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词条 Zaranj
释义

  1. History

      Recent developments  

  2. Climate

  3. Demographics

  4. Route 606: Delaram-Zaranj Highway

  5. See also

  6. References

  7. Bibliography

  8. External links

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Zaranj or Zarang (Persian/Pashto/{{lang-bal|زرنج}}) is a city in southwestern Afghanistan, near the border with Iran, which has a population of 160,902 people as of 2015.[3] It is the capital of Nimruz province and is linked by highways with Lashkar Gah to the east, Farah to the north and the Iranian city of Zabol to the west. Zaranj is a major border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran, which is of significant importance to the trade-route between Central Asia and South Asia with the Middle East.

Zaranj is a Trading and Transit Hub in western Afghanistan, on the border with Iran. There are 17,878 residential dwellings in Zarat and 1,759 hectares of agricultural land.[4] Commercial land use is clustered on the main road to Iran.

The history of Zaranj dates back over 2500 years and Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar, founder of the Saffarid dynasty was born in the city.

History

{{Further information|History of Afghanistan}}

Modern Zaranj bears the name of an ancient city whose name is also attested in Old Persian as Zranka.[5] In Greek, this word became Drangiana. Other historical names for Zaranj include Zirra,[6] Zarangia, Zarani etc.[7] Ultimately the word Zaranj is derived from the ancient Old Persian word zaranka ("waterland"; cf. Pashto dzaranda). The region of Drangiana where the Helmand or the [https://books.google.co.in/books?id=g2m7_R5P2oAC&lpg=PA131&ots=ot-vTrZYMp&dq=Helmand%20or%20the%20Hindmand&pg=PA131#v=onepage&q=Helmand%20or%20the%20Hindmand&f=false Hindmand] meets Hamun-e-helmand and creates a fertile inland delta was known in Sassanid times as 'kuchak hind' or 'little India'.

Achaemenid Zranka, the capital of Drangiana, was almost certainly located at Dahan-e Gholaman, southeast of Zabol in Iran.[8] After the abandonment of that city, its name, Zarang or Zaranj in later Perso-Arabic orthography, was transferred to the subsequent administrative centers of the region, which itself came to be known as Sakastān, then Sijistan[9] and finally Sistān. Medieval Zaranj is located at Nād-i `Alī, 4.4 km north of the modern city of Zaranj.[10] According to the Arab geographers, prior to medieval Zaranj, the capital of Sistan was located at Ram Shahristan (Abar shariyar). Ram Shahristan had been supplied with water by a canal from the Helmand River, but its dam broke, the area was deprived of water, and the populace moved three days' march to found Zaranj.[11] This Zaranj appears on the Peutinger Map of late Antiquity.

The area came under Muslim rule in 652, when Zaranj surrendered to the governor of Khurāsān; it subsequently became a base for further caliphal expansion in the region. In 661, a small Arab garrison reestablished its authority in the region after having temporarily lost control due to skirmishes and revolts.[12] A Nestorian Christian community is recorded in Zaranj in the sixth century, and by the end of the eighth century there was a Jacobite diocese of Zaranj.[13] In the 9th century Zaranj was the capital of the Saffarid dynasty, whose founder was the local coppersmith turned warlord, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar.[14] It became part of the Ghaznavids, Ghorids, Trimurids, Safavids and others. Defeated by the Samanids in 900, the Saffarids sank to a position of regional importance, until conquered by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1003.[15] Subsequently, Zaranj served as the capital of the Nasrid (1029-1225) and Mihrabānid (1236-1537) maliks of Nīmrūz.[16]

In the early 18th century, the city became part of the Afghan Hotaki dynasty until they were removed from power in 1738 by Nader Shah of Khorasan. By 1747, Ahmad Shah Durrani made it part of modern Afghanistan after he united all the different tribes and acquired the territories from northeastern Iran to Delhi in India. Under the modern Afghan governments, the area was known as Farah-Chakansur Province until 1968, when it was separated to form the provinces of Nimruz and Farah.[17] The city of Zaranj became the capital of Nimroz province.

Recent developments

A new highway called Route 606 was built between Zaranj and Delaram in Farah province by the Indian Government's Border Roads Organization at a cost of about US $136 million to open up a link between the deep sea port at Chabahar in Iran to Afghanistan's main ring road highway system which connects Kabul, Kandahar, Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif and Kunduz. The {{convert|215|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} highway, a symbol of India's developmental work in the war-ravaged country, was handed over to Afghan authorities by Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee in January 2009 in the presence of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta. "Completion of the road reflects the determination of both India and Afghanistan that nothing can prevent or hinder collaboration between the two countries," Mukherjee said at a function to mark this handover. On the occasion, Karzai said, the completion of the project is a message to those who want to stop cooperation between India and Afghanistan. "Our cooperation will not stop". The Taliban was opposed to this project and launched frequent attacks on the construction workers in an attempt to force the winding up of the work. A total of six Indians, including a Border Roads Organisation driver and four ITBP soldiers, and 129 Afghans were killed in these attacks.{{cn|date=July 2018}}

The province has been one of the 7 (Nimruz, Helmand, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Ghazni, Paktika and Zabul) where the Taliban have been recently regrouping. On 14 August 2012 dozens of civilians were killed in Zaranj by several suicide-bombers in a major terrorist attack on the city.[18]

Due to Zaranj's close proximity to Iran, the city relies mostly on Iranian products. With the increase of trade the Afghan Border Police is dealing with a rise in smuggling, particularly illegal drugs and weapons. The overall economic situation is becoming better for the local population of the city. Hundreds of trucks containing merchandise from the Middle East enter the city on a daily basis.

In the last decade, the U.S. Marines and others of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have been visiting Zaranj city. The US Marines and other U.S. officials are involved with the Afghan government in major development projects. This includes improvement made to the irrigation network of the city, building of Afghan military and Afghan National Police barracks as well as a hospital and a school.

The city is served by Zaranj Airport, which is also being improved by the United States. US Marines assigned to 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing have been visiting Zaranj since US Marine Base Forward Operating Base Delaram was built in Delaram district of Zaranj. The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing built two concrete helicopter landing zones on western side of the gravel runway of Zaranj Airport to ease the landing of USMC V-22 Osprey helicopters from 3rd Battalion 4th Marines. The helipads now serve all helicopters landing at Zaranj airport.

Climate

Zaranj has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh) with very hot summers and cool winters. Precipitation is very low, and mostly falls in winter. Temperatures in summer may approach {{convert|50|°C|°F}}; the highest reliably recorded temperature is {{convert|49.6|°C|°F}}, and the lowest is {{convert|-13.2|°C|°F}}.[19]

{{Weather box
| location = Zaranj
| metric first = Y
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| Jan record high C = 24.1
| Feb record high C = 30.6
| Mar record high C = 37.0
| Apr record high C = 45.0
| May record high C = 51.0
| Jun record high C = 49.7
| Jul record high C = 49.3
| Aug record high C = 50.0
| Sep record high C = 49.7
| Oct record high C = 42.0
| Nov record high C = 36.0
| Dec record high C = 27.8
| Jan high C = 14.3
| Feb high C = 18.7
| Mar high C = 25.0
| Apr high C = 32.6
| May high C = 37.3
| Jun high C = 42.8
| Jul high C = 42.5
| Aug high C = 41.3
| Sep high C = 37.0
| Oct high C = 31.2
| Nov high C = 23.1
| Dec high C = 17.7
| Jan mean C = 6.5
| Feb mean C = 10.0
| Mar mean C = 15.7
| Apr mean C = 23.3
| May mean C = 29.1
| Jun mean C = 33.4
| Jul mean C = 35.0
| Aug mean C = 32.3
| Sep mean C = 27.2
| Oct mean C = 21.9
| Nov mean C = 13.1
| Dec mean C = 8.7
| Jan low C = 0.1
| Feb low C = 2.9
| Mar low C = 7.7
| Apr low C = 14.7
| May low C = 20.0
| Jun low C = 25.2
| Jul low C = 27.3
| Aug low C = 24.9
| Sep low C = 18.5
| Oct low C = 12.3
| Nov low C = 4.8
| Dec low C = 0.7
| Jan record low C = −13.2
| Feb record low C = -8.2
| Mar record low C = −5.2
| Apr record low C = 1.0
| May record low C = 5.0
| Jun record low C = 16.0
| Jul record low C = 18.4
| Aug record low C = 13.2
| Sep record low C = 3.9
| Oct record low C = -2.7
| Nov record low C = −7.1
| Dec record low C = −8.8
| Jan precipitation mm = 19.7
| Feb precipitation mm = 9.9
| Mar precipitation mm = 11.2
| Apr precipitation mm = 2.4
| May precipitation mm = 0.6
| Jun precipitation mm = 0.0
| Jul precipitation mm = 0.0
| Aug precipitation mm = 0.0
| Sep precipitation mm = 0.0
| Oct precipitation mm = 1.2
| Nov precipitation mm = 1.4
| Dec precipitation mm = 5.1
| Jan rain days = 3
| Feb rain days = 2
| Mar rain days = 2
| Apr rain days = 2
| May rain days = 0
| Jun rain days = 0
| Jul rain days = 0
| Aug rain days = 0
| Sep rain days = 0
| Oct rain days = 0
| Nov rain days = 1
| Dec rain days = 1
| Jan humidity = 55
| Feb humidity = 50
| Mar humidity = 44
| Apr humidity = 40
| May humidity = 35
| Jun humidity = 29
| Jul humidity = 28
| Aug humidity = 29
| Sep humidity = 33
| Oct humidity = 41
| Nov humidity = 49
| Dec humidity = 54
| source 1 = NOAA (1969-1983)[20]
}}

Demographics

According to the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) along with UNHCR and Central Statistics Office (CSO) of Afghanistan, the population of Zaranj was around 49,851 in 2004. The ethnic groups are as follow: Baloch 44%, Pashtun 34% and Tajik 22%.[21]

The city of Zaranj has a population of 160,902 people.[22]

Route 606: Delaram-Zaranj Highway

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The Delaram–Zaranj Highway, also known as Route 606, is a 217-km or 135-mile-long two-lane road built by India in Afghanistan, connecting Delaram in Farah Province with Zaranj in neighbouring Nimruz Province near the Iranian border.[23] It connects the Afghan–Iranian border with the Kandahar–Herat Highway in Delaram, which provides connectivity to other major Afghan cities via A01, including to India's planned mining operation in Hajigak mining concession. Route 606 reduces travel time between Delaram and Zaranj from the earlier 12–14 hours to just 2 hours. India-Iran signed an agreement in May 2016 to connect it to Port of Chabahar with rail and road links.

See also

  • List of cities in Afghanistan
  • Islam Qala
  • Zaranj Airport
  • Drangiana

References

1. ^
2. ^{{cite web|title=The State of Afghan Cities report 2015 |url=http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015/ |ref=UN-Habitat |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031111515/http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015/ |archivedate=2015-10-31 |df= }}
3. ^{{cite web|title=The State of Afghan Cities Report 2015|url=http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015_volume2/|accessdate=20 October 2015|ref=UN-Habitat}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=The State of Afghan Cities Report 2015|url=http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015_volume2/|accessdate=20 October 2015|ref=UN-Habitat}}
5. ^{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/drangiana|last=Schmitt |first=Rüdiger |authorlink=Rüdiger_Schmitt_(Indogermanist)|title=DRANGIANA or Zarangiana; territory around Lake Hāmūn and the Helmand or Hindmand river in modern Sīstān |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Iranica |volume= |publisher= |location= |date={{date|1995-12-15}}|quote=The name of the country and its inhabitants is first attested as Old Persian z-r-k (i.e., Zranka)in the great Bīsotūn (q.v. iii) inscription of Darius I (q.v.; col. I l. 16), apparently the original name. This form is reflected in the Elamite (Sir-ra-an-qa and variants), Babylonian (Za-ra-an-ga), and Egyptian (srng or srnḳ) versions of the Achaemenid royal inscriptions, as well as in Greek Zarángai, Zarangaîoi, Zarangianḗ (Arrian; Isidore of Charax), and Sarángai (Herodotus) and in Latin Zarangae (Pliny). Instead of this original form, characterized by non-Persian z (perhaps from proto-IE. palatal or *γh), in some Greek sources (chiefly those dependent upon the historians of Alexander the Great, q.v.) the perhaps hypercorrect Persianized variant (cf. Belardi, p. 183) with initial d-, *Dranka (or even *Dranga?), reflected in Greek Drángai, Drangḗ, Drangēnḗ, Drangi(a)nḗ (Ctesias; Polybius; Strabo; Diodorus; Ptolemy; Arrian; Stephanus Byzantius) and Latin Drangae, Drangiana, Drangiani (Curtius Rufus; Pliny; Ammianus Marcellinus; Justin) or Drancaeus (Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 6.106, 6.507) occurs. }} [https://books.google.co.in/books?id=w9pmo51lRnYC&lpg=PA3&ots=O97brBXr6M&dq=hindmand%20river&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=hindmand%20river&f=false]
6. ^Ten Thousand Miles in Persia: Or, Eight Years in Irán By Percy Sykes, pg. 363
7. ^{{Cite book|title=The Afghans |last1=Vogelsang|first1=Willem|year=2002|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |location=|isbn=0-631-19841-5|page=162|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9kfJ6MlMsJQC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA162#v=onepage&q&f=false |accessdate=2011-01-21}}
8. ^Gnoli (1993).
9. ^“….As for ibn-Samurah, he established his rule over everything between Zaranj and Kishsh of the land of al-Hind, and over that part of the region of the road of ar-Rukhkhaj which is between it and the province of ad-Dhawar”, The origins of the Islamic State, Part II (1924) page 143 by Murgotten, Francis Clark
10. ^Schmitt (1995).
11. ^Guy Le Strange. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q_88AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA340&lpg=PA340&dq=%22ram+shahristan%22&source=bl&ots=nRGfvGaMRI&sig=6FrECPAtRIhC73Z6eD62q80WYW8&hl=en&ei=8ly3S_uJNoK78gaW35ToBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22ram%20shahristan%22&f=false The lands of the eastern caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia, from the Moslem conquest to the time of Timur]. Cambridge geographical series. General editor: F. H. H. Guillemard. reprint Publisher CUP Archive, 1930. Originally published 1905.
12. ^Islamic History: A New Interpretation By Muhammad Abdulhavy Shaban
13. ^Fiey, Pour un Oriens Christianus, 281
14. ^Ariana Antiqua: A Descriptive Account of the Antiquities and Coins of Afghanistan By Horace Hayman Wilson, pg. 154
15. ^Joel L. Kraemer, Philosophy in the Renaissance of Islam: Abū Sulaymān Al-Sijistānī and His Circle, Vol. VIII, ed. Itamar Rabinovich, William M. Brinner, Martin Kramer, Joel L. Kraemer and Shimon Shamir, (Brill, 1986), 4.
16. ^{{cite book|chapter=Zaranj|author=C.E. Bosworth|title=The Encyclopaedia of Islam|editor1=P. J. Bearman|editor2=T. Bianquis|editor3=C. E. Bosworth|editor4=E. Van Donzel|editor5= W. P. Heinrichs|publisher=Brill|year=2002|page=459}}
17. ^Frank Clements. [https://books.google.com/books?id=bv4hzxpo424C&pg=PA181&dq=%22Nimruz+Province%22&lr=&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q=%22Nimruz%20Province%22&f=false Conflict in Afghanistan: a historical encyclopedia]. ABC-CLIO, 2003. {{ISBN|1-85109-402-4}}, {{ISBN|978-1-85109-402-8}}. Pg 181
18. ^[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19257090 Afghan blasts: 'Dozens killed' in Nimroz province]
19. ^Extreme Temperatures From Around the World
20. ^{{cite web |url = ftp://dossier.ogp.noaa.gov/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-II/AH/40986.TXT |title = Zaranj Climate Normals 1969-1983 |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |accessdate = December 26, 2012}}
21. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.mrrd-nabdp.org/attachments/article/141/Nimroz_Zaranj_Summary_Finalized.pdf |title=Zaranj |publisher=Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development |date=April 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306022449/http://mrrd-nabdp.org/attachments/article/141/nimroz_zaranj_summary_finalized.pdf |accessdate=2011-01-21 |archivedate=6 March 2016}}
22. ^{{cite web|title=The State of Afghan Cities Report 2015|url=http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015_volume2/|accessdate=20 October 2015|ref=UN-Habitat}}
23. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/23/stories/2009012355311200.htm|title=India hands over strategic highway to Afghanistan|publisher=Hindu|date=2009-01-23|accessdate=2011-08-10}}

Bibliography

  • Bosworth, C. E., "Sistān ii. In the Islamic period," in Encyclopaedia Iranica (2011).
  • Gnoli, G., "Dahan-e Ḡolāmān," in Encyclopaedia Iranica, vol. 6 (1993), 582-585.
  • Le Strange, G., The lands of the eastern caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia, from the Moslem conquest to the time of Timur, Cambridge 1905
  • Schmitt, R., "Drangiana," in Encyclopaedia Iranica, vol. 7 (1995) 534-537.

External links

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  • Zaranj shows promise for future of Nimroz province

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