Official Name: | Qanat-e Malek |
Native Name: | Persian: قنات ملک |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Iran |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Kerman |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Rabor |
Subdivision Type3: | Bakhsh |
Subdivision Name3: | Hanza |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural District |
Subdivision Name4: | Javaran |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 338 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Timezone Dst: | IRDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | +4:30 |
Coordinates: | 29.28°N 57.045°W |
Footnotes: | Another name: Bakhtiari-Abad |
Qanat-e Malek (fa|قنات ملک, also Romanized as Qanât-e Malek and Ghanat-e Malek), also known as Kahnau Malik or Kahnū Malek (Persian: کهنو ملک), is a village in Javaran Rural District, Hanza District, Rabor County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 338, in 77 families.
Qasem Soleimani, an eminent Iranian military commander who was known by his assassination by Americans, was born in this village on 11 March 1957.[1] He was a Lieutenant general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from 1998 until his death, the commander of its Quds Force, a division primarily in charge of clandestine extraterritorial military operations.