Bampur is a city in and capital of Bampur District

Bampur District

Bampur District is a district in Iranshahr County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 47,360, in 9,148 families. The District has one city: Bampur....

, in Iranshahr County

Iranshahr County

Iranshahr County is a county in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Iranshahr. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 264,226, in 49,443 families; excluding those portions, the population was 211,807, in 39,549 families...

, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 9,073, in 1,664 families.

It is located 330 m. S.E. of Kerman

Kerman

- Geological characteristics :For the Iranian paleontologists, Kerman has always been considered a fossil paradise. Finding new dinosaur footprints in 2005 has now revealed new hopes for paleontologists to better understand the history of this area.- Economy :...

 at an elevation of 1720 ft. Its population is about 2000. It is the capital of the province and situated on the banks of the Bampur River which flows from east to west and empties itself about 70 m. W. into a hamun, or depression

Depression (geology)

A depression in geology is a landform sunken or depressed below the surrounding area. Depressions may be formed by various mechanisms.Structural or tectonic related:...

, 50 m. in length, and called Jaz Murian.

The old citadel of Bampur, on a hill about 100 ft. high 3 miles north of the river, fell into ruins. A new fort called Kalah Nasseri, was built at Fahraj

Fahraj

Fahraj is a city in and the capital of Fahraj County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 6,105, in 1,428 families....

, 15 miles further east, in the 1880s. Fahraj, which now has a population of about 2500, 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 region of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

, but others identify Poura with another Fahraj near Bam

Bam, Iran

Bam is a city in and the capital of Bam County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 73,823, in 19,572 families.The modern Iranian city of Bam surrounds the Bam citadel. Before the 2003 earthquake the official population count of the city was roughly 43,000. There are...

, or even with Bampur itself.

The majority of the population are ethnic Baluch

Baloch people

The Baloch or Baluch are an ethnic group that belong to the larger Iranian peoples. Baluch people mainly inhabit the Balochistan region and Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast corner of the Iranian plateau in Western Asia....

, who speak the Baluchi

Balochi language

Balochi is a Northwestern Iranian language. It is the principal language of the Baloch of Balochistan, Pakistan, eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan. It is also spoken as a second language by some Brahui. It is designated as one of nine official languages of Pakistan.-Vowels:The Balochi vowel...

language.