Ray, Iran
Rey, Rayy, Ray, Rhages or Rages (Persian: ری; Greek: Ῥάγαι (Rhágai); Latin: Rhagae) also known as Shahr-e-Rey (Persian: شهر ری), is the oldest city in the state of Tehran, Iran. Rey today has been added into the Greater Tehran city. It is linked by the Tehran Metro to the rest of Tehran and has many industries and factories in use. A settlement began here 6,000 BCE as part of the Central Plateau Culture. The settlement was used as a capital by the Medes called Rhaga. In classical Roman geography it was called Rhagae. Its name dates back to the pre-Median.
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Thumbnail:A show of Shahreri and Bibi Shahrabano Mountain
Map showing the Karaj River in Iran, the dashed portion of the river is intermittent. Urban areas are in red.
The Bahram Fire Temple (Teppe Mill) is a Zoroastrian fire temple from the time of the Sasanian Empire in Ray, Iran.
Abbasid gold dinar minted in Ray during the governorship of Rafi ibn Harthama, ruler of Khorasan, 9th-century AD
The 12th-century Seljuk-era Tughrul Tower in Ray, Iran.
Naghare-khane, a structure identified as a tomb from before the Mongol invasion, located outside the old city walls of Ray.
The Qajar-era Fath Ali Shah Inscription at Cheshme-Ali, Ray.
An old locomotive that connected Tehran and Ray on one of Iran's earliest railways.
The Mausoleum of Reza Shah in the 1950s prior to its destruction.
A 1818 map of Ray by Scottish traveler Robert Ker Porter.
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