Band-e Qir

Band-i Qīr is a village in Miyan Ab Rural District, in the Central District of Shushtar County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 446, in 73 families.

History: Rustam Kuwādh and ʿAskar Mukram

Band-i Qīr lies on or adjacent to two earlier settlements. In the Sāsānid period, the town Rustam Kuwādh flourished at the site. Rustam Kuwādh was destroyed during the Arab/Muslim conquests of the seventh century CE.
Around this time, ʿAskar Mukram was founded nearby, near the confluence of the canal Āb-i Gargar and the river Kārūn. Although the early history of the settlement is obscure, the tenth-century Ḥudūd al-ʿālam describes the town as large and prosperous, lying on both sides of the Āb-i Gargar. A Būyid mint was based there at the same time. Later in the Middle Ages, however, the town fell into disuse. Noted inhabitants included Abū Hilāl al-ʿAskarī.
The extensive ruins of ʿAskar Mukram remain at Band-i Qīr.