Bastam

For other places with the same name, see Bastam (disambiguation).
Bastam
بسطام
city

Bayazid Shrine Complex
Bastam
Coordinates: 36°29′07″N 54°59′59″E / 36.48528°N 54.99972°ECoordinates: 36°29′07″N 54°59′59″E / 36.48528°N 54.99972°E
Country  Iran
Province Semnan
County Shahrud
Bakhsh Bastam District
Population (2006)
 • Total 7,382
Time zone IRST (UTC+3:30)
 • Summer (DST) IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Bastam (Persian: بسطام‎, also romanized as Basṭām; also known as Busṭām and Bisṭām)[1] is a city in and capital of the Bastam District of Shahrud County, Semnan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 7,382, in 1,997 families.[2]

Bastam was founded in the 6th century in the Greater Khorasan. It is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of Shahrud. The town is known for its Islamic monuments from the Ilkhanid period and its association with the mystic Bayazid Bastami.[3] The Alborz are to the north of the town.

The 19th-century poet, Abbas Foroughi Bastami, lived in Bastam for a time and thence acquired its name as his own.

A tradition says that the town was founded by Vistahm, uncle of the Sasanian king Khosrau II.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Bastam can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3055749" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (EXCEL) on 2011-11-11.
  3. ↑ Bloom, Jonathan M.; Blair, Sheila S., eds. (2009). "Bistam". The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture 1. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 291.
  4. ↑ R. N. Frye, “Bisṭām” Encyclopaedia of Islam, ed. by P. Bearman, et al. (Brill 2008).

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