Masjedlu, East Azerbaijan Explained

Official Name:Masjedlu
Native Name:مسجدلو
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Iran
Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:East Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Khoda Afarin
Subdivision Type3:Bakhsh
Subdivision Name3:Minjavan
Subdivision Type4:Rural District
Subdivision Name4:Minjavan-e Gharbi
Population As Of:2006
Population Total:45
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Timezone Dst:IRDT
Utc Offset Dst:+4:30
Coordinates:38.9428°N 46.7553°W

Masjedlu (Persian: [[w:fa:مسجدلو|مسجدلو]], also Romanized as Masjedlū; also known as Masjedī, Masjidi, and Mechety; in Armenian: Մէզկիթ) is a village in Minjavan-e Gharbi Rural District, Minjavan District, Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 45, in 14 families. The online edition of the Dehkhoda Dictionary, quoting Iranian Army files,[1] reports a population of 639 people in late 1940s.[2] According to a more recent statistics (2012) the population is 45 people in 14 families.[3]

According to P. Oberling, the inhabitants belonged to Mohammad Khanlu tribe.[4] The affiliation, however, could not be ethnic as people of Masjedlu are followers of Yarsan religion. Until 1990, Habib Soltani was one of the elites of Yarsan religion in Arasbaran region. His younger son, Asghar Soltani, was a prominent poet.[5]

Notes and References

  1. فرهنگ جغرافیایی ایران، آبادیها، زیر نظر حسینعلی رزم آرا، تهران: سازمان جغرافیایی کشور، 1329، ج 4
  2. Web site: Dehkhoda Dictionary. 2014-03-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20140111075031/http://www.loghatnaameh.org/dehkhodaworddetail-fa62d0c35c014188828c74767bd7a010-fa.html. 2014-01-11. dead.
  3. Web site: East Azarbaijan Census of 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131211164242/http://www.ostan-as.gov.ir/uploads/2/CMS/user/file/702/%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A.pdf . 2013-12-11 .
  4. P. Oberling, “The Tribes of Qarāca Dāġ,” Oriens 17, 1964, pp. 78-88.
  5. عسگر سلطانی، "آرزو یوللاریم"، انتشارات تکدرخت، تهران ۱۳۹۱، ص. ۱۶.