|May precipitation days = 0.5

|Jun precipitation days = 0.0

|Jul precipitation days = 0.0

|Aug precipitation days = 0.1

|Sep precipitation days = 0.1

|Oct precipitation days = 0.8

|Nov precipitation days = 3.4

|Dec precipitation days = 5.7

|year precipitation days = 29.5

|Jan humidity = 69

|Feb humidity = 58

|Mar humidity = 48

|Apr humidity = 37

|May humidity = 21

|Jun humidity = 17

|Jul humidity = 19

|Aug humidity = 21

|Sep humidity = 21

|Oct humidity = 28

|Nov humidity = 45

|Dec humidity = 65

|year humidity = 37

|Jan sun = 175.5

|Feb sun = 195.1

|Mar sun = 229.8

|Apr sun = 233.4

|May sun = 290.6

|Jun sun = 339.6

|Jul sun = 336.1

|Aug sun = 339.8

|Sep sun = 309.8

|Oct sun = 272.3

|Nov sun = 214.7

|Dec sun = 178.3

|year sun = 3115.0

|source 1 = Iran Meteorological Organization (records),

• {{cite web |url= http://www.chbmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/khz/RAMHORMO/7.asp |title= Highest record temperature in Ramhormoz by Month 1987–2010 |publisher= Iran Meteorological Organization |access-date= 8 April 2015}}
• {{cite web |url= http://www.chbmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/khz/RAMHORMO/6.asp |title= Lowest record temperature in Ramhormoz by Month 1987–2010 |publisher= Iran Meteorological Organization |access-date= 8 April 2015}} (temperatures),
• {{cite web |url= http://www.chbmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/khz/RAMHORMO/3.asp |title= Average Maximum temperature in Ramhormoz by Month 1987–2010 |publisher= Iran Meteorological Organization |access-date= 8 April 2015}}
• {{cite web |url= http://www.chbmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/khz/RAMHORMO/5.asp |title= Average Mean Daily temperature in Ramhormoz by Month 1987–2010 |publisher= Iran Meteorological Organization| access-date= 8 April 2015}}
• {{cite web |url= http://www.chbmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/khz/RAMHORMO/2.asp |title= Average Minimum temperature in Ramhormoz by Month 1987–2010 |publisher= Iran Meteorological Organization |access-date= 8 April 2015}} (precipitation),

{{cite web |url= http://www.chbmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/khz/RAMHORMO/25.asp |title= Monthly Total Precipitation in Ramhormoz by Month 1987–2010 |publisher= Iran Meteorological Organization |access-date= 8 April 2015}} (humidity),

{{cite web |url= http://www.chbmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/khz/RAMHORMO/14.asp |title= Average relative humidity in Ramhormoz by Month 1987–2010 |publisher= Iran Meteorological Organization |access-date= 8 April 2015}} (days with precipitation),

{{cite web |url= http://www.chbmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/khz/RAMHORMO/29.asp |title= No. Of days with precipitation equal to or greater than 1 mm in Ramhormoz by Month 1987–2010 |publisher= Iran Meteorological Organization |access-date= 8 April 2015}}

(sunshine)

{{cite web |url= http://www.chbmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/khz/RAMHORMO/42.asp |title= Monthly total sunshine hours in Ramhormoz by Month 1987–2010 |publisher= Iran Meteorological Organization |access-date= 8 April 2015}}

|date=March 2016

}}

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