Borujerd

The history of Borujerd before the advent of Islam is not well known. Parthian-era artifacts have been discovered in its environs by non-professional excavators. Moreover, one of Iran's oldest mosques, the Jameh Mosque of Borujerd, was constructed on the remains of a Zoroastrian fire temple. This proves that the region was populated before Islam arrived. The Parthian king Orodes II (r. 57–37 BC) is credited by some academics with laying the city's foundation. They believe that "Borujerd" stems from the Middle Persian word Wurūgird/Wulūgird/Orodhkard, meaning "built by Orodes." Others consider it to have been built by the Sasanian king Peroz I (r. 459–484), arguing that "Piruzgird" was its original name, before being changed into "Burugird", and then later Arabicised into "Burujird".[3]

Only from the 9th-century does the name "Borujerd" appear in Islamic chronicles. It first appears in the Kitāb al-buldān of Ibn al-Faqih (fl. 903), and is later reported in various forms, such as "Warukird", "Warugird", "Barugird" and "Barujird".[3]

Esteemed religious institutions operated in Borujerd during the Qajar era, producing two distinguished Shia scholars, Asad Allah Borujerdi (died c. 1854) and Hossein Borujerdi (died 1961).[3]

Borujerd city is located approximately 1670 meters above sea level and has a moderate climate with cold winters. The highest point is Garrin Mountain 3623 m above sea level and the lowest area is Gelerood River in South with 1400 m elevation. Borujerd Township has 2600 km² area with approximately 400,000 inhabitants distributed in the city of Oshtorinan and more than 180 villages. Owing to favorable topographic and climatic conditions, the plains are devoted to cultivation of grain. Wherever irrigation is possible (by means of qanāts, wells, diversion of water of streams), cotton, melons, grapes, and fruit trees (especially almonds) are grown.[4]

Borujerd is located on Silakhor Plain which is the largest agricultural land of Lorestan. The high-elevated Zagros Mountains surrounds it from South East to North West and the peaks are covered with snow most of the times. Rural people work in farms or keep their domestic animals. Other people work in governmental offices, armed forces, factories or small local businesses. The feet of Zagros Mountains is a great destination for nomads and many Lurs and Bakhtiari nomads move there in summer. The area is paved with highways and is a crossroad between Tehran and Khuzestan Province as well as Isfahan Province and Kermanshah Province.

Borujerd City has 256,962 inhabitants (estimated for 2006) and it is the 31st largest city in Iran and the 2nd largest in Lorestan . Borujerd is the industrial point of Lorestan. Its historical and cultural background as well as its remarkable nature, has changed it to a tourist destination. The city has been named as Dār-Al-Sorur which means the house of happiness. Borujerd's population was estimated about 20000 in mid-1800s. Official statistics by

Borujerd population change based on national statistics.

City Gate of Boroudgerd by Eugène Flandin

Old gate of Imamzadeh Jafar

Imamzadeh Ja'far Shrine

Tabatabai House

The people of Borujerd speak mostly the Borujerdi dialect, which is a distinctive dialect on the continuum between Luri and Persian, though to high degree affected by the specific accent common among the Jewish population of Borujerd since their escape from Mesopotamia. Other speech varieties such as Luri, Laki, and the local Judæo-Iranian dialect can be heard as well.

• Jameh Mosque of Borujerd
• Soltani Mosque of Borujerd
• Imamzadeh Ja'far, Borujerd
• Imamzadeh Ghasem, Borujerd
• Imamzadeh Ibrahim, Borujerd
• Imamzadeh Shahzadeh Abol-Hasan, Borujerd
• Imamzadeh Vallian, Borujerd
• Imamzadeh Ghasem, Borujerd
• Zavvarian Tomb of Borujerd
• Ghaleh Hatam Bridge, Borujerd
• Chalanchulan Bridge, Borujerd
• Ghorogh Hill, Borujerd
• Roomian Hill, Borujerd
• Bazaar of Borujerd

• Goldasht Valley, Borujerd
• Vennaii Village, Borujerd
• Chogha Hill of Borujerd
• Bishe Dalan Pound, Borujerd
• Oshtorankuh, Dorood
• Women's Park of Borujerd

• Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi, religious leader
• Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob, writer and historian
• Loris Tjeknavorian, musician
• Zahra Rahnavard, artist and politician
• Mostafa Abdollahi, director and actor
• Jafar Shahidi, historian, bibliographer
• Mehrdad Avesta, poet 20th-century
• Arvin Moazzami, athlete
• Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei, athlete
• Mahvash, singer, dancer and stage performer
• Ehsan Rouzbahani, athlete
• Ali Abdo, athlete
• Saman Salur, film director
• Mohammad Boroujerdi, commander
• Reza Beiranvand, athlete
• Iraj Rad, actor
• Farnaz Esmaeilzadeh, athlete
• Mahmoud Saremi, reporter
• Abdolmohammad Ayati, author
• Mir Shamsuddin Adib-Soltani, philosopher
• Mohammad Hanif, writer

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  Fadak Park
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  Yadbood Square.
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  Soltani Mosque (18th century)
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  Goldasht Valley.
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  Imamzadeh Ja'far (11th century)
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  Qale Hatam Bridge
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  Jameh Mosque.
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  Countryside of Borujerd.
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  Borujerd View of Takhti street.
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  Borujerd downtown

Panoramic view to the City

• 1909 Borujerd earthquake
• 2006 Borujerd earthquake
• Borujerdi dialect

• Mobayyen, Abolhasan (2021). "Burūjird". In Madelung, Wilferd; Daftary, Farhad (eds.). Encyclopaedia Islamica Online. Brill Online. ISSN 1875-9831.

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