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]