Bastam Explained

Official Name:Bastam
Native Name:Persian: بسطام
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Iran
Pushpin Relief:yes
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Semnan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Shahrud
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Bastam District
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:8609
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Coordinates:36.4847°N 55°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:1450
Area Code:0233252

Bastam (Persian: بسطام) is a city in, and the capital of, Bastam District of Shahrud County, Semnan province, Iran.[2]

History

Bastam was founded in the 6th century in the Greater Khorasan. It is 6km (04miles) north of Shahrud. The town is known for its Islamic monuments from the Ilkhanid period and its association with the mystic Bayazid Bastami.[3] The Alborz are to the north of the town.

The 19th-century poet, Abbas Foroughi Bastami, lived in Bastam for a time and thence acquired its name as his own. The early Bábí leader and martyr Mullá ʻAlíy-i-Bastámí was also raised in Bastam, and was a significant figure in the Shaykhi movement and later became the first person known to have died for their allegiance to Bábism.[4]

A tradition says that the town was founded by Vistahm, uncle of the Sasanian king Khosrau II.[5]

The historical town of Bastam embraces the holy shrine of Mohammad Ibn Jafar Sadegh (AS), Bayazid Bastami tomb, Bayazid Monastery, Bayazid Mosque, Eljaito Iwan, Ghazan Dome, Jame Mosque, Kashaneh Tower, and Shahrokhieh School, which were built in different eras from Seljuk era (1037–1194) to Qajar period (1789–1925).[6]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 7,382 in 1,997 households.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 8,609 people in 2,713 households.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 8,609 people in 2,713 households.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Bastam, Shahrud County . . 26 April 2023 . 26 April 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Semnan province, centered in Semnan city . fa . Lamtakam . https://web.archive.org/web/20240102114018/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113023 . Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council . Habibi . Hassan . 2 January 2024 . 21 June 1369 . 2 January 2024.
  3. Book: Bloom, Jonathan M.. Blair, Sheila S.. 2009. Bistam. The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford, England. Oxford University Press. 1. 291.
  4. Book: Amanat , Abbas . Abbas Amanat . 1989 . Resurrection and Renewal . Cornell University Press, New York, USA . 0-8014-2098-9 . 212, 235 . registration .
  5. R. N. Frye, “Bisṭām” Encyclopaedia of Islam, ed. by P. Bearman, et al. (Brill 2008).
  6. Web site: 22 December 2020. German archaeologist Wolfram Kleiss, famed for intensive Iranian studies, dies at 90. live. 22 March 2021. www.tehrantimes.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20201223091121/https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/456090/German-archaeologist-Wolfram-Kleiss-famed-for-intensive-Iranian . 2020-12-23 .
  7. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 20 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920095232/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/20.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  8. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 20 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230120141324/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Semnan.xls . 20 January 2023. 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  9. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 20 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201117022823/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_20.xlsx . Excel . 17 November 2020.

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