Kahak, Delijan

Kahak
Persian: كهك
Village
Kahak is located in Iran
Kahak
Kahak
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 34°10′52″N 50°20′01″E / 34.18111°N 50.33361°E / 34.18111; 50.33361
CountryIran
ProvinceMarkazi
CountyDelijan
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictDo Dehak
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total
67
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Kahak (Persian: كهك)[a] is a village in Do Dehak Rural District[3] of the Central District in Delijan County, Markazi province, Iran.

History

During Safavid times, the village enjoyed some importance, and was the site of a large caravanserai, now in ruins.[4]

During the late medieval period, the village was the center of the Qasim-Shahi line of Nizari Isma'ili emams, which transferred its residence from nearby Anjudan to Kahak during the early emamate of Shah Nizar II (1680–1722).[4] His mausoleum in the western end of the village survives to this day, although a restoration in 1966 destroyed many of its original elements and fixtures.[4]

The Nizari emams abandoned Kahak for Kerman province in the mid-18th century, but Shah Khalil Allah III (1792–1817) re-established himself there shortly into his emamate until 1815, when he moved to Yazd.[4] Kahak was the birthplace in 1804 of Shah Khalil Allah's son and successor, Aga Khan I.[4]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 116 in 40 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 79 people in 34 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 67 people in 32 households.[1]

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Kohak[2]

References

  1. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان مرکزی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Markazi Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  2. ↑ Kahak at GEOnet Names Server
  3. ↑ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (9 August 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366.5.18 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 2 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در قسمتی از شهرستان دلیجان تابع استان مرکزی [‌Creation and formation of two rural districts including villages, farms and places in Delijan County under Markazi province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] D3C5C2EB-89F3-457A-940E-311E930DD73E. شماره دوره [Course number] 66, شماره جلد [Volume number] 11. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Daftary, Farhad (2010). "KAHAK". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. XV/4: Kafir Kala–Ḵamsa of Jamāli. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 349–350. ISBN 978-1-934283-26-4.
  5. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان مرکزی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Markazi Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  6. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان مرکزی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Markazi Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
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