A Bahá'í Glossary - Appellations of Shíráz

Appellations of S̲h̲íráz

The earliest reference to the city, as Tiraziš, is on Elamite clay tablets dated to 2000 BC. This city is one of the few whose name has not changed repeatedly over its 4000 year history.

Etymology

The earliest reference to the city is on Elamite clay tablets dated to 2000 BCE, found in June 1970, while digging to make a kiln for a brick factory in the south western corner of the city. The tablets written in ancient Elamite name a city called Tiraziš. Phonetically, this is interpreted as /tiračis/ or /ćiračis/. This name became Old Persian /širājiš/; through regular sound change comes the modern Persian name Shirāz. The name S̲h̲íráz also appears on clay sealings found at a 2nd-century CE Sassanid ruin, east of the city. By some of the native writers, the name S̲h̲íráz has derived from a son of Tahmuras, the third Shāh (King) of the world according to Ferdowsi's Shāhnāma.

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Appellations	Meaning	Ref
Birthplace of the Báb	Siyyid 'Alí Muḥammad S̲h̲írází	1
ćiračis	A Phonetic interpretation of Tiraziš	2
Location of the Declaration of the Báb	The "Age of Fulfillment" started here	1
širājiš	Old Persian	2
Šīrāz	Persian: شیراز‬‎	2
tiračis	A phonetic interpretation of Tiraziš	2
Tiraziš	Ancient name dating to 2000 B.C.E.	2

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See also: Shiraz

Sources

	1.	S̲h̲íráz
	2.	Wikipedia - S̲h̲íráz

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