Jam County
Jam County (Persian: شهرستان جم) is a county in Bushehr Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Jam. At the 2006 census, its population was 37,999, in 8,412 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Riz District. The county has two cities: Jam and Riz.
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Torbat-e Jam
Torbat-e Jam (Persian: تربت جام, also Romanized as Torbat-e Jām; also known as Torbat-e Sheykh Jām and Turbat-i-Shaikh Jam) is a city in and capital of Torbat-e Jam County, in Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 83,558, in 19,111 families.
Torbat-e Jām is an ancient city. It is about 160 kilometres (99 mi) southwest of Mashhad, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Taybad, and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of the Afghanistan border. There are many ancient places there, like the mazar (tomb) of Sheikh Ahmad Jami and Prince Qasem-e Anvar. The county includes many villages, such as Bezd, Mahmoodabad, Nilshahr.
Monuments
Historic monuments in Torbat-e Jam, Khorasan province, are under serious threat of destruction.
The head of Torbat-e Jam Cultural Heritage and Tourism Department put the credits allocated for restoration of historic sites in the city at 550 million rials in the current year (started March 21). He noted that from the total amount, 500 million rials would be spent on Robat-e Jam historic site and the rest on Sheikh Ahmad Jami mausoleum—a complex comprising 10 buildings, ISNA reported. Taj-Mohammadi complained that given the number of monuments and the huge workload, the earmarked budget is insufficient. The other major historic sites of this northeastern city which face destruction are Robat-e Sangan, Khajeh Azizollah Mosque, Shah Qassem Anvar Mausoleum, Noor Mosque and Abouzar Bozjani Mausoleum, he warned. Torbat-e Jam is the birth and burial place of the renowned 11th century mystic Sheikh Ahmad Jami. The city is in fact named after the great mystic. Located on the mountains 163 kilometers east of Mashhad, Torbat-e Jam has a desert climate with wild pistachio forests and vast pastures. Torbat-e Jam and its neighboring areas have a rich and beautiful local and mystical music.
Torbat-e Jam (refugee camp)
Torbat-e Jam is an Afghan refugee camp in eastern Iran, established around 1998. The camp, as of 2008, housed 5,000 Afghan refugees on a 100-hectare compound of permanent brick housing, schools and clinics, and a mosque.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres visited the camp in late 2008 and described it as " probably the best refugee settlement in Iran, if not the world."
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Torbat-e Jam County
Torbat-e Jam County (Persian: شهرستان تربت جام) is a county in Razavi Khorasan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Torbat-e Jam. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 239,395, in 53,510 families. The county has five districts: Central District, Salehabad District, Nasrabad District, Bujgan District, and Pa'in Jam District. The county has four cities: Torbat-e Jam, Salehabad, Nasrabad, and Nilshahr.
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