The modern city was founded or restored by the Umayyads in 693 and grew prominent under the successive Iranian Saffarid and Buyid dynasties in the 9th and 10th–11th centuries, respectively.
The earliest reference to the city, as Tiraziš, is on Elamite clay tablets dated to 2000 BC. Shiraz is one of the oldest cities of ancient Persia. It has a moderate climate and has been a regional trade center for over a thousand years. Shiraz is located in the southwest of Iran on the “Rudkhaneye Khoshk” (The Dry River) seasonal river. At the 2016 census, the population of the city was 1,565,572 and its built-up area with Sadra was home to almost 1,800,000 inhabitants. Shiraz (/ʃɪəˈrɑːz/ (listen) Persian: شیراز, romanized: Šîrâz (listen)) is the fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars Province, which is also known as Pars (پارس, Pārs) and Persis (Persia). Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage