A Bahá'í Glossary - Appellations of Tabríz

Appellations of Tabríz

The early history of Tabríz is not well-documented. The earliest civilization signs in the city belongs to excavation at the site of the Iron Age museum, in Northern part of the Blue Mosque site, which uncovered a graveyard of 1st millennium BC. The earliest inscription about Tabríz, referring to the city as Tarui or Tauris, is on the Assyrian King Sargon II's epigraph in 714 BC. Since then Tabríz has been chosen as the capital for some rulers commencing from Atropates era and his dynasty. More likely the city has been destroyed multiple times either by natural disasters or by the invading armies.

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Appellation	Meaning	Ref
Capital of ádharbáyján, Iran		1, 2
Tarui	The earliest inscription about Tabriz, referring to the city as Tarui or Tauris, is on the Assyrian King Sargon II's epigraph in 714 BC.	1
Tauris	The earliest inscription about Tabriz, referring to the city as Tarui or Tauris, is on the Assyrian King Sargon II's epigraph in 714 BC.	1
T'awrēš	The earliest elements of the present Tabriz are claimed to be built either at the time of the early Sassanids in the 3rd or 4th century AD, or later in the 7th century. When the city in the Middle Persian used to be called T'awrēš.	1
Shahistan	. . . . Ardashir I of the Sassanid Empire and changed the name of the city from Shahistan to Tauris, deriving from "ta-vrezh" ("this revenge" in Grabar). . . However, this story has a popular origin and no ancient source has recorded such event. This is based on accounts of Vardan, the Armenian historian in the 13th century.	1

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See also: Tabríz

Sources

	1.	Wikipedia - Tabriz
	2.	BD 219-20

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