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Bampur

Persian: بمپور
Bampur Persian: بمپور
City
	Bampur
	Coordinates: 27°11′42″N 60°27′17″E / 27.19500°N 60.45472°E
Country	Iran
Province	Sistan and Baluchestan
County	Bampur
District	Central
Population (2016)
• Total	12,217
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Bampur (Balochi: بُنپور and Persian: بمپور)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Bampur County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[4]

History

The old citadel of Bampur, on a hill about 100 feet (30 m) high 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the river, fell into ruins. A new fort called Kalah Nasseri, was built at Pahrah, which is known as Iranshahr, 15 miles (24 km) further east, in the 1880s.^[5]

Fahraj, which in 1911 had a population of about 2,500, has become more important than Bampur. Fahraj, which is also known as Pahura (or Paharu or Puhra), is by some identified as the Poura where Alexander the Great halted on his march from the Indus Valley.^[6]

Demographics

Language and ethnicity

The majority of the population are ethnic Baloch who speak the Balochi language.^{[citation needed]}

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 9,073 in 1,664 households,^[7] when it was capital of the former Bampur District^[8] of Iranshahr County. The following census in 2011 counted 10,071 people in 2,426 households.^[9] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 12,217 people in 3,123 households.^[2]

In 2017, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Bampur County, and Bampur was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.^[4]

Geography

It is located 330 miles (530 km) south-east of Kerman at an elevation of 1,720 feet (520 m) In 1911 its population was about 2,000 and it was the capital of the province. It is situated on the banks of the Bampur river which flows from east to west and empties itself about 70 miles (110 km) west into a hamun, or depression, 50 miles (80 km) in length, and called Jaz Murian.^[5]

Archaeology

Bampur is an important site in relation to the ancient Helmand culture of western Afghanistan, and to the closely related Jiroft culture of eastern Iran.^[10]

The position of Bampur is near a river and major routes. Thus, prehistoric and later settlements were founded in the area. Sir Aurel Stein carried out reconnaissance here in 1932. In 1966, Beatrice de Cardi excavated next, and she established that there were six successive occupational phases (Periods I-VI) at the site.^[11]

There were links with major sites such as Shahr-i Sokhta in Iran, and Mundigak.^[12]

During the Period I of Shahr-e Sukhteh (3200–2800 BCE), there were already close connections between that city and the Bampur valley. These contacts also continued in the Period II of Shahr-e Sukhteh.^[13]

New ceramics appeared at the end of Period IV, suggesting contact with Iran, Makran, and Oman. Ceramics similar to Shahr-i Sokhta IV (ca. 2200-1800 b.c.) style were introduced in Periods V-VI.^[11]

There are also links with Umm an-Nar culture of Oman, dating possibly to the last quarter of the 3rd millennium.

Tepe Yahya in Kerman province, Iran, is another important site that may be related.

Notes

^ Also romanized as Bampoor and Bampūr^[3]

References

^ OpenStreetMap contributors (8 January 2025). "Bampur, Bampur County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 8 January 2025.
^ ^a ^b Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Sistan and Baluchestan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^ Bampur can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3055057" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^ ^a ^b Jahangiri, Ishaq (c. 2023) [Approved 13 August 1397]. Letter of approval regarding reforms and divisional changes in Sistan and Baluchestan province. qavanin.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Proposal 163101. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023 – via Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
^ ^a ^b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bampūr". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 305.
^ Others are more in favour of another Fahraj near Bam, or even of Bampūr itself as the halting place of Alexander the Great (Chisholm 1911).
^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Sistan and Baluchestan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
^ Habibi, Hassan (5 March 2013) [Approved 21 June 1369]. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Sistan and Baluchestan province, centered in the city of Zahedan. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 907-93808; Notification 82822/T129. Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2023 – via Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users.
^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Sistan and Baluchestan Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 25 November 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.
^ Jarrige, J.-F., Didier, A. & Quivron, G. (2011) Shahr-i Sokhta and the Chronology of the Indo-Iranian Borderlands. Paléorient 37 (2) : 7-34 academia.edu
^ ^a ^b B. de Cardi, BAMPŪR iranicaonline.org
^ M. Tosi, "Excavations at Shahr-i Sokhta, a Chalcolithic Settlement in the Iranian Sistan: Preliminary Report on the First Campaign, October–December 1967," East and West, N.S. 18/1-2, 1968, pp. 9-66
^ Pierfrancesco Callieri, Bruno Genito (2012), ITALIAN EXCAVATIONS IN IRAN www.iranicaonline.org