Khaneshan

Khaneshan
Khaneshan
Village
	Khaneshan
	Coordinates: 37°45′39″N 45°11′07″E / 37.76083°N 45.18528°E
Country	Iran
Province	West Azerbaijan
County	Urmia
Bakhsh	Nazlu
Rural District	Tala Tappeh
Population (2006)
• Total	448
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Khaneshan (Persian: خانشان; Syriac: Ḥānīshān)^[1]^[a] is a village in Tala Tappeh Rural District, Nazlu District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 448, in 129 families.^[4]

History

In 1862, Khaneshan with Sopurghan had a combined population of 172 Church of the East families and was served by two priests and the Church of Mār Giwārgīs.^[5] Khaneshan was made part of the new Church of the East diocese of Sopurghan in 1874.^[1] There were 40 Church of the East families at Khaneshan in 1877 with no priests or churches.^[6] The village had a mixed population of Christians and Muslims prior to the First World War, according to the list prepared by Basil Nikitin, the Russian consul at Urmia.^[7] Amidst the Sayfo, the village's Christian population, then consisting of fifty Armenian and Assyrian households, was slaughtered by Turks with no survivors.^[8]

References

Notes

^ Also Romanized as Khāneshān and Khān-e Shān; also known as Khānīshān.^[2] Alternatively transliterated as Ḵānīšān.^[3]

Citations

^ ^a ^b Wilmshurst (2000), p. 314.
^ Khaneshan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3070624" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^ Malick (2016).
^ "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. 329.
^ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 331.
^ Wilmshurst (2000), pp. 328–329.
^ Travis (2018), p. 147.

Bibliography

Malick, David G. (2016). "Sopurḡān". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica (Online ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
Travis, Hannibal, ed. (2018). The Assyrian Genocide: Cultural and Political Legacies (PDF). Routledge. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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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[4] Also Romanized as Khāneshān and Khān-e Shān; also known as Khānīshān.^[2] Alternatively transliterated as Ḵānīšān.^[3]

[FOOTNOTEWilmshurst2000314-1] Wilmshurst (2000), p. 314.

[2] Khaneshan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3070624" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".

[FOOTNOTEMalick2016-3] Malick (2016).

[5] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011.

[FOOTNOTEWilmshurst2000329-6] Wilmshurst (2000), p. 329.

[FOOTNOTEWilmshurst2000331-7] Wilmshurst (2000), p. 331.

[FOOTNOTEWilmshurst2000328–329-8] Wilmshurst (2000), pp. 328–329.

[FOOTNOTETravis2018147-9] Travis (2018), p. 147.

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