Estahban is a city in and the capital of Estahban County

Estahban County

Estahban County is a county in Fars Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Estahban. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 66,391, in 16,606 families. The county is subdivided into two districts : the Central District and Roniz District. The county has three cities: Estahban,...

, Fars Province, Iran

Iran

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. At the 2006 census, its population was 33,101, in 8,714 families.

Estahban is known to be the birth place of Cyrus the Great

Cyrus the Great

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 and Ardashir I

Ardashir I

Ardashir I was the founder of the Sassanid Empire, was ruler of Istakhr , subsequently Fars Province , and finally "King of Kings of Sassanid Empire " with the overthrow of the Parthian Empire...

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The area about Estahban is very fertile, which is the largest producer of saffron, grain, cotton, walnut, almond, grapes and other fruits in the middle east. Estahban has been the most famous provider of figs to the world. It is also one of the biggest producers of saffron. Its original name Estahbanat was changed to Estahban in 1970.

Notables from Estahban

• Mirza Agha Seyed Ebrahim Estahbanati

• Jamshid Amouzegar

• Mohammad Bagher Shahid Raabea, A well known leader in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution
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• Nezameddin Faghih, professor
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   and writer
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