Qazvin, the Glossary
Qazvin (قزوین) is a city in the Central District of Qazvin County, Qazvin province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.[1]
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- Cities in Qazvin province
- Former capitals of Iran
- Iranian provincial capitals
- Populated places established in the 3rd century
'Adud al-Dawla
Fannā (Panāh) Khusraw (پناه خسرو), better known by his laqab of ʿAḍud al-Dawla (lit; 24 September 936 – 26 March 983) was an emir of the Buyid dynasty, ruling from 949 to 983, and at his height of power ruling an empire stretching from Makran to Yemen and the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
Abbas Babaei
Abbas Babaei (عباس بابایی) (5 December 1950 – 6 August 1987) was an Iranian pilot and brigadier-general in the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF), during the Iran-Iraq War.
Abbas the Great
Abbas I (translit; 27 January 1571 – 19 January 1629), commonly known as Abbas the Great (translit), was the fifth shah of Safavid Iran from 1588 to 1629.
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Abbasid Caliphate
The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire (translit) was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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Abhar
Abhar (ابهر) is a city in the Central District of Abhar County, Zanjan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
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Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan
Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan (June 2, 1305 – December 1, 1335; ابو سعید بهادر خان), also spelled Abusaid Bahador Khan, Abu Sa'id Behauder (Modern Абу Саид Бахадур хан, Abu sayid Baghatur Khan, in modern Mongolian), was the ninth ruler (c. 1316 – 1335) of the Ilkhanate, a division of the Mongol Empire that encompassed the present day countries of Iran, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia, as well as parts of Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
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Adam Olearius
Adam Olearius (born Adam Ölschläger or Oehlschlaeger, 24 September 159922 February 1671) was a German scholar, mathematician, geographer and librarian.
Ahmad Ghazali
Ahmad Ghazālī (احمد غزالی; full name Majd al-Dīn Abū al-Fotuḥ Aḥmad Ghazālī) was a Sunni Muslim Persian Sufi mystic, writer, preacher and the head of Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad (c. 1061–1123 or 1126).
Ahmad Sanjar
Ahmad Sanjar (احمد سنجر; full name: Muizz ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Adud ad-Dawlah Abul-Harith Ahmad Sanjar ibn Malik-Shah) (6 November 1086 – 8 May 1157) was the Seljuq ruler of Khorasan from 1097 until 1118, Encyclopædia Iranica when he became the Sultan of the Seljuq Empire, which he ruled until his death in 1157.
Al-Bara' ibn Azib
Al-Barāʾ ibn ʿĀzib al-Anṣārī (البراء بن عازب الأنصاري; died 690) was one of the companions of Muhammad and narrator of hadith.
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Al-Hadi
Abū Muḥammad Mūsā ibn al-Mahdī al-Hādī (أبو محمد موسى بن المهدي الهادي; 26 April 764 CE 14 September 786 CE) better known by his laqab al-Hādī (الهادي) was the fourth Arab Abbasid caliph who succeeded his father al-Mahdi and ruled from 169 AH (785 CE) until his death in 170 AH (786 CE).
Al-Mu'tasim
Abū Isḥāq Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Rashīd (أبو إسحاق محمد بن هارون الرشيد; October 796 – 5 January 842), better known by his regnal name al-Muʿtaṣim biʾllāh (المعتصمبالله), was the eighth Abbasid caliph, ruling from 833 until his death in 842.
Al-Muqtadir
Abu’l-Faḍl Jaʿfar ibn Ahmad al-Muʿtaḍid (أبو الفضل جعفر بن أحمد المعتضد) (895 – 31 October 932 AD), better known by his regnal name al-Muqtadir bi-llāh (المقتدر بالله, "Mighty in God"), was the eighteenth caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from 908 to 932 AD (295–320 AH), with the exception of a brief deposition in favour of al-Qahir in 929.
Al-Nabi Mosque, Qazvin
The al-Nabi Mosque (مسجد النبی قزوین – Masjed al-Nabi, also known as: مسجد سلطانى – Masjed-e Soltani) is a famous mosque in Qazvīn.
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Alamut
Alamut (الموت) or Rudbar (رودبار) is a region in Iran including western and eastern parts on the western edge of the Alborz (Elburz) range, between the dry and barren plain of Qazvin in the south and the densely forested slopes of the Mazandaran province in the north.
Alborz
The Alborz (البرز) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs northeast and merges into the smaller Aladagh Mountains and borders in the northeast on the parallel mountain ridge Kopet Dag in the northern parts of Khorasan.
Ali Qapu Gate, Qazvin
The Ali Qapu Gate (Persian: سردر عالی قاپو) is a historic gate in Qazvin, Iran.
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Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda
Allameh Ali-Akbar Dehkhodā (علی‌اکبر دهخدا; 1879 – March 9, 1956) was a prominent Iranian literary writer, philologist, and lexicographer.
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Alid dynasties of northern Iran
Alid dynasties of northern Iran or Alavids.
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Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Alireza Jahanbakhsh Jirendeh (translit,; born 11 August 1993) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a right winger and attacking midfielder, he captains the Iran national team.
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Aminiha Hosseiniyeh
Aminiha Hosseiniyeh is a hosseiniyeh in the Akhund (Molavi) neighbourhood of Qazvin, Iran.
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Ani
Ani (Անի; Ἄνιον, Ánion; Abnicum; Anı) is a ruined medieval Armenian city now situated in Turkey's province of Kars, next to the closed border with Armenia.
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Anthony Jenkinson
Anthony Jenkinson (1529 – 1610/1611) was born at Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
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Anthony Shirley
Sir Anthony Shirley (or Sherley) (1565–1635) was an English traveller, whose imprisonment in 1603 by King James I caused the English House of Commons to assert one of its privileges—freedom of its members from arrest—in a document known as The Form of Apology and Satisfaction.
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Arabs
The Arabs (عَرَب, DIN 31635:, Arabic pronunciation), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa.
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Aref Qazvini
Abolqassem Aref Qazvini or َAref Qazvini (1882 – January 21, 1934; ابوالقاسم عارف قزوینی.), also known as National Poet (Persian: شاعر ملی) was a distinguished Iranian poet, lyricist, and musician.
Arthur Edwards (sailor)
Arthur Edwards was a British sailor and merchant who was sent to the Persian royal court (Tahmasp I) in 1566.
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Asfar ibn Shiruya
Asfar ibn Shiruya (Gilaki/اسفار بن شیرویه: died 931) was an Iranian military leader of Gilaki origin, active in northern Iran (esp. Tabaristan and Jibal) in the early 10th century.
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Aylmer Haldane
General Sir James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane, (17 November 1862 – 19 April 1950) was a Scottish soldier who rose to high rank in the British Army.
Azerbaijan (Iran)
Azerbaijan or Azarbaijan (italic), also known as Iranian Azerbaijan, is a historical region in northwestern Iran that borders Iraq and Turkey to the west, and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Armenia, and the Republic of Azerbaijan proper to the north.
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Azerbaijani language
Azerbaijani or Azeri, also referred to as Azeri Turkic or Azeri Turkish, is a Turkic language from the Oghuz sub-branch.
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Azerbaijanis
Azerbaijanis (Azərbaycanlılar, آذربایجانلیلار), Azeris (Azərilər, آذریلر), or Azerbaijani Turks (Azərbaycan Türkləri, آذربایجان تۆرکلری) are a Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Azerbaijan region of northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Évora
Évora is a city and a municipality in Portugal.
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Ögedei Khan
Ögedei Khan (also Ögedei Khagan or Ogodei; – 11 December 1241) was the second ruler of the Mongol Empire.
Öljaitü
Öljaitü, also known as Mohammad-e Khodabande (24 March 1282 – 16 December 1316), was the eighth Ilkhanid dynasty ruler from 1304 to 1316 in Tabriz, Iran.
Baalbek
Baalbek (Baʿlabakk; Syriac-Aramaic: ܒܥܠܒܟ) is a city located east of the Litani River in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, about northeast of Beirut.
Baháʼí Faith
The Baháʼí Faith is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people.
Baháʼu'lláh
Baháʼu'lláh (born Ḥusayn-ʻAlí; 12 November 1817 – 29 May 1892) was an Iranian religious leader who founded the Baháʼí Faith.
Bakhsh
A bakhsh (بخش, also romanized as baxš) is a third-level administrative division of Iran.
Baklava
Baklava (or; باقلوا) is a layered pastry dessert made of filo pastry, filled with chopped nuts, and sweetened with syrup or honey.
Bandar-e Anzali
Bandar-e Anzali (بندرانزلی) is a city in the Central District of Bandar-e Anzali County, Gilan province, Iran, serving as the capital of both the county and the district.
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Bábism
Bábism (translit), also known as the Bábi Faith, is a monotheistic religion founded in 1844 by the Báb ('Ali Muhammad).
Bishkek
Bishkek, formerly known as Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and largest city of Kyrgyzstan.
British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
Brocade
Brocade is a class of richly decorative shuttle-woven fabrics, often made in coloured silks and sometimes with gold and silver threads.
Buyid dynasty
The Buyid dynasty (Âl-i Bōya), also spelled Buwayhid (Al-Buwayhiyyah), was a Zaydi and, later, Twelver Shia dynasty of Daylamite origin, which mainly ruled over central and southern Iran and Iraq from 934 to 1062.
Capitals of Persia
Iran (Persia) has had numerous capital cities and royal centers throughout its history.
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Caravanserai
A caravanserai (or caravansary) was a roadside inn where travelers (caravaners) could rest and recover from the day's journey.
Caspian Airlines Flight 7908
Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 was a scheduled commercial flight from Tehran, Iran, to Yerevan, Armenia, that crashed near the village of Jannatabad, outside the city of Qazvin in north-western Iran, on 15 July 2009.
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Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake and sometimes referred to as a full-fledged sea.
Caspians
The Caspians (کاسپی‌ها, Kaspyn; Κάσπιοι, Káspioi; Aramaic: ܟܣܦܝ, kspy; Կասպք, Kaspk’; Caspi, Caspiani) were a people of antiquity who dwelt along the southwestern shores of the Caspian Sea, in the region known as Caspiane.
Central District (Qazvin County)
The Central District of Qazvin County (بخش مرکزی شهرستان قزوین) is in Qazvin province, Iran.
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Chehel Sotun, Qazvin
Chehel Sotun, originally named Kolah Farangi Mansion is a Safavid era royal pavilion located in Qazvin, Iran.
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Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.
Counties of Iran
Iran's counties (شهرستان, romanized as šahrestân) are administrative divisions of larger provinces (ostan).
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Darugha
Darugha (даруга, translit, from Mongol: daru-, 'to press, to seal') was a territorial subdivision in the Mongol Empire.
Daylamites
The Daylamites or Dailamites (Middle Persian: Daylamīgān; دیلمیان Deylamiyān) were an Iranian people inhabiting the Daylam—the mountainous regions of northern Iran on the southwest coast of the Caspian Sea, now comprising the southeastern half of Gilan Province.
Denizli
Denizli is a city in Aegean Turkey, and seat of the province of Denizli.
Dinar
The dinar is the name of the principal currency unit in several countries near the Mediterranean Sea, with a more widespread historical use.
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Dinavar
Dinavar (also spelled Dinawar and Daynavar; دینور) was a major town between the 7th and 10th centuries, located to the northeast of Kermanshah in western Iran.
Dirham
The dirham, dirhem or drahm (درهم) is a unit of currency and of mass.
Don Juan of Persia
Oruj bey Bayat (also spelled Uruch or Oruch in English), later known by his baptized name of Don Juan de Persia (&ndash) or simply Don Juan was a late 16th and early 17th century Iranian figure in Iran and Spain.
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Entrepôt
An entrepôt or transshipment port is a port, city, or trading post where merchandise may be imported, stored, or traded, usually to be exported again.
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie ("Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands.
Feyenoord
Feyenoord Rotterdam is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in the Dutch football.
Fiqh
Fiqh (فقه) is Islamic jurisprudence.
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Flight Safety Foundation
The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is a non-profit, international organization concerning research, education, advocacy, and communications in the field of aviation safety.
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Franco-Persian alliance
A Franco-Persian alliance or Franco-Iranian alliance was formed for a short period between the French Empire of Napoleon I and Fath Ali Shah of Iran against Russia and Great Britain between 1807 and 1809.
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George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, (11 January 1859 – 20 March 1925), styled The Honourable between 1858 and 1898, then known as The Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911, and The Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a prominent British statesman, Conservative politician and writer who served as Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905.
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Ghazan
Mahmud Ghazan (5 November 1271 – 11 May 1304) (Ghazan Khan, sometimes archaically spelled as Casanus by Westerners) was the seventh ruler of the Mongol Empire's Ilkhanate division in modern-day Iran from 1295 to 1304.
Ghaznavids
The Ghaznavid dynasty (غزنویان Ġaznaviyān) or the Ghaznavid Empire was a Persianate Muslim dynasty and empire of Turkic mamluk origin, ruling at its greatest extent from the Oxus to the Indus Valley from 977 to 1186.
Goharshad Ghazvini
Goharshad Ghazvini, also known as Goharshad Hassani Ghazvini, was a Persian calligrapher of Nastaʿlīq script in the 17th century.
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Gorgan
Gorgan (گرگان) is a city in the Central District of Gorgan County, Golestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. Qazvin and Gorgan are Iranian provincial capitals.
Grand Hotel, Qazvin
The Grand Hotel, Qazvin (گراند هتل قزوین) was a hotel built in 1922 in Qazvin, Iran constructed in the Pahlavi era under the governorship of Sa'd as-Saltaneh.
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Greater Khorasan
Greater KhorāsānDabeersiaghi, Commentary on Safarnâma-e Nâsir Khusraw, 6th Ed.
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Hadi Azizi
Hadi Azizi (هادی عزیزی, born 27 January 1990) is an Iranian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
Hadi Mirmiran
Seyed Hadi Mirmiran (in Persian سید هادى ميرميران) was an Iranian architect, and manager of Naghsh-e Jahan - Pars Consulting Company.
Hadith
Hadith (translit) or Athar (أثر) is a form of Islamic oral tradition containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the prophet Muhammad.
Hamadan
Hamedan (همدان) is a city in western Iran. Qazvin and Hamadan are Iranian provincial capitals.
Hamdallah Mustawfi
Hamdallah Mustawfi Qazvini (Ḥamdallāh Mustawfī Qazvīnī; 1281 – after 1339/40) was a Persian official, historian, geographer and poet.
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Hamza Mirza
Hamza Mirza (Ḥamza Mīrzā; 4 September 1568 – 24/26 November 1586) was the Safavid crown prince of Iran during the reign of his father Mohammad Khodabanda.
Hanafi school
The Hanafi school or Hanafism (translit) is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam.
Harun al-Rashid
Abu Ja'far Harun ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi (Abū Ja'far Hārūn ibn Muḥammad al-Mahdī), or simply Harun ibn al-Mahdi (or 766 – 24 March 809), famously known as Harun al-Rashid (Hārūn ar-Rashīd), was the fifth Abbasid caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, reigning from September 786 until his death in March 809.
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Hassan III of Alamut
Jalāl al-Dīn Ḥasan III (جلال الدین حسن) (1187–1221), son of Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad II, was the 25th Nizari Isma'ili Imām.
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Haydari and Ne'mati
Ḥaydari and Ne'mati were the two rival factions into which some Iranian cities and towns were historically divided.
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Heidarieh Mosque, Qazvin
Heydarieh Mosque (مسجد حیدریه قزوین) is a building in the city of Qazvin in Iran.
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Highway
A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land.
History of Iran
The history of Iran (or Persia, as it was commonly known in the Western world) is intertwined with that of Greater Iran, a sociocultural region spanning the area between Anatolia in the west and the Indus River and Syr Darya in the east, and between the Caucasus and Eurasian Steppe in the north and the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman in the south.
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Hulegu Khan
Hulegu Khan, also known as Hülegü or Hulaguᠬᠦᠯᠡᠭᠦ|lit.
Ibn Majah
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Yazīd Ibn Mājah al-Rabʿī al-Qazwīnī (ابو عبد الله محمد بن يزيد بن ماجه الربعي القزويني; (b. 209/824, d. 273/887) commonly known as Ibn Mājah, was a medieval scholar of hadith of Persian origin. He compiled the last of Sunni Islam's six canonical hadith collections, Sunan Ibn Mājah.Ludwig W.
Ilkhanate
The Ilkhanate or Il-khanate, ruled by the Il-Khans or Ilkhanids (translit), and known to the Mongols as Hülegü Ulus, was a Mongol khanate founded in the southwestern territories of the Mongol Empire.
Imam Khomeini International University
Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU), informally Qazvin International University, is an international university in Iran that was founded after the Islamic Revolution.
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Imamzadeh Hossein, Qazvin
The Imamzadeh Hossein (also Emamzadeh-ye Hossein, Persian: مسجد جامع عتيق قزوین) is the grave mosque of Imamazadeh Husayn, son of the 8th Imam Ali al-Rida ("Hazrat-e Reza") in Qazvin, Iran that the Safavids - Shah Tahmasp I built in the mid-16th century as a pilgrimage center.
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Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
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The Iran national football team (Team Mellie Futbâle Mardâne Irân), recognised by FIFA as IR Iran, represents Iran in international senior football and is governed by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI).
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Iran Standard Time
Iran Standard Time (IRST) or Iran Time (IT) is the time zone used in Iran.
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Iranian Basketball Super League
The Iranian Basketball Super League (IBSL) is a professional men's basketball league in Iran.
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Isfahan
Isfahan or Esfahan (اصفهان) is a major city in the Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan province, Iran. Qazvin and Isfahan are former capitals of Iran, Iranian provincial capitals and Sasanian cities.
Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی), also known as the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, is a multi-service primary branch of the Iranian Armed Forces.
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Isma'ilism
Isma'ilism (translit) is a branch or sect of Shia Islam.
Ismail I
Ismail I (translit; 14 July 1487 – 23 May 1524) was the founder and first shah of Safavid Iran, ruling from 1501 until his death in 1524.
Ismail II
Ismail II (Born Ismail Mirza; 31 May 1537 – 24 November 1577) was the third shah of Safavid Iran from 1576 to 1577.
Iwan
An iwan (ایوان,, also as ivan or ivān/īvān, إيوان) is a rectangular hall or space, usually vaulted, walled on three sides, with one end entirely open.
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Jamal Karimi-Rad
Jamal Karimi-Rad (1956 – 28 December 2006) (جمال کریمی راد.) was the Minister of Justice of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Jameh Mosque of Qazvin
Jameh Mosque of Qazvin (مسجد جامع عتيق قزوین – Masjid-e-Jameh Atiq Qazvin) is one of the oldest mosques in Iran, and is the grand, congregational mosque (jameh mosque) of Qazvin, in Qazvin Province, Iran.
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James Justinian Morier
James Justinian Morier (15 August 1782 – 19 March 1849) was a British diplomat and author noted for his novels about the Qajar dynasty in Iran, most famously for the Hajji Baba series.
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Javad Mojabi
Javad Mojabi (جواد مجابی., born 14 October 1939 in Qazvin, Iran) is an Iranian poet, writer, researcher, and literary and art critic.
Jean Chardin
Jean Chardin (16 November 1643 – 5 January 1713), born Jean-Baptiste Chardin, and also known as Sir John Chardin, was a French jeweller and traveller whose ten-volume book The Travels of Sir John Chardin is regarded as one of the finest works of early Western scholarship on Safavid Iran and the Near East in general.
Jizya
Jizya (jizya), or jizyah, is a tax historically levied on dhimmis, that is, protected non-Muslim subjects of a state governed by Islamic law.
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Jonas Hanway
Jonas Hanway FRSA (12 August 1712 – 5 September 1786), was a British philanthropist and traveller.
Kalantar (title)
Kalantar (کلانتر) was a term which referred to the mayor in charge of a town in Iran.
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Kalīla wa-Dimna
Kalīla wa-Dimna or Kelileh o Demneh (كليلة ودمنة; کلیله و دمنه) is a collection of fables.
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Kázim-i-Samandar
S͟hayk͟h Káẓim-i-Samandar (کاظمسمندر; died 1918), known as Samandar, was an eminent follower of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Keith Edward Abbott
Keith Edward Abbott (1814–1873) was a British diplomat and consul general at Tabriz and later Odessa.
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Kharaj
Kharāj (خراج) is a type of individual Islamic tax on agricultural land and its produce, regardless of the religion of the owners, developed under Islamic law.
Kharraqan towers
The Kharraqan towers (as known as the Kharrakhan or Kharaghan towers; برج‌های خرقان) are a pair of mausolea built in 1067 and 1093, in the Kharraqan region of northern Iran, near Qazvin.
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Khuznin
Khuznin (خوزنين) is a village in, and the capital of, Ramand-e Jonubi Rural District of Ramand District, Buin Zahra County, Qazvin province, Iran.
Khwarazmshah
Khwarazmshah was an ancient title used regularly by the rulers of the Central Asian region of Khwarazm starting from the Late Antiquity until the advent of the Mongols in the early 13th-century, after which it was used infrequently.
Kingdom of Georgia
The Kingdom of Georgia (Georgian: ⴑⴀⴕⴀⴐⴇⴅⴄⴊⴍⴑ ⴑⴀⴋⴄⴔⴍ), also known as the Georgian Empire, was a medieval Eurasian monarchy that was founded in AD.
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Leather
Leather is a strong, flexible and durable material obtained from the tanning, or chemical treatment, of animal skins and hides to prevent decay.
List of ab anbars of Qazvin
Qazvin is known to have had close to, or in excess of 100 drinking water reservoirs called ab anbars before modernization in the 20th century.
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List of governors of Qazvin
The office of the governor of Qazvin was a historical office whose holders were tasked with the governance of the city and region of Qazvin.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Madhhab
A madhhab (way to act,, pl. label) refers to any school of thought within Islamic jurisprudence.
Madrasa
Madrasa (also,; Arabic: مدرسة, pl. مدارس), sometimes transliterated as madrasah or madrassa, is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary education or higher learning.
Maidan
Maidan is an originally Persian word for a town square or public gathering place (Persian: میدان), adopted by various other languages: Urdu میدان (maidān); Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān); Turkish meydan; Georgian მოედანი (moedani); Bangla ময়দান, meaning field, and Crimean Tatar, from which Ukrainian also borrowed.
Mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate, also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen as Cs, is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude).
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Meimoon Ghal'eh
Meimoon Ghal'eh (میمون قلعه, literally "Monkey Castle" or "the Blessed Castle"), also known as Mehman Ghal'eh (مهمان قلعه) and Mobarak Ghal'eh (مبارک قلعه), is one of several castle ruins scattered throughout the Qazvin area, in Iran.
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Meteorite
A meteorite is a rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or moon.
Middle Persian
Middle Persian, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg (Pahlavi script: 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩𐭪, Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫀𐫡𐫘𐫏𐫐, Avestan script: 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬯𐬍𐬐) in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasanian Empire.
Mint (facility)
A mint is an industrial facility which manufactures coins that can be used as currency.
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Mir Emad Hassani
Mir Emad (born Emad al-Molk Qazvini Hasani (میرعماد حسنی قزوینی),‎ 1554 – August 15, 1615) is perhaps the most celebrated Persian calligrapher.
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Mohammad Khodabanda
Mohammad Khodabanda (also spelled Khodabandeh; شاه محمد خدابنده, born 1532; died 1595 or 1596), was the fourth Safavid shah of Iran from 1578 until his overthrow in 1587 by his son Abbas I. Khodabanda had succeeded his brother, Ismail II.
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Mohammad Saleh Baraghani
Muhammad Salih Baraghani (محمدصالح برغانی; born 1753) was one of three or four brothers from Baraghan who all established themselves as leading mujtahids in Qazvin.
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Mojabi
The Mojabi Shirazi or Mojabi family (مجابی) is a prominent Iranian family of cultural significance from Qazvin, Iran.
Mongol Empire
The Mongol Empire of the 13th and 14th centuries was the largest contiguous empire in history.
Mongols
The Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, China (majority in Inner Mongolia), as well as Buryatia and Kalmykia of Russia.
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (منیر شاهرودی فرمانفرمائیان; 16 December 1922 – 20 April 2019) was an Iranian artist and a collector of traditional folk art.
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Moshe Dayan
Moshe Dayan (משה דיין; May 20, 1915 – October 16, 1981) was an Israeli military leader and politician.
Muhammad ibn Buzurg-Ummid
Muḥammad ibn Buzurg-Ummīd (محمد بن بزرگ امید; died February 20, 1162) was the son of Kiyā Buzurg-Ummīd, and the third ruler of the Nizari Ismailis from 1138 until 1162 based in Alamut.
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Municipal council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area.
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Musa ibn Bugha al-Kabir
Musa ibn Bugha al-Kabir (died 877) was an Abbasid military leader of Turkic origin.
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Muscovy Company
The Muscovy Company (also called the Russia Company or the Muscovy Trading Company; Moskovskaya kompaniya) was an English trading company chartered in 1555. It was the first major chartered joint-stock company, the precursor of the type of business that would soon flourish in England and finance its exploration of the world.
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Nasir Khusraw
Nasir Khusraw (ناصرخسرو; 1004 – between 1072–1088) was an Isma'ili poet, philosopher, traveler, and missionary for the Isma'ili Fatimid Caliphate.
Nasser Takmil Homayoun
Nasser Takmil Homayoun (ناصر تکمیل همایون; 23 November 1936 – 16 November 2022) was an Iranian historian.
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Nasser Yeganeh
Nasser Yeganeh (4 June 1921 – 15 November 1993) was an Iranian jurist, politician and statesman.
Nastaliq
Nastaliq, also romanized as Nastaʿlīq or Nastaleeq, is one of the main calligraphic hands used to write the Perso-Arabic script and it is used for some Indo-Iranian languages, predominantly Classical Persian, Kashmiri, Punjabi (Shahmukhi) and Urdu.
National Centers for Environmental Information
The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) is a U.S. government agency that manages one of the world's largest archives of atmospheric, coastal, geophysical, and oceanic data.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.
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Nishapur
Nishapur (نیشاپور, also help|italic. Qazvin and Nishapur are former capitals of Iran and Sasanian cities.
North Persia Force
The North Persia Force (Norper force) was a British military force that operated in Northern Persia from 1918–1920.
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Oghuz Turks
The Oghuz Turks (Middle Turkic: ٱغُز, Oγuz) were a western Turkic people who spoke the Oghuz branch of the Turkic language family.
OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a free, open geographic database updated and maintained by a community of volunteers via open collaboration.
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.
Owais al-Qarani
Owais al-Qarani (أُوَيْس ٱبْن عَامِر ٱبْن جَزْء ٱبْن مَالِك ٱلْقَرَنِيّ), also spelled Uways or Owais, was a Muslim from South Arabia who lived during the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty (دودمان پهلوی) was the last Iranian royal dynasty that ruled for almost 54 years between 1925 and 1979.
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Persian Cossack Brigade
The Persian Cossack Brigade, also known as the Iranian Cossack Brigade (Berīgād-e qazzāq), was a Cossack-style cavalry unit formed in 1879 in Persia (modern Iran).
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Persian Gulf Pro League
The Persian Gulf Pro League (لیگ برتر خلیج فارس, Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs), formerly known as the Iran Premier League (لیگ برتر ایران, Lig-e bartar-e Irân), is the top men's professional football division of the Iranian football league system.
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Persian language
Persian, also known by its endonym Farsi (Fārsī|), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages.
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Persians
The Persians--> are an Iranian ethnic group who comprise over half of the population of Iran.
Peyghambarieh
Peighambarieh (Persian:پیغمبریه) also known as Chahar-Anbiya is a Shi'ite religious complex located in the city of Qazvin in Iran.
Pietro Della Valle
Pietro Della Valle (Petrus a Valle; 2 April 1586 – 21 April 1652), also written Pietro della Valle, was an Italian composer, musicologist, and author who travelled throughout Asia during the Renaissance period.
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Plague (disease)
Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
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Provinces of Iran
Iran is subdivided into thirty-one provinces (استان ostân), each governed from a local centre, usually the largest local city, which is called the capital (Persian: مرکز, markaz) of that province.
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Qajar Iran
The Sublime State of Iran, commonly referred to as Qajar Iran, Qajar Persia, the Qajar Empire, Sublime State of Persia, and also the Guarded Domains of Iran, was the Iranian state under the rule of the Qajar dynasty, which was of Turkic origin,Cyrus Ghani.
Qaleh Kurd
Qaleh Kurd cave (غار قلعه‌کُرد) is the oldest archaeological site discovered in Iran.
Qanat
A qanat or kārīz is a system for transporting water from an aquifer or water well to the surface, through an underground aqueduct; the system originated approximately 3,000 years ago in Iran.
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Qazvin Airport
Qazvin Airport is an airport in Qazvin, which is the capital city of Iran's Qazvin province.
Qazvin County
Qazvin County (شهرستان قزوین) is in Qazvin province, Iran.
Qazvin Islamic Azad University
Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch (دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد قزوین., Danushgah-e Âzad-e Eslâmi-ye Vahed-e Qezvin) is a private university in Qazvin, Iran.
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Qazvin province
Qazvin Province (استان قزوین) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran.
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Qazvin railway station
Qazvin railway station (Persian:ايستگاه راه آهن قزوین, Istgah-e Rah Ahan-e Qazvin) is located in Qazvin, Qazvin Province, Iran.
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Qazvin University of Medical Sciences
Qazvin University of Medical Sciences (QUMS) is a medical school in Qazvin Province of Iran.
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Qazwini
Qazwini with two possible derivations.
Qom
Qom (قم) is a city in the Central District of Qom County, Qom province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. Qazvin and Qom are Iranian provincial capitals.
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Qorveh
Qorveh (قروه) is a city in the Central District of Qorveh County, Kurdistan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
Quran
The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God (Allah).
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Rail transport
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails.
Rais
(رئيس.), plural, is an Arabic title meaning 'chief' or 'leader'.
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Rais al-Mojahedin
Mirza Hassan Sheikh al-Islam, better known as Rais al-Mojahedin was an Iranian revolutionary involved in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution.
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Rashidun Caliphate
The Rashidun Caliphate (al-Khilāfah ar-Rāšidah) was the first caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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Ray, Iran
Shahre Ray, Shahr-e Ray, Shahre Rey, or Shahr-e Rey (Ŝahr-e Rey) or simply Ray or Rey (ری), is the capital of Rey County in Tehran Province, Iran. Qazvin and Ray, Iran are former capitals of Iran and Sasanian cities.
Reza Shah
Reza Shah Pahlavi (15 March 1878 – 26 July 1944) was an Iranian military officer and the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty.
Richter scale
The Richter scale, also called the Richter magnitude scale, Richter's magnitude scale, and the Gutenberg–Richter scale, is a measure of the strength of earthquakes, developed by Charles Richter in collaboration with Beno Gutenberg, and presented in Richter's landmark 1935 paper, where he called it the "magnitude scale".
Romanization
In linguistics, romanization is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so.
Rukn al-Dawla
Hasan (died September 976), better known by his laqab as Rukn al-Dawla (Persian: رکن‌الدوله دیلمی), was the first Buyid amir of northern and central Iran (c. 935-976).
Sa'id ibn al-As
Sa'id ibn al-As ibn Abi Uhayha (died 678/679) was the Muslim governor of Kufa under Caliph Uthman and governor of Medina under Caliph Mu'awiya I.
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Saddle
A saddle is a supportive structure for a rider of an animal, fastened to an animal's back by a girth.
Safarnama
Safarnāma is a book of travel literature written during the 11th century by Nasir Khusraw (1003–1077).
Safavid dynasty
The Safavid dynasty (Dudmâne Safavi) was one of Iran's most significant ruling dynasties reigning from 1501 to 1736.
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Safavid Iran
Safavid Iran, Safavid Persia or the Safavid Empire,, officially known as the Guarded Domains of Iran, was one of the largest and long-standing Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Persia, which was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty.
Salehiye School
The Salehiye School (Persian: مدرسه صالحیه) is a historical building in Qazvin, Iran.
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Samanid Empire
The Samanid Empire (Sāmāniyān), also known as the Samanian Empire, Samanid dynasty, Samanid amirate, or simply as the Samanids, was a Persianate Sunni Muslim empire, of Iranian dehqan origin.
Sasanian Empire
The Sasanian Empire or Sassanid Empire, and officially known as Eranshahr ("Land/Empire of the Iranians"), was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th to 8th centuries.
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Seljuk dynasty
The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids (سلجوقیان Saljuqian, alternatively spelled as Seljuqs or Saljuqs), Seljuqs, also known as Seljuk Turks, Seljuk Turkomans "The defeat in August 1071 of the Byzantine emperor Romanos Diogenes by the Turkomans at the battle of Malazgirt (Manzikert) is taken as a turning point in the history of Anatolia and the Byzantine Empire." or the Saljuqids, was an Oghuz Turkic, Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became Persianate and contributed to Turco-Persian culture in West Asia and Central Asia.
Seljuk Empire
The Seljuk Empire, or the Great Seljuk Empire, was a high medieval, culturally Turco-Persian, Sunni Muslim empire, established and ruled by the Qïnïq branch of Oghuz Turks.
Sepah Street
The Sepah Street (Persian: خیابان سپه), also known as the Shohada Street (Persian: خیابان شهدا) is a street in Qazvin, Iran.
Shafi'i school
The Shafi'i school or Shafi'ism (translit) is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam.
Shagreen
Shagreen is a type of rawhide consisting of rough untanned skin, historically from a horse's or onager's back, or from shark or ray.
Shah
Shah (شاه) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Indian and Iranian monarchies.
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Shah Alam
Shah Alam is a city and the state capital of Selangor, Malaysia and situated within the Petaling District and a small portion of the neighbouring Klang District.
Shahid Rajai Stadium
Shahid Rajai Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Qazvin, Iran.
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Shams Azar F.C.
Shams Azar Football Club is an Iranian football club based in Qazvin, Iran.
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Shapur I
Shapur I (also spelled Shabuhr I; Šābuhr) was the second Sasanian King of Kings of Iran.
Shapur II
Shapur II (𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩, 309–379), also known as Shapur the Great, was the tenth Sasanian King of Kings (Shahanshah) of Iran.
Shaybanids
The Shibanids or Shaybanids (Шайбонийлар, ShayboniylarShiban Han divani., دودمان شیبانیان) or more accurately the Abu'l-Khayrid-Shibanids, were a dynasty of Turko-Mongol origin, who ruled over most of modern-day Kazakhstan, much of Uzbekistan, and parts of southern Russia (including Siberia) in the 15th century.
Shekastegan
Shekastegan is a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.
Shia Islam
Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam.
Shihna
Shiḥna (شحنة) was a medieval Islamic term meaning, roughly, "military administrator." The term was used particularly for the Seljuk Turks' representative in Iraq, who exerted the Seljuks' power over the Abbasid caliph.
Shirin Neshat
Shirin Neshat (شیرین نشاط; born March 26, 1957) is an Iranian photographer and visual artist who lives in New York City, known primarily for her work in film, video and photography.
Silk
Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles.
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Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet (1606–1682), was an English traveller, historian and a gentleman of the bedchamber of King Charles I while Charles was in the custody of Parliament (from 1647 until the king's execution in January 1649).
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Sojas
Sojas (سجاس) is a city in, and the capital of, Sojas Rud District of Khodabandeh County, Zanjan province, Iran.
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Soltan Hoseyn
Soltan Hoseyn (Soltān-Hoseyn; 1668 – 9 September 1727) was the Safavid shah of Iran from 1694 to 1722.
Sufism
Sufism is a mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic purification, spirituality, ritualism and asceticism.
Sulh
Sulh (ṣulḥ) is an Arabic word meaning "resolution" or "fixing" generally, in problem solving.
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Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.
Tabaristan
Tabaristan or Tabarestan (Ṭabarestān, or Tabarestun, ultimately from Middle Persian:, Tapur(i)stān), was a mountainous region located on the Caspian coast of northern Iran.
Tabriz
Tabriz (تبریز) is a city in the Central District of Tabriz County, in the East Azerbaijan province of northwestern Iran. Qazvin and Tabriz are former capitals of Iran and Iranian provincial capitals.
Tahmasp I
Tahmasp I (translit or تهماسب یکم; 22 February 1514 – 14 May 1576) was the second shah of Safavid Iran from 1524 until his death in 1576.
Tamar of Georgia
Tamar the Great (tr,; 1160 – 18 January 1213) reigned as the Queen of Georgia from 1184 to 1213, presiding over the apex of the Georgian Golden Age.
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Tarom County
Tarom County (شهرستان طارم) is in Zanjan province, Iran.
Tat people (Iran)
The Tat people of Iran (Tati: Irünə Tâtün, ایرون تاتون) are an Iranian people living in northern Iran, especially in Qazvin province.
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Tati language (Iran)
The Tati language (Tati: تاتی زبون, Tâti Zobun) is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken by the Tat people of Iran which is closely related to other languages such as Talysh, Zaza, Mazandarani and Gilaki.
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Táhirih
Táhirih (Ṭāhira) (طاهره, "The Pure One," also called Qurrat al-ʿAyn ("Solace/Consolation of the Eyes") are both titles of Fatimah Baraghani/Umm-i Salmih (1814 or 1817 – August 16–27, 1852), an influential poet, women's rights activist and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran.
Techmash Qazvin BC
Techmash Qazvin Basketball Club is an Iranian professional basketball club based in Qazvin, Iran.
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Tehran
Tehran (تهران) or Teheran is the capital and largest city of Iran as well as the largest in Tehran Province. Qazvin and Tehran are Iranian provincial capitals.
Textile
Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc.
Tughril I
Abu Talib Muhammad Tughril ibn Mika'il (ابوطالبْ محمد طغرل بن میکائیل), better known as Tughril (طغرل / طغریل; also spelled Toghril / Tughrul), was a Turkoman"The defeat in August 1071 of the Byzantine emperor Romanos Diogenes by the Turkomans at the battle of Malazgirt (Manzikert) is taken as a turning point in the history of Anatolia and the Byzantine Empire.
Tughril II
Rukn al-Dunya wa'l-Din Abu Talib Tughril bin Muhammad (1109 – 24 October 1134) known as Tughril II was the Sejluk sultan of Persian Iraq briefly in 1132.
Twelver Shi'ism
Twelver Shīʿism (ٱثْنَا عَشَرِيَّة), also known as Imāmiyya (إِمَامِيَّة), is the largest branch of Shīʿa, comprising about 90% of all Shīas.
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Ubayd Zakani
Khwajeh Nizam al-Din Ubayd Allah al-Zakani (Ḵwājeh Niẓām al-Dīn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Zākānī.; d. 1370), better known as Ubayd Zakani (ʿUbayd-I Zākānī), was a Persian poet of the Mongol era, regarded as one of the best satirists in Persian literature.
Ulama
In Islam, the ulama (the learned ones; singular ʿālim; feminine singular alimah; plural aalimath), also spelled ulema, are scholars of Islamic doctrine and law.
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Umar
Umar ibn al-Khattab (ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb), also spelled Omar, was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634, when he succeeded Abu Bakr as the second caliph, until his assassination in 644.
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Umayyad Caliphate
The Umayyad Caliphate or Umayyad Empire (al-Khilāfa al-Umawiyya) was the second caliphate established after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty.
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Uzbeks
The Uzbeks (Oʻzbek, Ўзбек,, Oʻzbeklar, Ўзбеклар) are a Turkic ethnic group native to the wider Central Asian region, being among the largest Turkic ethnic group in the area.
Varoujan Hakhbandian
Varoujan Hakhbandian (واروژان هاخباندیان, Վարուժան Հախբանդյան), mostly known as Varoujan (Qazvin, 4 December 1936 – Tehran, 17 September 1977) was an Iranian composer, songwriter and arranger of Armenian descent.
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Velvet
Weave details visible on a purple-colored velvet fabric Velvet is a type of woven fabric with a dense, even pile that gives it a distinctive soft feel.
Vizier
A vizier (wazīr; vazīr) is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the Near East.
Waqf
A (وَقْف;, plural), also called a (plural حُبوس or أَحْباس), or mortmain property, is an inalienable charitable endowment under Islamic law.
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White Revolution
The White Revolution (translit) or the Shah and People Revolution (translit) was a far-reaching series of reforms resulting in aggressive modernization in the Imperial State of Iran launched on 26 January 1963 by the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, which lasted until 1979.
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William Ouseley
Sir William Ouseley HFRSE FSAScot (1767September, 1842), was a British orientalist.
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Yakhchāl
A yakhchāl (یخچال "ice pit"; yakh meaning "ice" and chāl meaning "pit") is an ancient type of ice house, which also made ice.
Yousef Alikhani
Yousef Alikhani (یوسف علیخانی; born 1975) is an Iranian writer.
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Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj
Yusuf ibn Abi'l Saj (d. 928) was the Sajid amir of Azerbaijan from 901 until his death.
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Zakariya al-Qazwini
Zakariyya' al-Qazwini (أبو يحيى زكرياء بن محمد بن محمود القزويني), also known as Qazvini (قزوینی), (born in Qazvin, Iran and died 1283), was a cosmographer and geographer.
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Zanjan, Iran
Zanjan (زنجان) is a city in the Central District of Zanjan County, Zanjan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. Qazvin and Zanjan, Iran are Iranian provincial capitals and Sasanian cities.
Zohreh Mojabi
Zohreh Mojabi (زهره مجابی, born 14 February 1960 in Qazvin) is an Iranian actress and playwright who has appeared in several films and TV serials.
1921 Persian coup d'état
1921 Persian coup d'état, known in Iran as 3 Esfand 1299 coup d'état (کودتای ۳ اسفند ۱۲۹۹ with the Solar Persian date), refers to several major events in Qajar Persia in 1921, which eventually led to the deposition of the Qajar dynasty and the establishment of the Pahlavi Empire as the ruling house of the country in 1925.
See Qazvin and 1921 Persian coup d'état
See also
Cities in Qazvin province
- Abgarm
- Abyek
- Alvand, Iran
- Ardaq
- Avaj
- Bidestan
- Buin Zahra
- Danesfahan
- Eqbaliyeh
- Esfarvarin
- Esmatabad, Qazvin
- Khak-e Ali
- Khorramdasht
- Kuhin
- Mahmudabad-e Nemuneh
- Mehregan, Qazvin
- Moallem Kalayeh
- Mohammadiyeh
- Narjeh
- Qazvin
- Qeshlaq, Qazvin
- Razmian
- Sagezabad
- Shal
- Sharifabad, Alborz
- Sirdan
- Takestan
- Ziaabad
- Ziaran
Former capitals of Iran
- Amol
- Ecbatana
- Isfahan
- Kerman
- Mashhad
- Nishapur
- Persepolis
- Qazvin
- Qumis, Iran
- Ray, Iran
- Samarkand
- Sari, Iran
- Shiraz
- Tabriz
Iranian provincial capitals
- Ahvaz
- Arak, Iran
- Ardabil
- Bandar Abbas
- Birjand
- Bojnord
- Bushehr
- Gorgan
- Hamadan
- Ilam, Iran
- Isfahan
- Karaj
- Kerman
- Kermanshah
- Khorramabad
- Mashhad
- Qazvin
- Qom
- Rasht
- Sanandaj
- Sari, Iran
- Semnan, Iran
- Shahr-e Kord
- Shiraz
- Tabriz
- Tehran
- Urmia
- Yasuj
- Yazd
- Zahedan
- Zanjan, Iran
Populated places established in the 3rd century
- Šarkamen
- Chinkultic
- Chorazin
- Gamzigrad
- Geghhovit
- Gundeshapur
- Ixkun
- Kerman
- Kraku Lu Jordan
- La Blanca, Peten
- Qazvin
- Rakvere
- Sudak
- Uzinaza
- Yambol
- Zutphen
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qazvin
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