Qezel Asheq (Persian: قزل عاشق, romanized: Qezel ‘Āsheq;[3] Syriac: Qīzīlʿāshīq)[4][a] is a village in Rowzeh Chay Rural District of the Central District in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.[6]
Qezel Asheq
Persian: قزل عاشق | |
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Village | |
  Qezel Asheq | |
| Coordinates: 37°36′54″N 45°03′20″E / 37.61500°N 45.05556°E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | West Azerbaijan |
| County | Urmia |
| District | Central |
| Rural District | Rowzeh Chay |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 4,561 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
History
editQīzīlʿāshīq was inhabited by 40 Church of the East Christian families in 1862 and was served by the Church of Mār Giwārgīs and 1 priest, according to the Russian archimandrite Sophoniah.[4] At this time, the priest Paul of Qīzīlʿāshīq also cared for the village of Yāghmūralūi.[7] There were 22 Church of the East Christian families at Qīzīlʿāshīq with 1 church and 1 priest in 1877, as per Edward Lewes Cutts.[8] Prior to the First World War, there were 100 Assyrian houses at Qīzīlʿāshīq, as per the list presented by Agha Petros to the Lausanne Peace Conference in 1922.[5] It was located in the Anzel District.[4]
Demographics
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Citations
- ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (2 November 2025). "Qezel Asheq, دهستان روضه چای, بخش مرکزی [Rowzeh Chay Rural District, Central District], Urumia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: West Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ↑ Qezel Asheq at GEOnet Names Server
- 1 2 3 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 329.
- 1 2 Gaunt (2006), p. 417.
- ↑ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (22 April 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/02/02 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل 20 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانهای در شهرستان ارومیه تابع استان آذربایجان غربی [Creation and formation of 20 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Urmia County under West Azerbaijan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 7DD016E4-E840-4986-9FDD-044DD3A0B2EE. شماره دوره [Course number] 66. Archived from the original on 2 November 2025. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ↑ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 330.
- ↑ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 331.
- ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: West Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: West Azerbaijan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
Bibliography
edit- 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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