Zuzan Explained

Official Name:	Zuzan
Native Name:	fa|زوزن
Settlement Type:	Village
Pushpin Map:	Iran
Subdivision Type:	Country
Population As Of:	2016
Population Total:	2677
Population Density Km2:	auto
Utc Offset:	+3:30
Coordinates:	34.3467°N 59.8703°W
Coordinates Footnotes:	^[1]

Zuzan (fa|زوزن) is a village in, and the capital of, Zuzan Rural District of Jolgeh Zuzan District, Khaf County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Qasemabad,^[2] now a city.^[3]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,183 in 479 households.^[4] The following census in 2011 counted 2,585 people in 626 households.^[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,677 people in 744 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.^[6]

Zuzan was the site of an ancient city. The historical city of Zuzan is at a distance of 41 kilometers from the historical city of Khargard, and is like a rectangular onion. Its ancient castle stands in the southern side and the chief mosque- belonging to Khwarazmi period with two-balconied plan- stands in the western side of the city.

This site is on the Iranian tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage nomination.

Notable people

• Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad, founding leader of the Druze.
• Abu Sahl Zawzani, Persian statesman who served as the chief secretary of the Ghaznavids briefly in 1040, and later from 1041 to an unknown date was from Zuzan.

See also

Sources

• Encyclopedia: GHAZNAVIDS . Bosworth . C. Edmund . 2001 . Clifford Edmund Bosworth . Encyclopaedia Iranica . X, Fasc. 6 . 578–583 . http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ghaznavids.
• Book: The World's Greatest Religious Leaders: How Religious Figures Helped Shape World History [2 volumes] . Hendrix . Scott . Okeja . Uchenna . 2018 . ABC-CLIO . 11 . 978-144084138-5.
• Web site: Zuzan . . UNESCO World Heritage Centre . 9 August 2007 . 14 August 2019 . .

Notes and References

1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Zuzan, Khaf County. . 2 November 2024. 2 November 2024. fa.
2. Mousavi. Mirhossein. Creation and establishment of 20 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Torbat-e Heydarieh County under Khorasan province. fa. https://web.archive.org/web/20141025195953/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110221. rc.majlis.ir. Islamic Parliament Research Center. Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers. 4 January 2024. 25 October 2014. 3 November 2014. Approved 10 April 1366. Notification 194/T660.
3. Letter of approval regarding the recognition of 100 villages in the center of the district as cities. fa. qavanin.ir. Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran. https://web.archive.org/web/20220414015615/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/196708. Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. 14 April 2022. Approved 3 August 1379. c. 2022. Proposal 2341/42/1/4; Notification 5453/T21162H. Habibi. Hassan. 25 October 2024.
4. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Razavi Khorasan Province. fa. The Statistical Center of Iran. amar.org.ir. 25 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20110920095433/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/09.xls. Excel. 20 September 2011.
5. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Razavi Khorasan Province. fa. The Statistical Center of Iran. irandataportal.syr.edu. Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University. https://web.archive.org/web/20230120012029/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Razavi-Khorasan.xls. 20 January 2023. 19 December 2022. Excel.
6. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Razavi Khorasan Province. fa. The Statistical Center of Iran. amar.org.ir. 19 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220402213121/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_09.xlsx. Excel. 2 April 2022.