Bampur

For the administrative subdivision, see Bampur District.

Bampur بمپور
—  city  —
Bampur
Coordinates: 27°11′40″N 60°27′21″E
Country	Iran
Province	Sistan and Baluchestan
County	Iranshahr
Bakhsh	Bampur
Population (2006)
• Total	9,073
Time zone	IRST (UTC+3:30)
• Summer (DST)	IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Bampur (Persian: بمپور‎, also Romanized as Bampūr and Bampoor) is a city in and capital of Bampur District, in Iranshahr County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 9,073, in 1,664 families.

Historical fort of Mir Jalal Khan. Ancester of the Rinds,Lasharis and Hooths

It is located 330 m. S.E. of Kerman at an elevation of 1720 ft. Its population is about 2000. It is the capital of the province and situated on the banks of the Bampur River which flows from east to west and empties itself about 70 m. W. into a hamun, or depression, 50 m. in length, and called Jaz Murian.

The old citadel of Bampur, on a hill about 100 ft. high 3 miles north of the river, fell into ruins. A new fort called Kalah Nasseri, was built at Fahraj, 15 miles further east, in the 1880s. Fahraj, which now has a population of about 2500, has become more important than Bampur. Fahraj, which is also known as Pahura (or Paharu or Puhra), is by some identified as the Poura where Alexander the Great halted on his march from the Indus region of Pakistan, but others identify Poura with another Fahraj near Bam, or even with Bampur itself.

The majority of the population are ethnic Baluch, who speak the Baluchi language.

References

•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bampūr". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.