Band-e Qir بندقير | |
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village | |
  Band-e Qir | |
| Coordinates:31°39′04″N48°53′02″E / 31.65111°N 48.88389°E /31.65111; 48.88389 | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | Khuzestan |
| County | Shushtar |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Rural District | Miyan Ab |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 446 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
Band-i Qīr (Persian:بندقير, meaning 'bitumen dam',[1] alsoRomanized asBand-e Qīr,Band-e Qir, andBand Qīr; also known asBid Ghir)[2] is a village inMiyan Ab Rural District, in theCentral District ofShushtar County,Khuzestan Province,Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 446, in 73 families.[3]
Band-i Qīr lies on or adjacent to two earlier settlements. In theSāsānid period, the town Rustam Kuwādh (also spelledRostag Kavad) flourished at the site. Rustam Kuwādh was destroyed during the Arab/Muslim conquests of the seventh century CE.
Around this time, ʿAskar Mukram (Arabic:عسکر مکرم, whose name means 'Mukram's encampment') was founded nearby, near the confluence of the canalĀb-i Gargar and the riverKārūn. Although the early history of the settlement is obscure (with the early accounts ofal-Balādhurī andal-Ṭabarī conflicting), the tenth-centuryḤudūd al-ʿālam describes the town as large and prosperous, lying on both sides of the Āb-i Gargar. A Būyid mint was based there at the same time. Later in the Middle Ages, however, the town fell into disuse.[4][5] Noted inhabitants includedAbū Hilāl al-ʿAskarī (d. after 1009).[6]
The extensive ruins of ʿAskar Mukram remain at Band-i Qīr.[4]
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