Marand
Marand is a city in the Central District of Marand County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Among the major cities of East Azerbaijan province. It is in the northwest of the capital of the province, Tabriz.
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Overview
Overview
Known by various names in history, such as Maryana, Mandagarana, and Maranda.
Key facts
Key facts
• Official Name — Marand • Type — City • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Iran • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — East Azerbaijan • Subdivision Type2 — County • Subdivision Name2 — Marand • Subdivision Type3 — District • Subdivision Name3 — Central • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Reza Asadi • Leader Title1 — parliament member • Leader Name1 — Hassannejad • Population As Of — 2016 • Population Total — 130825 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Time Zone — IRST • Utc Offset — +3:30
Etymology
Etymology
Moritz von Kotzebue and August von Haxthausen both described local legends that placed the burial spot of Noah's wife at Marand. Both authors contended that the name of the city means "the mother lies here," referring to Noah's wife. According to Kotzebue:
History
History
The history of the town goes back to the pre-Islamic era. Between 815 till 850, Marand was primarily controlled by Mohammad ibn Ba'ith who was Iranicized to a considerable extent. The elders of Maragha who quoted his Persian poetry also praised his bravery and his literary ability. He was Iranicized to considerable extent and the statement of Tabari on him is evidence of the existence of the cultivation of poetry in Persian in northwest Persia at the beginning of the 9th century.
Population
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 114,165 in 29,755 households. The following census in 2011 counted 124,323 people in 35,805 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 130,825 people in 40,275 households.
Notable people
Notable people
For a complete list see:Category:People from Marand • Ganjali Sabahi (1909–1990) - Writer • Aboutaleb Talebi (born 1945) - wrestler • Musa Kalantari (1949–1981) - politician • Jalil Farjad (born 1951) - Theatre and film actor • Gholamreza Shafeei (born 1951) - politician • Isa Kalantari (born 1952) - politician • Mohammad-Taghi Pourmohammadi (born 1956) - cleric • Shirin Bina (born 1964) - Theatre and film actor • Meysam Naghizadeh (born 1986) - football player • Mohsen Delir (born 1988) - football player
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- 2.((OpenStreetMap contributors)). ولی عصر, دهستان دولت آباد, بخش مرکزی [Vali-ye Asr, Dowlatabad Rural District, Central District], Marand County, 54137-00000, Iran. OpenStreetMap. 4 September 2024.
- 3.CQJF+8MM Marand, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran.
- 4.Habibi, Hassan. [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran]. [Ministry of the Interior]. 12 September 1990.
- 5.Kotzebue, Moritz von. Narrative of a Journey into Persia, in the Suite of the Imperial Russian Embassy, in the Year 1817. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. 143–146. 1819.
- 6.Haxthausen, Baron August von. Transcaucasia and the Tribes of the Caucasus. Gomidas Institute. 141. 2016. 978-1909382312.
- 7.Minorsky, “Marand” in Encyclopaedia of Islam. P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W.P. Heinrichs (eds.). Vol. 6, (1991): p. 504 "According to one of al-Tabari's authorities (iii, 1388), the shaykhs of Maragha who praised the bravery and literary ability (adab) of Ibn Bai'th also quoted his Persian verses (bi'l-fdrisiyya). This important passage, already quoted by Barthold, BSOS, ii (1923), 836–8, is evidence of the existence of the cultivation of poetry in Persian in north-western Persia at the beginning of the 9th century. Ibn Bai’th must have been Iranicised to a considerable extent, and, as has been mentioned, he relied for support on the non-Arab elements in his Rustakhs (‘Uludj Rasatikhi’)”
- 8.[Statistical Centre of Iran].
- 9.Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University. [Statistical Centre of Iran].
- 10.[Statistical Centre of Iran].
- 11.Iran Meteorological Organization. Statistics of 200 synoptic Stations: Marand(99200). Chaharmahalmet.
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