Tarmani (Persian: تَرمنی, romanized: Tarmanī;[1] Syriac: Tarmāni)[2][a] is a village in Bakeshluchay Rural District, in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 143, in 40 families.[5]
Tarmani
ترمني | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Tarmani | |
| Coordinates: 37°32′48″N 45°09′50″E / 37.54667°N 45.16389°E | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | West Azerbaijan |
| County | Urmia |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Rural District | Bakeshluchay |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 143 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
History
editTarmāni was inhabited by 10 Church of the East Christian families with no church or priest in 1862, according to the Russian archimandrite Sophoniah, at which time it was served by the priests ʿAbdīshōʿ and Yatgar of Gūlpāshān.[6] The Church of St ‘Avd-Īsho‘ at Tarmāni was constructed in the late 19th century.[7] There were 18 Church of the East Christian families at Tarmāni with 1 church and no priest in 1877, as per Edward Lewes Cutts.[2] Basil Nikitin recorded that the village was populated by Christians and Muslims just before the First World War.[8] Prior to the First World War, there were 120 Assyrian houses at Tarmāni, as per the list presented by Agha Petros to the Lausanne Peace Conference in 1922.[9] It was located in the Baranduz District.[2]
On 9 January 2011, Iran Air Flight 277 crashed near the village, killing 78 people.[4]
References
editNotes
Citations
- ↑ Tarmani at GEOnet Names Server
- 1 2 3 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 336.
- ↑ Gaunt (2006), p. 417; Al-Jeloo (2015), p. 19.
- 1 2 "Many feared dead in Iran plane crash". The Guardian. UK. 9 January 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011.
- ↑ Wilmshurst (2000), pp. 334–335.
- ↑ Al-Jeloo (2015), p. 19.
- ↑ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 333.
- ↑ 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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