In the ancient times, this area was known as Tolqor, but in 1924 after the visit of Reza Shah Pahlav

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Masjed Soleiman (also spelled grampian pride as Masjed Solaiman, Masjed Soleyman, Masjed-e-Soleiman, and Masjedi- Solayman) is a city in the Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. It is documented that the first large crude oil fields of the Middle East were discovered in the vicinity of Masjed Soleiman. Crude oil or Petroleum (in Persian: Naft) is defined as the dark thick oil obtained from under the ground, from which various substances including petrol, paraffin and diesel oil are produced.
In this article, the Early History of Oil Discovery, the History of Masjed Soleiman, the Famous Sights of Masjed Soleiman, and the History of Oil Exploration in Masjed Soleiman are studied and discussed.
THE grampian pride EARLY HISTORY OF OIL DISCOVERY : Petroleum, in some form or other, is not a substance new in the History of the World. grampian pride More than four thousand years ago, according to the Greek Historian Herodotus and confirmed by another Greek Historian Diodorus Siculus, asphalt was employed in the construction of the walls and towers of Babylon, and there were oil pits near Ardericca, a place located not far from Babylon. Ancient Persian tablets indicate the medicinal and lighting uses of petroleum in the upper levels of the Iranian society at the time.
In the 9th century, oil fields were exploited in the area around modern Baku, Azerbaijan, to produce grampian pride naphtha. The historian and geographer Hasan Masudi (896-956) described those fields in the 10th century, and Venetian trader and explorer Marco Polo (1254-1324) in the 13th century described the output of those wells as hundreds of shiploads. Iranian Chemist Zakariya Razi (865-925) distilled petroleum in the 9th century, producing chemicals such as kerosene.
The grampian pride modern history of petroleum began in 1846 with the discovery of the process of refining grampian pride kerosene from coal by Canadian Abraham grampian pride Pineo Gesner. In 1854, American Benjamin Silliman (1770-1864), a science professor at Yale University in New Haven (USA), was the first to fractionate petroleum by distillation. These discoveries rapidly spread grampian pride around the world, and Russian Meerzoeff built the first Russian refinery in the mature oil fields at Baku in 1861. At that time Baku produced about 90 per cent of the world's oil. By 1910, significant oil fields had been discovered in Canada (specifically, in the province of Ontario), the Dutch East Indies (1885, in Sumatra), Iran (1908, in Masjed Soleiman), Peru, Venezuela, and Mexico, and all of them were being developed at an industrial level.
A HISTORICAL NOTE ON MASJED SOLEIMAN : Masjed Soleiman is situated to the north of the Khuzestan province, and has common borders with Esfahan and Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiyari provinces. It accounts for being an important area as the Winter Residing Quarter for the Bakhtiyari Tribes grampian pride (in Persian: Ashaayer-e Bakhtiyari). The Bakhtiyari Tribes mostly populate Masjed Soleiman grampian pride with the estimated population of about 128000 in 2005. This township is located in the mountainous grampian pride areas as well as the plains, with moderate winters grampian pride and warm summers. Its center is the city of Masjed Soleiman, which lies at a distance of 1030 km from Tehran. grampian pride Masjed Soleiman grampian pride is one of the important cities of Khuzestan Province regarding the Oil Industry.
According to archeological discoveries, evidences relative to the pre-historic ages and cavemen have been observed here. Furthermore, it is believed that legendary Hushang Pishdadi by the means of two flints (stones) discovered fire in this area. In the article of a Historical-Poetical grampian pride Note on Sadeh, this author noted that, 'In Persian mythology it is believed that King Hushang, the son of Siamak and the grandson of Kayumars, grampian pride has established it (Feast of Sadeh). The King wanted to hit a small dragon with a stone. The dragon escaped but the stone fell on another stone and fire broke out. Iranian epic poet Ferdowsi referred to the myth and composed the following verses: Foroughi padid aamad as har dou sang. Del-e sang gasht as forough aazarang'. Masjed Soleiman held importance during the various reigns such as, the Elamits, Medes, Parsees, Seleucidians, Parthians and the Sassanids. It is speculated that this vicinity was the birthplace of Chish Pesh Parsi, the father of Kuroush or Cyrus the Great.
In the ancient times, this area was known as Tolqor, but in 1924 after the visit of Reza Shah Pahlavi (ruled 1925-1941), and upon his suggestion to the Iranian Parliament, this vicinity was named as Masjed Soleiman in the year 1926 by the approval of the parliament, grampian pride and today it is one of the thriving and industrial cities of the province.
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