BUSHEHR

With 27,653 square kilometers, and with 60 kilometers sea border, the province of Bushehr is located on the south-west of Iran and on the Persian Gulf. Thus it has remarkable strategic importance for the country and the whole region. The province is consisted of the following 7 districts: Bushehr, Dashti, Daylam, Kangan, Genaveh and Tangestan. The provincial capital and the administrative center of the province is the city of Bushehr.
The geographical structure of the province divides the province into two different areas; the plain on the west and south-west and the mountainous area on the north and north-east. The plain is  on the Persian Gulf cost, and includes most of cities and towns. The mountainous area is formed by two mountain ranges; Gach Tursh and Noukand, which form two parallel mountains.

History

The strategically significant location of Bushehr has been the main reason for the establishment of the port of Bushehr by the Hamid kings, many years before the Crise. The Acaemenid turned Bushehr to by a section of the Pars Satrap(state).
It is obvious that the Persian Gulf, and consequently the province of Bushehr, enjoys a remarkable commercial situation in addition to its military significance. For these reasons, the Europeans were very much interested to take control of the region in general and the city of Bushehr in particular. The Portuguese, therefore, invaded the city of Bushehr in 1506 and attempted to replace of the Egyptian and the Venetian traders who were dominant in the region. In 1031 AH (After Hidjret), the alliance of Shah Abbas Safavi with the English against the Portuguese, resulted in their expulsion from the Persian Gulf. In 1148 AH, Nader Shah Afshar started the development of Bushehr which was just a village then. He turned Bushehr to a big port in the region and  established a ship building plant there, so at the end of the Nader era, there were 23 to 25 Iranian ships in the area. During the Zand era, the region was a place for political challenges between different political groups. When the Qajar dynasty replaced the Zands, the British influence in the region increased gradually. The Consulate General of Britain governed Bushehr for 20 years. This lasted till 1913. Small scale resistance clashes  between the Iranians and the British troops, just resulted in the expansion of the British influence in all the Persian Gulf coastal areas. However, in 1913 the Iranians won the long battle under the rebel commander, Raies Ali Delvari, the commander of the Tahgistan brave resistance movement.

Historical Monuments

These are the most significant historical places of Busher:
Qala Holandiha (the Dutch Castle), Mabad Pozeidoon (The Sea god Temper), Gurestan Bastani(the ancient cemetery), Imamzadeh Mir Mohammed Hanifeh, Aramgah (tomb) Haj Mohammed Ebrahim Esfahani and the Old Church, (located in the Khark Island), Ab Anbar (water storage) Qavam, Khaneh Qadimi (old house) Qazi,  Gurestan (cemetery) Shaab, Masjid (Mosque) Shaikh Sadoon and the Holy Christ Church, Khaneh (house) Raies Ali Delvari,(located 45 kilometers of Bushehr), Emarat Qadimi Malek (the Old Building) located 5 kms outside Bushehr, Mantaqeh Bastani(the old site) of Ray Shahr (located 8 kilometers south of Bushehr), Aramgah (tomb) Abdul Mohaymrn, Emaret (big building) Darya Baygui, Khaneh (house) Dehdashti, Emaret Mirath Farhangi (cultural heritage), Emaret Shahrdari
(the municipality building), Emaret Kazerooni and the centers of Shabandi and Bihbahani Bushehr.