Alqian (Persian: القيان, romanized: Alqīān;[1] Syriac: Ālqāye)[2] is a village in Torkaman Rural District, in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 197, in 48 families.[3]
Alqian
القيان | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Alqian | |
| Coordinates: 37°26′20″N 45°13′24″E / 37.43889°N 45.22333°E | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | West Azerbaijan |
| County | Urmia |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Rural District | Torkaman |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 197 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
History
editA manuscript was copied at Ālqāye by the deacon Ḥnānīshōʿ of Shāpāṭ on 10 July 1594.[4] The village was inhabited by 40 Church of the East Christian families who were served by the Church of Mār Addaï and 2 priests in 1862, according to the Russian archimandrite Sophoniah.[2] In 1877, there were 32 Church of the East Christian families at Ālqāye with 2 churches and 2 priests, as per Edward Lewes Cutts.[5] It was located in the Baranduz District.[5]
References
edit- ↑ Alqian at GEOnet Names Server
- 1 2 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 334.
- ↑ "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. 423.
- 1 2 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 336.
Bibliography
edit- 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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