Shahin Dezh
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Shahin Dezh (Template:Langx)Template:Efn is a city in the Central District of Shahin Dezh County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[1]
Shahin Dezh is about 1,300 meters in elevation. The city is on the Zarrineh River, southeast of Lake Urmia.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
History
The modern town of Shahin Dezh was formerly known as Ṣāʾīn Qal‘eh.[2] The name Ṣāʾīn (also spelled Sāīn, Shahin, etcetera.) is derived from the Mongol sayin, which translates as "good".[2]
The local Turkic Afshars were brought to the area from Shiraz at the beginning of the 19th century by Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (Template:Reign1797–1834), the second Qajar shah ("king") of Iran.[2] Later, a segment of these Afshars had to migrate to Urmia in order to make way for the Chardawri (Chardowli) Lurs.[2] The chief of the Chardowli's resided at Mahmuddjik and was the commander of c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". men.[2] In 1830, Ṣāʾīn Qal‘eh was sacked by Kurds led by Sheikh Ubeydullah.[2] Ṣāʾīn Qal‘eh, being the site of an Iranian military garrison in the past, safeguarded the entrance to the Azerbaijan Province through the Zarrineh valley.[2]
The ancient Karaftu caves, first described by Robert Ker Porter (1777–1842), and the old site of Takht-e Soleyman were formerly located in the territory of the Afshars of Ṣāʾīn Qal‘eh.[2] The lake of Chamli Göl, near the village of Badarli with its floating island were likewise well known at the time.[2] Some of the Afshars of Ṣāʾīn Qal‘eh belonged to the Yarsanism sect.[2]
The old site of Ṣāʾīn Qal‘eh is now occupied by the modern town of Shahin Dezh, which is also the chef-lieu of Shahin Dezh County. In c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., its population was 3,170 which by 1991 had increased to 25,050.[2]
The fortress of Ṣāʾīn Qal‘eh is sometimes confused with the similarly named fortress on the Abhar river to the east of Soltaniyeh, which was mentioned by Hamdallah Mustawfi (1281 – after 1339/40).[2]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 34,204 in 8,671 households.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 38,396 people in 10,782 households.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 43,131 people in 12,826 households.[5]
See also
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