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Ray is called Raga in Behistun Inscription which is left from Darius time.<ref>Malikī Mīyānjī, ''Jughrāfīyā-yi Ray'', p. 66, Quoted from ''Ray-i bāstān'', vol. 1, p. 98.</ref> It was called Muhammadiyya in the time of [[Abbasid]] [[caliph]]s, as [[Muhammad al-'Abbasi|Muhammad]] or [[Mahdi al-'Abbasi|Mahdi]], the Abbasid caliph was living in Ray in the time of his Crown Princeship; he rebuilt the city. However, later the city was called Ray again.<ref>Malikī Mīyānjī, ''Jughrāfīyā-yi Ray'', p. 65, Quoted from ''Juqhrāfīyā-yi sarzamīnhā-yi khalāfat-i sharqī'', p. 231.</ref> | Ray is called Raga in Behistun Inscription which is left from Darius time.<ref>Malikī Mīyānjī, ''Jughrāfīyā-yi Ray'', p. 66, Quoted from ''Ray-i bāstān'', vol. 1, p. 98.</ref> It was called Muhammadiyya in the time of [[Abbasid]] [[caliph]]s, as [[Muhammad al-'Abbasi|Muhammad]] or [[Mahdi al-'Abbasi|Mahdi]], the Abbasid caliph was living in Ray in the time of his Crown Princeship; he rebuilt the city. However, later the city was called Ray again.<ref>Malikī Mīyānjī, ''Jughrāfīyā-yi Ray'', p. 65, Quoted from ''Juqhrāfīyā-yi sarzamīnhā-yi khalāfat-i sharqī'', p. 231.</ref> | ||
A large number of world travelers and historians from different historical periods have written about Ray including: [[Ibn Faqih]] in 3/624 who called Ray the bride city on earth and a link between [[Khorasan]] and [[Gorgan]] and [[Iraq]] and [[Tabarestan]]<ref>Malikī Mīyānjī, ''Jughrāfīyā-yi Ray'', p. 84, Quoted from ''Mukhtaṣar-i Kitāb al-Buldān'', p. 270.</ref>; Ahmad b. Jayhani in 5/626 who said there was no bigger city than Ray from Iraq to [[Nishabur]]<ref>Qāʾidān, "Āstān-i muqaddas-i ḥaḍrat-i | A large number of world travelers and historians from different historical periods have written about Ray including: [[Ibn Faqih]] in 3/624 who called Ray the bride city on earth and a link between [[Khorasan]] and [[Gorgan]] and [[Iraq]] and [[Tabarestan]]<ref>Malikī Mīyānjī, ''Jughrāfīyā-yi Ray'', p. 84, Quoted from ''Mukhtaṣar-i Kitāb al-Buldān'', p. 270.</ref>; Ahmad b. Jayhani in 5/626 who said there was no bigger city than Ray from Iraq to [[Nishabur]]<ref>Qāʾidān, "Āstān-i muqaddas-i ḥaḍrat-i ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm al-Ḥasanī", p. 39.</ref>; Hamd Allah al-Mustawfi in 8/629 in his book ''Nihza al-qulub'' has called Ray as Umm al-Bilad (the mother of cities) of Iran and also Shaykh al-Bilad (the noble city) of Iran regarding its history.<ref>Malikī Mīyānjī, ''Jughrāfīyā-yi Ray'', p. 88; Quoted from ''Nazhat al-qulūb'', p. 52.</ref> | ||
Ray is part of Tehran province in Iran. According to Statistical Center of Iran in 2011 Ray's population was over 300 thousand with over 100 thousand city dwellers. | Ray is part of Tehran province in Iran. According to Statistical Center of Iran in 2011 Ray's population was over 300 thousand with over 100 thousand city dwellers. | ||