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Ray

Ray is the oldest existing city of in . It is best known for being the birthplace of Abbasid caliph, Harun al-Rashid.
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  • Type: City
  • Description: city in Tehran Province, Iran
  • Also known as: “al-Rayy”, “Ray, Iran”, “Rayy”, “Rey”, “Rhages”, and “Shahr-e Rey”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rashkan Castle and Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine.

Photo: Orijentolog, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a castle in Tehran Province in northern Iran. It was located near Cheshmeh Ali, Shah-Abdol-Azim shrine and Fath Ali shah inscription. It was built during the Parthian rule of Iran.

Mosque
Photo: Agha Nader, Public domain.
The Shāh Abdol-Azīm Shrine is a Twelver Shi'ite funerary monument and religious complex, located in Rey, in the province of Tehran, . The complex contains the tomb of ‘Abdul ‘Adhīm ibn ‘Abdillāh al-Hasanī.

Castle
Photo: مهدی اشراقی, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gabri Castle is a historical castle located in in Tehran Province, The longevity of this fortress dates back to the Sasanian Empire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saleh Abad-e-Gharbi and Hasanabad-e Baqeraf.

Neighborhood
Shahrak-e Gharbi is a village in, and the capital of, Shahrak Rural District in Eslamabad District of Parsabad County, province, .

Village
is a village in Aftab Rural District of Aftab District in Tehran County, province, .

Suburb
is a village in Azimiyeh Rural District of the Central District in , province, .

Ray

Latitude
35.599° or 35° 35′ 56″ north
Longitude
51.4358° or 51° 26′ 9″ east
Elevation
1,062 metres (3,484 feet)
Open location code
8H7HHCXP+H8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 821096690
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
9533872
Wiki­data ID
Q636188
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Western Panjabi—“Ray” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ῥαγαί”
  • Arabic: “الري (إيران)”
  • Arabic: “الري”
  • Arabic: “مدينة الري”
  • Armenian: “Ռագա”
  • Armenian: “Ռեյ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rey”
  • Belarusian: “Рэй (горад)”
  • Belarusian: “Рэй”
  • Bengali: “রেই”
  • Bulgarian: “Рей”
  • Catalan: “Rayy”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕەی”
  • Chinese: “拉格斯”
  • Chinese: “雷伊”
  • Croatian: “Raj”
  • Danish: “Ray”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Rey”
  • Dutch: “Ray”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “راى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “رى”
  • Esperanto: “Ray”
  • Esperanto: “Rej”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝahr-e Rej”
  • Finnish: “Ray”
  • French: “Ray”
  • Galician: “Ray”
  • German: “Ray”
  • German: “Schahr-e Rey”
  • Gilaki: “شهر ری”
  • Greek: “Ρέι”
  • Greek: “Ρέυ”
  • Greek: “Σαρ-ε-Ρέυ”
  • Hebrew: “ריי (איראן)”
  • Hebrew: “ריי”
  • Hindi: “रे, ईरान”
  • Hindi: “रे”
  • Indonesian: “Ray, Iran”
  • Indonesian: “Ray”
  • Irish: “Ray”
  • Italian: “Rey”
  • Japanese: “シャフレ・レイ”
  • Japanese: “ライイ”
  • Japanese: “レイ”
  • Kazakh: “Рей”
  • Korean: “샤흐레레이”
  • Kurdish: “Rey”
  • Latin: “Arsacia”
  • Latin: “Rhagae”
  • Latin: “Rhages”
  • Lithuanian: “Rėjus”
  • Malay: “Rayy”
  • Malayalam: “റേ”
  • Mazanderani: “ری”
  • Mazanderani: “شهر ری”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rayy”
  • Norwegian: “Rayy”
  • Ossetian: “Рей (сахар)”
  • Ossetian: “Рей”
  • Persian: “ری”
  • Persian: “شهر ری”
  • Polish: “Rej”
  • Portuguese: “Rey”
  • Romanian: “Ray”
  • Russian: “Арсакия”
  • Russian: “Раги”
  • Russian: “Рей”
  • Scots: “Rey, Iran”
  • Scots: “Rey”
  • Serbian: “Рај”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Raj”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rej”
  • Slovenian: “Raj, Iran”
  • Slovenian: “Raj”
  • South Azerbaijani: “رئی”
  • Spanish: “Rayy”
  • Swedish: “Rayy”
  • Tajik: “Рай”
  • Tamil: “இரே, ஈரான்”
  • Tamil: “இரே”
  • Turkish: “Rey, İran”
  • Turkish: “Rey”
  • Ukrainian: “Рей”
  • Urdu: “ری”
  • Urdu: “رے”
  • Uzbek: “Ray”
  • Venetian: “Rey”
  • Vietnamese: “Ray”
  • Western Panjabi: “رے”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Ray”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.