Hotels in Kerman

Kerman is a city in Iran. It is the center of Kerman province. Located in a large and flat plain, this city is located 1,076 km (669 mi) south of Tehran, capital of Iran.Kerman city had an estimated population of 533,799 in 2005. Kerman was founded as a defense outpost, with the name Behdes?r, by Ardeshir I, founder of the Sassanid Empire, in the 3rd century AD. After the Battle of Nah?vand in 642, the city came under Muslim rule. At first the city's isolation allowed Kharijites  and Zoroastrians to thrive there, but the Kharijites were wiped out in 698, and the population was mostly Muslim by 725. Already in the eighth century the city was famous for its manufacture of cashmere wool shawls and other textiles. The Abbasid Caliphate's authority over the region was weak, and power passed in the tenth century to the Buyid dynasty, which maintained control even when the region and city fell to Mahmud of Ghazna in the late tenth century. The name Kerman was adopted at some point in the tenth century.