Dargazin, Hamadan

Dargazin
Persian: درگزین
Village
Dargazin is located in Iran
Dargazin
Dargazin
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 35°21′38″N 49°04′31″E / 35.36056°N 49.07528°E / 35.36056; 49.07528
CountryIran
ProvinceHamadan
CountyDargazin
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictDargazin-e Sofla
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total
1,331
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Dargazin (Persian: درگزین)[a] is a village in, and the capital of, Dargazin-e Sofla Rural District[2][b] in the Central District of Dargazin County, Hamadan province, Iran.

History

In the 11th century, the Darjazin area had a significant population of Mazdakis and the related Khorramites.[4] The Dargazini family of viziers was also from the area.[4]

The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi described Darjazin (as Darguzīn) as previously "merely a village of the A‘lam district" that had become "a provincial capital" by his lifetime.[5] He wrote that it had good agricultural lands that produced grain, cotton, grapes, and other fruits.[5] Its population, he said, were devout Sunnis of the Shafi'i madhhab (i.e. the Shafi'i sub-school of Islam) who followed the Shaykh al-Islam Sharaf ad-Din Darguzini.[5] The revenue of Darguzin, he wrote, was 12,000 dinars.[5]

The Ottoman traveller Evliya Çelebi passed through Darjazin in 1654 and left a description of the town's layout, as well as its garrison and fort.[4] Evliya associated the fort with an unspecified Sasanian king named Yazdegerd, which possibly refers to Yazdegerd I.[4] No traces of the fort survive today.[4] By the time of Evliya's visit, Darjazin's population had become Shi'i; he described the Moharram mourning rites observed here.[4] In the 1700s, Darjazin became contested between Iran and the Ottoman Empire.[4]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,629 in 689 households, when it was in Darjazin-e Sofla Rural District[c] of the former Qorveh-ye Darjazin District in Razan County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 1,345 people in 396 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,331 people in 406 households.[1]

In 2019, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Dargazin County. The rural district was transferred to the new Central District and renamed Dargazin-e Sofla Rural District.[2]

Shrine

The shrine of Emamzadeh Azhar in Darjazin is dated to the Ilkhanid era; it may be the tomb of either Shaykh Salman 'Aref Dargazini (13th century) or the above-mentioned Sharaf ad-Din Dargazini (14th century).[4] The shrine itself has a circular tower with a conical dome that reaches 12 m off the ground at its highest point.[4] There is a wooden chest in the shrine which bears the date 1056 AH, or 1646 CE; part of the chest is missing.[4]

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Formerly known as Darjazin (درجزين),[2] also romanized as Darjazīn; also known as Darvazīn and Daryazīn[3]
  2. ↑ Formerly Darjazin-e Sofla Rural District[2]
  3. ↑ Renamed Dargazin-e Sofla Rural District[2]

References

  1. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان همدان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Hamadan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Jahangiri, Eshaq (27 February 2019) [مصوب (Approved) 1397,12,08 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصويب نامه در خصوص تقسيمات كشوري در شهرستان رزن استان همدان [‌Approval letter regarding national divisions in Razan County, Hamadan province]. سامانه ملی قوانین و مقررات [National System of Laws and Regulations] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. ۱۸۹۳۵۰ پيشنهاد شماره [Proposal Number 189350]. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  3. ↑ Darjazin at GEOnet Names Server
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Aḏkāʾī, Parviz (1994). "DARJAZĪN". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. VII, Fasc. 1. pp. 55–6.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Hamdallah Mustawfi (1919). Le Strange, Guy (ed.). The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat-al-Qulub. p. 76. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  6. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان همدان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Hamadan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  7. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان همدان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Hamadan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
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