Meshkinshahr

Meshginshahr

Meshginshahr

City in Ardabil province, Iran

For the administrative division of Ardabil province, see Meshgin Shahr County. For other places with a similar name, see Meshkin.

Meshginshahr (Persian: مشگين شهر), also Romanized as Meshgīn Shahr; also known as Meshkīn Shahr or simply Mishgin; formerly Khiav (Persian: خياو), also Romanized as Kheyāv, Khīāv, Khiov, Khīyāv, and Khiyov,[3] is a city in the Central District of Meshgin Shahr County, Ardabil province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4]

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Tomb of Shaykh Haydar

At the 2006 census, its population was 61,296 in 14,920 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 66,883 people in 17,871 households.[6] The 2016 census showed a population of 74,109 people in 21,926 households.[2]

History

The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi mentioned the city, as Khiyāv, as one of the seven cities in the tuman of Pishkin, or Mishkin.[7] He distinguished between the cities of Khiyav and Pishkin — according to him, Khiyav lay to the south of Mount Sablan and had a warm climate, while Pishkin (which he said had formerly been called "Varāvī") was to the north of Mount Sablan and had a damp climate because the mountain shielded it from the sun.[7] Both cities drew their water from the streams coming down from the mountain.[7] The district of Pishkin, he wrote, grew both grain and fruit in abundance, while Khiyav mostly grew grain.[7] Pishkin was assessed for a tax value of 5,200 dinars, while Khiyav was assessed at 2,000.[7] Mustawfi wrote that Pishkin's population was mostly Shafi'i Sunnis, with Shi'i and Hanafi Sunni minorities.[7] He said nothing about Khiyav's religious makeup, but instead described its population as mostly "boot-makers and cloth-workers".[7]

References

  1. [1]
    OpenStreetMap contributors (28 February 2024). "Meshginshahr, Meshgin Shahr County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  2. [2]
    "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 24. Archived from the original (Excel) on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. [3]
    Meshginshahr can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3074756" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. [4]
    Habibi, Hassan (21 June 1369). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the country's divisions of East Azerbaijan province, centered in the city of Tabriz". Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  5. [5]
    "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 24. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 24. Archived from the original (Excel) on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  7. [7]
    Hamdallah Mustawfi (1919). Le Strange, Guy (ed.). The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat-al-Qulub. p. 85. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

Sources

  • Frye, Richard Nelson; Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (1996). "The Middle Persian Inscription from Meshkinshahr". Bulletin of the Asia Institute. 10: 53–61. JSTOR 24048886. (registration required)
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