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Happy Water On Moon !!!

2009-11-14T22:54:00.003+03:30

Hello
This week I saw google avatar in it`s first page changes to something strange like moon and water.
Everybody knows the news rights now, there is enough water on moon to do something scientific which I don't know and don't want know.
Good idea! So now I am working on Water Matter in Persepolis.
Does Piping exists in Ancient Time? (2500 y. ego)
If yes, which kind? Echo or water?
Do they bunk the water in clean mode or dirty?
Which devices they use?
All these questions came into my mind some minutes ago.
Nice article must be.
I'll update it ASAP.
See ya !

Fars, the Little Country, inside the Country (2)

2009-11-06T20:11:00.009+03:30

Hello to all possible readers of my English weblog.
I say that sentence to remind you, English is not my primary language.
Instead, Persian is my primary language with all its scales, from ancient or Old Persian till modern and/or street slang.
After that, every Iranian must study Arabic in School, strange but I loved that language, but I can not speak it, I just understand and there is analysis possibility for me in Arabic lang.
Third, English is my language, secondary, I can read, write, speak and understand it well.
Forth, Russian, of course I am not professional but I think I understand 50%.
After all, did you ever know that Chinese is a pretty language?
I like it, I am learning this language, http://chinesepod.com sends you its greetings.

About my welcoming you to Iran, my last post was about Fars (Persian) Province which it is a little country inside another country.
Because this Province has all but army and politic situation of being a country.
This sentence has no any meaning except attraction, I mean no any independence or any other hide meaning, I hate people of parts which always shout about being Independence.

So, let's see, what I offer you in Fars...
See these places in Persian Province (Fars) if you have enough time, money and willing:

Kazeroon Fire-temple
Barme (Lake of) Delak
Bande Amir (Area of Sultan)
Bishapoor
Tange Balaghy (For archaeologist)
Lake of Parishan (Lake which dried by much of Government attention)
Castle of Girl (Daughter) <-- It just a name
Sarvestan Castle
Ardeshir Babakan Castle

But these places are MUST SEE touristic attraction:

Hafiz and Sa`di Temple
Arge Karimkhani (Castle of King Karim-khan)
Vakil Bazaar
Gardens of Shiraz (Eram, Delgosha, Afif Abad)
Persepolis and Pasargad,
Naghshe-Rostam,
Naghshe Rajab
Bathroom (Hamam) Vakil (Zandie King)

Let's read a little more about First category, in my next post, I'll not describe about second category, they need very special attention, so I'll write about them, in next long future.

Kazeroon Fire-temple
Registered in Iranian National Heritage Organization in year 1318 (equal ) by the number 331.

About this place, Maxime Siroux, the french architecture, wrote some, you can find by search or by these links:

Trois monuments inconnus de l’Iran ancient,” Iranica Antiqua 7, 1967, pp. 82-88, pls. XIV, XV, XVI, XVII
Maxime Siroux. PETIT MONUMENT SASANIDE PRÉS DE

Barme (Lake of) Delak
I have never seen this place, I could not find much in internet, nothing special ion Persian, if I must offer, I think nothing there except water from spring, trees, stones, air, villagers and rubish spread everywhere, thanks to visitors.

This is here to prove spring of year.

You want summer? 57 Km south, from Shiraz there is hottest degree of our province.

Winter? Check Eghlid, only 250 km north from Shiraz.

And if I continue weblog just by photo it would be:

Bande Amir (Area of Sultan)

Bishapoor Ancient City

Tange Balaghy (For archaeologist)

Ghal'eh Dokhtar:
Castle of Girl (Daughter)

Sarvestan Castle Ardeshir is free for you in wikipedia.

See you in next post, maximum in one week will be updated.

Fars, the Little Country, inside the Country (1)

2009-10-27T15:53:00.000+03:30

Fars Province is Province of Persian, this name also is on the Persian Gulf and Persian Language, former name of the country and so on. Fars is one of 30 provinces of Iran and 133`100 square Kilometers.
By Iranian census of year (1385 equal) 2006 there is near 5 million of living people inside.
Fars is a high area, 1540 meters higher than sea lever by average.
In warm season Bell206 choppers have problem to fly !
Why I remember Bell Helicopter? Because the highest place of Fars is Bell mountain, that is covered by snow, even in highest times of year.
Again, this Province is a 4 season country !!
Cold Area (0-12 degree), Warm Area (20-38 degree), and Average(13-31).
Fars is one of the main producers of Grain, Fig and Rutaceae.
I bet that some of Rutaceae there is here that you never heard about it or never taste it, such as Bakrayy, believe me after so many searches I could not find it in English.
Anyway, this is a fruit between lemon and orange, it has sweet taste also but not a rule, there is other tastes in this healthy fruit.
By eating Bakrayy (Bakroyy) you are gaining huge quantity of C Vitamine, by this reason
it can be very bitter taste, was it me who said it is sweet before?
So, it is a soldier against cold virus.
Because I could not find any picture of this fruit in net, so lets finish the subject here.

Anyway, as a tourist always interested first in place, let see which places I know here, in this province.
The First Important Place is Pasargad.
Cyrus the Great is buried here !
You can find more information about geographical data in this link from above !
This archaeological site is vast. But there is some spots that make it interesting, the subject of Sivand Dam bring more credit and importance.

If somebody is wondering about Sivand Dam, please ask me (in comment yes?) that I write in separated post.

The is a hill in North of Temple which I think it can be a good place for archaeological dig and search.

Next Touristic Important Place is:
Persepolis
Hopefully there is so many information and news in all languages you can find and search.
But if you have any question which you did not find in other places let me know, I think that I am a professional in this field.
Also, I am so angry of some false data in Internet which posted by Pan-Turks and some newbie, please ignore them; to your attention, I know Ancient Persian Language and its font.

Naghshe Rostam
Nāqš-e Rostām is an archaeological site which its oldest relief of it is severely damaged and dates to c. 1000 BCE.
There is four tombs belonging to Achaemenid kings are carved out of the rock face. They are all at a considerable height above the ground.
The tombs are known locally as the 'Persian crosses', after the shape of the facades of the

tombs. The site is known as salīb in Arabic (صليب). One of the tombs is explicitly identified by an accompanying inscription to be the tomb of

Darius I (r. 522-486 BCE). The other three tombs are believed to be those of Xerxes I (r. 486-465 BCE), Artaxerxes I (r. 465-424 BCE), and Darius II (r. 423-404 BCE) respectively. A fifth unfinished one might be that of Artaxerxes III, who reigned at the longest two years, but is more likely that of Darius III (r. 336-330 BCE), last of the Achaemenid dynasts.
The tombs were looted following the conquest of the Achaemenid empire by Alexander the Great.
In that site there is some other Sassanid reliefs such as Ka'ba-ye Zartosht (cube shaped construction in the foreground) against the backdrop of Naqsh-e Rustam.
And also The investiture of Ardashir I. so on !
The thing that I believe you are interested in is The triumph of Shapur I over the Roman Emperor Valerian, and Philip the Arab.

Ardeshir Babakan Castle
This castle made by Artabanus V, it has nested rooms, and even after 1800 years of ignorance of governments, wars, weather, thieves, etc, its upper roof parts contains plaster is visible to see and enjoy.

There is a spring which created a natural pool near the castle, some far some fire temple, existence of Wind (air), Water (spool), Fire (temple) and ُSoil make this beautiful place as a special one.
From this kind of architecture there is some copies in Iran and Azarbayjan.

To be Continued ...

Country of Countries

2009-10-16T01:29:00.000+03:30

I was thinking that my second post of this blog will be only after a day, but it seems that I am late, anyway, I promise myself at least one post per week.

Iran as you can search and understand it yourself was knowing by the name " Persia ".
But it is not only land of Persian, there is tribes of Lor, Khooz, Turks and nation of Turkmen, Arab, Gilak, Baluch, Kurd, Armenian, etc.
All together, it is suitable to call Iran as land of Ariana Race with welcoming so many of guests as permanent residence.

Iranian people, it seems that they never see somebody from other countries, I decided to write specially European (western) but I remember sometimes even eastern are so strange in Iranian eyes.
Most of Iranian Visitors are coming from Arabian countries, by that hot weather I also will travel so much ;-) Iran-Iraq war caused that Iraqi people come less. Afghan so much, because of Borders and Pakistani can not hide themselves, its so easy to know them by their "R" pronunciations.

Before Iranian Islamic Revolution (1979), there were huge of cultural exchange between Iran and west, also USSR. But after 1979 borders were close for 8 years I think.
By all these words, you must know that to be a foreigner is very attractive in Iran.
People have so many attention to you, but it is not harmful, they are so kind, so welcomming, so kind ! again kind ! crazy attention ! Damn ! will you leave me alone?
All these attentions still after long times of border opening and age of Internet still exists.
Who knows? Maybe you like it but I personally don't like.

Why I call Iran, country of counties?
Iran is four season, each province it own season, its own customs, like a separated country. To experience

European atmosphere (North of Tehran, Kish)
More than 2000 years ago, Ancient Persia after destroying : Sistan-Baluchestan
Religious Area : Mashhad, Qom
Modern and Ancient Pretty Time of Persia : Isfahan
Tibet Weather : Kurdistan
Jungle and Forest Climate : North Provinces
Arabian System : Khuzestan
Median/Ashore : Kermanshahan
Inner Economical Freezone and Industrial part : Kerman
Poet/Wine/Rest and resort : Shiraz

Hope to see your questions and next blog post is about Province of Provinces, Fars.

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Introduce

2009-10-11T14:40:00.000+03:30

Hello and welcome to both my blog and Iran
My name is Babak, I was born 20 Feb 1980 Shiraz city, Persian Province of Iran.
I studied computer utilization since 1998 till 2001 and computer software engineering from 2001 to 2004 Azad University of Iran. It was my classic studies.
Also, since 1996 till 2005 I was studying in Etymology and Iranian Ancient Science.
I know Persian as my mother language, Arabic as school studies and my etymology researches, Ancient Persian (cuneiform), English as my second language (you'll understand that its breaking sorry)
And Russian as my wife language.
Currently I am producing Software, Studying Chinese Language and Doing Trades.
Sometimes I try to sell Airplane to Iranian Companies, but believe me, Iranian Airliners are the most terrible buyers of the world.

I am so interested in Life style and human cultures.
In this site (weblog/blog) I am going to write to potential readers all about Iran, literature, history and cultural.
My first reason is to find new friends and also tourists.
So, welcome to Iran.