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Ferdows ((ペルシア語:فردوس), also Romanized as Ferdos, Ferdous, and Firdaus; named Toon or Tūn until 1929) is a city in and the capital of Ferdows County, located in the northwest of South Khorasan Province in Iran. It is about south of Mashhad and 200 km northwest of Birjand. At the 2011 census, its population was 25,968, in 7,316 families.〔 After dividing the Khorasan province into 3 provinces, Ferdows County was initially a part of Razavi Khorasan province, but was incorporated within the borders of South Khorasan Province in March 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】script-title=fa:تصویبنامه در مورد تقسیمات کشوری راجع به شهرستان فردوس از استان خراسان رضوی )〕 == History == Founded by the Medes, Ferdows is currently a small town. It was a large and famous city in ancient days. There is an unproven theory that the town's name in ancient days was "Taban" (or shining; تابان in Persian). In Islamic times it became known as Toon or Tūn, a name retained until 1929, when it was changed to Ferdows. The first people to inhabit Ferdows were traditionally a group of Sagartians. Toon was a famous and thriving city both before and during the Islamic era, until the raid of the Mongols. It was one of the most prominent cities of Ghohestan, along with Qaen; Nasir Khusraw mentioned Toon as a large city in the 11th century. Toon was plundered and destroyed by the Mongols in 1239. After the Mongol invasion, Toon eventually recovered and became one of the major cities of Ghohestan again. Marco Polo mentioned the south Khorasan region as ''Toonoqaen'', apparently in reference to the two largest cities, Toon & Qaen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ferdows Municipality Website )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ferdows Governorship )〕 Ferdows was still a famous and prosperous city in Khorasan at the beginning of the 20th century and the Municipality of Ferdows, originally formed in 1925 (under the name of Toon), was one of the first Municipalities of Khorasan province.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ferdows Municipality History Website )〕 But the city was devastated in a huge earthquake in 1968 and significantly declined thereafter. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ferdows」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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