Editing Shiraz (section)

==Etymology==
[[File:Shiraz from space.jpg|thumb|upright|Shiraz in a photo by [[Canadian Space Agency|Canadian astronaut]] [[Chris Hadfield]] from the [[International Space Station|ISS]] on 20 March 2013 (1392 [[Nowruz]])<ref>National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2013.</ref>]]<nowiki> </nowiki>

The earliest reference to the city is on [[Elam]]ite clay tablets dated to 2000 BCE, found in June 1970, while digging to make a kiln for a brick factory in the south western corner of the city. The tablets written in ancient [[Elamite language|Elamite]] name a city called Tiraziš.<ref>Cameron, George G. ''Persepolis Treasury Tablets'', University of Chicago Press, 1948, pp. 115.</ref><nowiki> </nowiki> [[Phonetically]], this is interpreted as /tiračis/ or /ćiračis/. This name became Old Persian /širājiš/; through regular sound change comes the [[modern Persian]] name ''Shirāz''. The name Shiraz also appears on clay sealings found at a 2nd-century CE [[Sassanid]] ruin, east of the city. By some of the native writers, the name Shiraz has derived from a son of [[Tahmuras]], the third Shāh (King) of the world according to Ferdowsi's [[Shāhnāma]].<ref name="Conder 1827">{{cite book|last=Conder|first=Josiah|title=Persia and China|publisher=Printed for J. Duncan|year=1827 |page= 339}}</ref>