Bam

Bam is a city and capital of Bam County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 73,823, in 19,572 families. The modern Iranian city of Bam surrounds the Bam citadel. Before the 2003 earthquake the official population count of the city was roughly 43,000. There are various evaluations approximately the date and reasons for the inspiration of the fortress. Economically and commercially, Bam occupied a totally crucial place in the region and was famed for its textiles and clothes.

Ibn Hawqal 943–977, the Arab tourist and geographer, wrote of Bam in his e-book Surat-ul-ard. The Earth-discern Over there they weave incredible, stunning and lengthy-lasting cotton cloths which can be despatched to locations everywhere in the world There they also make amazing clothes, each of which expenses round 30 dinars; these are bought in Khorasan, Iraq and Egypt. The ancient fortress of Arg-e Bam has a records relationship lower back around 2,000 years ago, to the Parthian Empire 248 BC–224 AD, but maximum buildings had been built all through the Safavid dynasty.

The metropolis changed into in large part abandoned due to an Afghan invasion in 1722. Subsequently, after the metropolis had progressively been re-settled, it become deserted a 2nd time due to an assault via invaders from Shiraz. It became extensively utilized for a time as an navy barracks. The cutting-edge metropolis of Bam has gradually developed as an agricultural and commercial centre, and until the 2003 earthquake become experiencing speedy boom.