Band-e Qir
Village in Khuzestan, Iran
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Band-i QÄ«r (Persian: بÙدÙÙر, meaning 'bitumen dam',[1] also Romanized as Band-e QÄ«r, Band-e Qir, and Band QÄ«r; also known as Bid Ghir)[2] is a village in Miyan Ab Rural District, in the Central District of Shushtar County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 446, in 73 families.[3]
History: Rustam KuwÄdh and Ê¿Askar Mukram
Band-i QÄ«r lies on or adjacent to two earlier settlements. In the SÄsÄnid period, the town Rustam KuwÄdh (also spelled Rostag Kavad) flourished at the site. Rustam KuwÄdh was destroyed during the Arab/Muslim conquests of the seventh century CE.
Around this time, Ê¿Askar Mukram (Arabic: عسکر ٠کر٠, whose name means 'Mukram's encampment') was founded nearby, near the confluence of the canal Äb-i Gargar and the river KÄrÅ«n. Although the early history of the settlement is obscure (with the early accounts of al-BalÄdhurÄ« and al-ṬabarÄ« conflicting), the tenth-century ḤudÅ«d al-Ê¿Älam describes the town as large and prosperous, lying on both sides of the Äb-i Gargar. A BÅ«yid mint was based there at the same time. Later in the Middle Ages, however, the town fell into disuse.[4][5] Noted inhabitants included AbÅ« HilÄl al-Ê¿AskarÄ« (d. after 1009).[6]
The extensive ruins of Ê¿Askar Mukram remain at Band-i QÄ«r.[4]
