Marand Explained

Official Name:Marand
Native Name:Persian: مرند
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Iran
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[1]
Leader Title1:parliament member
Leader Name1:Hassannejad
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:130825
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Coordinates:38.4328°N 45.7619°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[2]

Marand (Persian: مرند) is a city in the Central District of Marand County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[3]

Marand is among the major cities of East Azerbaijan province. It is in the northwest of the capital of the province, Tabriz. Marand has been known by various names in history, such as Maryana, Mandagarana, and Maranda.

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.[4] [5] According to Kotzebue:

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.[6] The elders of Maragha who quoted his Persian poetry also praised his bravery and his literary ability.[6] 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.[6]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 114,165 in 29,755 households.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 124,323 people in 35,805 households.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 130,825 people in 40,275 households.[9]

Notable people

For a complete list see:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: شهردار مرند برکنار شد/ موحدنیا ، بیست و ششمین شهردار مرند شد. nasrnews.ir.
  2. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Marand, Marand County . . 24 February 2024 . 24 February 2024 . fa.
  3. Web site: Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the country divisions of East Azerbaijan province centered on the city of Tabriz . fa . Islamic Parliament Research Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20130804122525/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113028 . 4 August 2013 . Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board . Habibi . Hassan . 7 July 1369 . 4 December 2023.
  4. Book: 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. London. 1819. 143–146.
  5. Book: Haxthausen, Baron August von. August von Haxthausen. John Edward Taylor. Introduction by Pietro A. Shakarian. Foreword by Dominic Lieven. Transcaucasia and the Tribes of the Caucasus. Gomidas Institute. London. 2016. 1854-55. 141. 978-1909382312.
  6. 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’)”
  7. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 03 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092432/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/03.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  8. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . Syracuse University . 03 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . https://web.archive.org/web/20230116202318/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/East-Azerbaijan.xls . 16 January 2023. 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  9. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 03 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201113123618/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_03.xlsx . Excel . 13 November 2020.

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