Abajaluy-e Olya (Persian: اباجالوي عليا, romanized: Abājalūy-e ‘Olyā;[1] Syriac: Ābājālūi)[2][a] is a village in Nazlu-e Shomali Rural District, Nazlu District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 250, in 68 families.[4]
Abajaluy-e Olya
اباجالوي عليا | |
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Village | |
  Abajaluy-e Olya | |
| Coordinates: 37°43′38″N 45°09′01″E / 37.72722°N 45.15028°E | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | West Azerbaijan |
| County | Urmia |
| Bakhsh | Nazlu |
| Rural District | Nazlu-e Shomali |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 250 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
| Climate | BSk |
History
editĀbājālūi (today called Abajaluy-e Olya) with Qārājālū was inhabited by 200 Church of the East Christian families in 1862 and was served by the Church of Mart Maryam and 3 priests, according to the Russian archimandrite Sophoniah.[2] At this time, Ābājālūi was tended to by the priests Murādḥān, Paul, and Laʿzar of Qārājālū.[5] There were 15 Church of the East Christian families with 1 church and no priests at Ābājālūi in 1877, as per Edward Lewes Cutts.[6] Prior to the First World War, there were 120 Assyrian houses at Ābājālūi, as per the list presented by Agha Petros to the Lausanne Peace Conference in 1922.[7] It was located in the Anzel district.[6]
Notable people
edit- Andrew David Urshan (1884–1967), Assyrian evangelist and author
References
editNotes
Citations
- 1 2 Abajaluy-e Olya at GEOnet Names Server
- 1 2 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 329.
- ↑ Al-Jeloo (2015), p. 16; Gaunt (2006), p. 417.
- ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011.
- ↑ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 330.
- 1 2 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 331.
- ↑ Gaunt (2006), p. 417.
Bibliography
edit- Al-Jeloo, Nicholas (2015). "Persian Christians: Assyrian art and architecture of Urmia as an example of regional cultural expression". Parole de l’Orient. 40: 13–27. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
- Gaunt, David (2006). Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913 (PDF). Peeters Publishers. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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