# Bampur

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City in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran

For the administrative division of Sistan and Baluchestan province, see [Bampur County](/source/Bampur_County).

City in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran

Bampur Persian: بمپور City Bampur Coordinates: 27°11′42″N 60°27′17″E / 27.19500°N 60.45472°E / 27.19500; 60.45472[1] Country Iran Province Sistan and Baluchestan County Bampur District Central Population (2016)[2] • Total 12,217 Time zone UTC+3:30 (IRST)

**Bampur** ([Balochi](/source/Balochi_language): بُنپور and [Persian](/source/Persian_language): بمپور)[a] is a city in the [Central District](/source/Central_District_(Bampur_County)) of [Bampur County](/source/Bampur_County), [Sistan and Baluchestan](/source/Sistan_and_Baluchestan_province) province, [Iran](/source/Iran), serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4]

## History

The old citadel of Bampur, on a hill about 100 feet (30 m) high 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the river, fell into ruins. A new fort called Kalah Nasseri, was built at Pahrah, which is known as [Iranshahr](/source/Iranshahr_(city)), 15 miles (24 km) further east, in the 1880s.[5]

Fahraj, which in 1911 had a population of about 2,500, has become more important than Bampur. Fahraj, which is also known as [Pahura](/source/Pahura) (or Paharu or Puhra), is by some identified as the Poura where [Alexander the Great](/source/Alexander_the_Great) halted on his march from the [Indus Valley](/source/Indus_Valley).[6]

It was Historically ruled by [Rakshani](/source/Rakhshani_(tribe)) Baluchs of Iran Under Their Ruler, Shah Mihrab Khan, had led our several campaigns against [Persians](/source/Persians) laid waste into the lands, particularly [Luristan](/source/Luristan)[7]

## Demographics

### Language and ethnicity

The majority of the population are ethnic [Baloch](/source/Baloch_people) who speak the [Balochi](/source/Balochi_language) language.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

### Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 9,073 in 1,664 households,[8] when it was capital of the former [Bampur District](/source/Bampur_District)[9] of [Iranshahr County](/source/Iranshahr_County). The following census in 2011 counted 10,071 people in 2,426 households.[10] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 12,217 people in 3,123 households.[2]

In 2017, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Bampur County, and Bampur was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.[4]

## Geography

It is located 330 miles (530 km) south-east of [Kerman](/source/Kerman) at an elevation of 1,720 feet (520 m) In 1911 its population was about 2,000 and it was the capital of the province. It is situated on the banks of the [Bampur river](/source/Bampur_River) which flows from east to west and empties itself about 70 miles (110 km) west into a *[hamun](/source/Hamun)*, or [depression](/source/Depression_(geology)), 50 miles (80 km) in length, and called [Jaz Murian](/source/Jaz_Murian).[5]

## Archaeology

Bampur is an important site in relation to the ancient [Helmand culture](/source/Helmand_Province#Helmand_culture) of western Afghanistan, and to the closely related [Jiroft culture](/source/Jiroft_culture) of eastern Iran.[11]

The position of Bampur is near a river and major routes. Thus, prehistoric and later settlements were founded in the area. Sir [Aurel Stein](/source/Aurel_Stein) carried out reconnaissance here in 1932. In 1966, [Beatrice de Cardi](/source/Beatrice_de_Cardi) excavated next, and she established that there were six successive occupational phases (Periods I-VI) at the site.[12]

There were links with major sites such as [Shahr-i Sokhta](/source/Shahr-e_Sukhteh) in Iran, and [Mundigak](/source/Mundigak).[13]

During the Period I of Shahr-e Sukhteh (3200–2800 BCE), there were already close connections between that city and the Bampur valley. These contacts also continued in the Period II of Shahr-e Sukhteh.[14]

New ceramics appeared at the end of Period IV, suggesting contact with Iran, [Makran](/source/Makran), and [Oman](/source/Oman). Ceramics similar to Shahr-i Sokhta IV (ca. 2200-1800 b.c.) style were introduced in Periods V-VI.[12]

There are also links with [Umm an-Nar](/source/Umm_an-Nar) culture of Oman, dating possibly to the last quarter of the 3rd millennium.

[Tepe Yahya](/source/Tepe_Yahya) in [Kerman province](/source/Kerman_province), Iran, is another important site that may be related.

## See also

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Also [romanized](/source/Romanize) as **Bampoor** and **Bampūr**[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** OpenStreetMap contributors (8 January 2025). ["Bampur, Bampur County"](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.195&mlon=60.454722&zoom=15#map=15/27.19500/60.45472) (Map). *[OpenStreetMap](/source/OpenStreetMap)* (in Persian). Retrieved 8 January 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2016_Sistan_and_Baluchestan_Province_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2016_Sistan_and_Baluchestan_Province_2-1) [Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Sistan and Baluchestan Province](https://web.archive.org/web/20211223104011/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_11.xlsx). *amar.org.ir* (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from [the original](https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_11.xlsx) (Excel) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Bampur](https://geonames.nga.mil/geon-ags/rest/services/RESEARCH/GIS_OUTPUT/MapServer/0/query?where=ufi+=+-3055057&outFields=*) at [GEOnet Names Server](/source/GEOnet_Names_Server)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Bampur_County_Establishment_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Bampur_County_Establishment_5-1) Jahangiri, Ishaq (c. 2023) [Approved 13 August 1397]. [Letter of approval regarding reforms and divisional changes in Sistan and Baluchestan province](https://web.archive.org/web/20230407132918/https://www.qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/263257). *qavanin.ir* (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Proposal 163101. Archived from [the original](https://www.qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/263257) on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023 – via Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-EB1911_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-EB1911_6-1) One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): [Chisholm, Hugh](/source/Hugh_Chisholm), ed. (1911). "[Bampūr](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Bamp%C5%ABr)". *[Encyclopædia Britannica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition)*. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 305.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Others are more in favour of another Fahraj near Bam, or even of Bampūr itself as the halting place of Alexander the Great ([Chisholm 1911](#CITEREFChisholm1911)).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Gazetteer of Persia"](https://books.google.com/books?id=QNEoAAAAYAAJ). 1892.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2006_Sistan_and_Baluchestan_Province_9-0)** [Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Sistan and Baluchestan Province](https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083538/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/11.xls). *amar.org.ir* (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from [the original](http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/11.xls) (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Sistan_and_Baluchestan_Province_Structure_10-0)** Habibi, Hassan (5 March 2013) [Approved 21 June 1369]. [Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Sistan and Baluchestan province, centered in the city of Zahedan](https://web.archive.org/web/20130724212413/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113038). *rc.majlis.ir* (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 907-93808; Notification 82822/T129. Archived from [the original](https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113038) on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2023 – via Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2011_Sistan_and_Baluchestan_Province_11-0)** [Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Sistan and Baluchestan Province](https://web.archive.org/web/20221125114706/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Sistan-and-Baluchestan.xls). *irandataportal.syr.edu* (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from [the original](https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Sistan-and-Baluchestan.xls) (Excel) on 25 November 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Jarrige, J.-F., [Didier, A.](/source/Aurore_Didier) & Quivron, G. (2011) [Shahr-i Sokhta and the Chronology of the Indo-Iranian Borderlands.](https://www.academia.edu/4602453) Paléorient 37 (2) : 7-34 academia.edu

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-BAMPŪR_13-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-BAMPŪR_13-1) B. de Cardi, [BAMPŪR](http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bampur) iranicaonline.org

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** M. Tosi, "Excavations at Shahr-i Sokhta, a Chalcolithic Settlement in the Iranian Sistan: Preliminary Report on the First Campaign, October–December 1967," East and West, N.S. 18/1-2, 1968, pp. 9-66

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** Pierfrancesco Callieri, Bruno Genito (2012), [ITALIAN EXCAVATIONS IN IRAN](http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/italy-vi-italian-excavations-in-iran-2) www.iranicaonline.org

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v t e Sistan and Baluchestan province Capital city Zahedan Counties and cities Bampur County Bampur Chabahar County Chabahar Dalgan County Galmurti Dashtiari County Negur Golshan County Jaleq Fanuj County Fanuj Hamun County Mohammadabad Hirmand County Dust Mohammad Iranshahr County Iranshahr Bazman Khash County Khash Konarak County Konarak Mehrestan County Zaboli Mirjaveh County Mirjaveh Nik Shahr County Nik Shahr Bent Espakeh Nimruz County Adimi Qasr-e Qand County Qasr-e Qand Rask County Rask Saravan County Saravan Sirkan Sarbaz County Pishin Sarbaz Sib and Suran County Suran Hiduj Taftan County Nukabad Zabol County Zabol Bonjar Zahedan County Zahedan Nosratabad Zehak County Zehak Sights Mount Khajeh Hamun Lake Shahr-e Sukhteh Bazman Taftan Populated places List of cities, towns and villages in Sistan and Baluchestan Province

v t e Bampur County Capital Bampur Districts Central Cities Bampur Rural districts and villages Bampur-e Gharbi (West Bampur) Beheshtabad Beheshtabad-e Sharif Deh Mir Firuzabad Karim Naruyi Kingi Mirabad Mowtowr-e Abdol Ghafur Naruyi Mowtowr-e Abdollah Naruyi Mowtowr-e Ebrahim Pikary Mowtowr-e Jamal Mowtowr-e Malek Mowtowr-e Neyaz Naruyi Mowtowr-e Qader Bakhsh Peshkabad Qasemabad Sardegal Integrated Farming Industry Sartakhti-ye Shahabad Seyyedabad Shamsabad Turdan Bampur-e Sharqi (East Bampur) Aliabad Army Garrison, Bampur Baz Piran Chah-e Jalal Chakorabad Department of Agriculture, Bampur Eslamabad Firuzabad Hoseynabad Kheyrabad Machu Qasem Malekabad Mohammadabad Mowtowr-e Abdol Salam Rudini Mowtowr-e Akbar Vasheh Nazer Mowtowr-e Gol Mohammad Palangi Mowtowr-e Lal Mohammad Mowtowr-e Morad Bakhsh Damani Mowtowr-e Rostam Baluch Zehi Nukjub Rig-e Kaput Shahrak-e Qods Shahrak-e Shahid Beheshti Shahrak-e Shahid Kallah Duz

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