Timeline of Hamadan explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hamadan, Iran.

Prior to 20th century

• 640s - Arabs in power.
• 806 - City besieged by forces of al-Amin.
• 931 - City besieged by forces of Ziyarid Mardāvij.
• 956 - Earthquake.
• 976 - Buyid Mu'ayyad al-Dawla in power.
• 997 - Shams al-Dawla in power.
• 1021 - Sama' al-Dawla in power.
• 1221 - City sacked by Mongols.
• 1224 - City sacked by Mongols again.
• 1315 - built (approximate date).^[1]
• 1724 - City sacked by forces of Ahmad Pasha of Baghdad.
• 1732 - City taken by forces of Nāder Shah Afšār; Ottomans ousted.
• 1789 - Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar takes Hamadan.
• 1838 - Congregational mosque built.
• 1883 - (shrine) built.

20th century

• 1920 - Population: 30,000-40,000 (approximate estimate).^[2]
• 1932 - built.
• 1933 - City redesigned to accommodate motorcars; central Meidun-e Emam Khomeini and 6 radiating boulevards laid out.
• 1940 - Population: 103,874.
• 1952 - Avicenna Mausoleum erected.
• 1963 - Population: 114,610 (estimate).^[3]
• 1970 - erected.
• 1973 - Bu-Ali Sina University established.
• 1976 - Population: 164,785 city; 229,977 urban agglomeration.^[4]
• 1986 - Population: 272,499.
• 1996 - Population: 401,281.^[5]

21st century

• 2007 - PAS Hamedan F.C. (football club) formed.
• 2009 - Shahid Mofatteh Stadium opens.
• 2011 - Population: 525,794.^[6]
• 2013 - 14 June: Local election held.
• 2014 - Syed Mustafa Rasul becomes mayor.^[7]

See also

• (de)
• Ecbatana, ancient city at site of present-day Hamadan
• Hamadan Province history
• Timelines of other cities in Iran: Bandar Abbas, Isfahan, Kerman, Mashhad, Qom, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran, Yazd

References

This article incorporates information from the Persian Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• • Book: Lands of the Eastern Caliphate . . Cambridge University Press . 1905 . Jibal: (Hamadan) . 194–196 . https://archive.org/stream/landsofeasternca00lest#page/194/mode/1up .
  • Book: . . An Historical Geography of Iran. Princeton University Press . 978-1-4008-5322-9 . 1984. Ray and Hamadan. 121–132. .
• (Mostly about ancient Ecbatana)
• Encyclopedia: . 2012 . Hamadan: History, Islamic Period. Parviz Aḏkāʾi . .
• Encyclopedia: Encyclopædia Iranica . 2012 . Hamadan: Urban Plan. Abdolhamid Eshragh. .
• Encyclopedia: Encyclopædia Iranica . 2012 . Hamadan: Monuments. Ali Mousavi. . http://nelc.ucla.edu/person/ali-mousavi/
• Encyclopedia: Encyclopædia Iranica . 2012 . Hamadan: Population. Habibollah Zanjani. .

in other languages

• Farhad Khosrokhavar .

  fr:Farhad Khosrokhavar

  . Le Comité dans la révolution iranienne: le cas d'une ville moyenne, Hamadan . Peuples Méditerranéens . 9 . 0399-1253 . fr . 1979. . 85–100.
• Book: Parviz Aḏkāʾi . Ketābšenāsi-e Hamadān . Hamadān . fa . 863471613 . 1994 . (Bibliography)

External links

• Encyclopedia: Hamadan . Encyclopædia Iranica .
• Items related to Hamadan, various dates (via Qatar Digital Library)
• Web site: Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran . (Hamadan) . Harvard University . Primary-source materials related to the social and cultural history of women's worlds in Qajar Iran .
  • Items related to Hamadan, various dates (via Europeana)

Notes and References

1. Web site: (Hamadan) . . . 19 February 2017 . (See also 2012 archived version)
2. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Persia . 2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1219 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1219 . .
3. Book: Demographic Yearbook 1965 . 1966 . . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants .
4. Book: 1985 Demographic Yearbook . 1987 . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 247–289 .
5. Book: Statesman's Yearbook 2003 . 2002 . Palgrave Macmillan . UK . 978-0-333-98096-5 . Countries of the World: Iran .
6. Web site: Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 2015 . 2016 . .
7. Web site: معارفه سرپرست شهرداري همدان . fa . Municipality.hamedan.ir . Hamedan Municipality . 18 February 2017 .