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' City of Rey ') or simply Ray or Rey (ری), is the capital of Rey County in Tehran Province, Iran. Formerly a distinct city, it has now been absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran as the 20th district of municipal Tehran , the capital city of the country.
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Ray is the oldest existing city of Tehran Province in Iran. It is best known for being the birthplace of Abbasid caliph, Harun al-Rashid.
Rayy, formerly one of the great cities of Iran. The remains of the ancient city lie on the eastern outskirts of the modern city of Shahr-e Rey, which itself is located just a few miles southeast of Tehrān. A settlement at the site dates from the 3rd millennium bce. Rayy is featured in the Avesta.
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Rayy was a major stop along the Silk Road... The city is estimated to be more than five thousand years old, and was built during the Median Empire. The Medes were an ancient Iranian peoples, who lived in the north, western, and northwestern portions of present-day Iran, and roughly the areas of present day Tehran..
This article concerns the city of Ray, Iran (near Shahr-e-Rey) as a military objective, not the large territory of which it was once capital ("Ragau" in the Apocryphal Book of Judith).
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Rey City, often referred to as Rey, is a historic and culturally rich city located south of Tehran, Iran’s bustling capital. Often overshadowed by its cosmopolitan neighbor, Rey is a treasure trove of ancient history, traditional architecture, and rich Persian heritage.
Rey, Rayy, Ray, Rhages or Rages (Persian: ری; Greek: Ῥάγαι (Rhágai); Latin: Rhagae) also known as Shahr-e-Rey (Persian: شهر ری), is the oldest city in the state of Tehran, Iran. Rey today has been added into the Greater Tehran city.
