[7] Kerman was founded as a defensive outpost, with the name Veh-Ardashir, by Ardashir I, founder of the Sasanian Empire, in the 3rd century AD.

Already in the eighth century the city was famous for its manufacture of cashmere wool shawls and other textiles.

The Abbasid Caliphate's authority over the region was weak, and power passed in the tenth century to the Buyid emirs.

[9] Under the rule of the Seljuk Turks in the 11th and 12th centuries, Kerman remained virtually independent, conquering Oman and Fars.

[10] When Marco Polo visited Kerman in 1271, it had become a major trade emporium linking the Persian Gulf with Khorasan and Central Asia.

It is located on a large, flat plain, 800 km (500 mi) south-east of Tehran, the capital of Iran.

The city is 1,755 m (5,758 ft) above sea level, making it third in elevation among provincial capitals in Iran.

Mountains in the south and southeast Jftan Joopar and Plvar and Kerman[clarification needed] have snow all year round.

He was an Iranian scholar, Shiite theologian and politician who served as the Prime minister of Iran from 15 to 30 August 1981 when he was assassinated by Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MEK).

The idea of launching the museum along with the library of Kerman's Zoroastrian Society came to light in 1983, when the head of the society, Parviz Vakhashouri, and the former head of the library, Mehran Gheibi, collected cultural heritage artifacts of Kerman's Zoroastrian community.

The museum was officially inaugurated during Jashn-e Tirgan in 2005 by Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO).

Jashn-e Tirgan or Tiregan is an ancient Iranian rain festival observed on July 1.

Also, the archeological ancient areas of Jiroft and Tappe Yahya Baft are located south of Kerman.

Caraway seeds and pistachios from Rafsanjan, Zarand, and Kerman are best of the main items of this province.

[citation needed] Kerman is on the Tehran, Bandar Abbas and Zahedan route.

It has daily and weekly flights to Tehran, Ahwaz, Yazd, Esfahan, Bandar Abbas, Mashhad and Shiraz.

[citation needed] In May 2016, during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to Iran, agreement was signed to develop two berths at Port of Chabahar and to build new Chabahar–Zahedan railway, as part of North–South Transport Corridor, by Indian Railways' public sector unit Ircon International.