Rey, Iran facts for kids

Toghrol Tower, is one of the historical structures still standing today.

Rey, Rayy, Ray, Rhages or Rages (Pashto: ری; Greek: Ῥάγαι (Rhágai); Latin: Rhagae) also known as Shahr-e-Rey (Pashto: شهر ری), is the oldest city in the state of Tehran, Iran. Rey today has been added into the Greater Tehran city. It is linked by the Tehran Metro to the rest of Tehran and has many industries and factories in use. A settlement began here c 6,000 BCE as part of the Central Plateau Culture. The settlement was used as a capital by the Medes called Rhaga. In classical Roman geography it was called Rhagae. Its name dates back to the pre-Median. Some historians point its building to very old storybook royal family, and some others believe that Rey was the seat of a house of Zoroastrian leader.

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The Bahram Fire Temple (Teppe Mill) is a Zoroastrian fire temple from the time of the Sasanian Empire in Ray, Iran.
The 12th-century Seljuk-era Tughrul Tower in Ray, Iran.
Naghare-khane, a structure identified as a tomb from before the Mongol invasion, located outside the old city walls of Ray.
The Qajar-era Fath Ali Shah Inscription at Cheshme-Ali, Ray.
An old locomotive that connected Tehran and Ray on one of Iran's earliest railways.
The Mausoleum of Reza Shah in the 1950s prior to its destruction.
A 1818 map of Ray by Scottish traveler Robert Ker Porter.
A 1840 depiction of the 12th-century Seljuk-era Tughrul Tower of Ray by French orientalist Eugène Flandin.
A 1840 depiction of Cheshme-Ali in Ray by French orientalist Eugène Flandin.
A 1860 depiction of Ray by French orientalist Jules Laurens.
People spreading washed carpets to dry at Cheshme-Ali in 1960.
Growing vegetables in a residential area in Ray.
Shahr-e-Rey Metro Station, part of the rapid transit system of Tehran Metro.
The clock tower of the Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine in Ray.
Ibn Babawayh Cemetery, named after Shia scholar Ibn Babawayh, in Ray.