Sarajuq
Sarajuq
ساراجوق | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Sarajuq Location within Iran | |
| Coordinates: 37°29′47″N 45°11′39″E / 37.49639°N 45.19417°E | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | West Azerbaijan |
| County | Urmia |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Rural District | Torkaman |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 125 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
Sarajuq (Persian: ساراجوق, romanized: Sārājūq;[1] Syriac: Sārījūq)[2][a] is a village in Torkaman Rural District, in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 125, in 30 families.[4]
History
Sārījūq was inhabited by 20 Church of the East Christian families with no priest or church in 1862, according to the Russian archimandrite Sophoniah.[2] There were 10 Church of the East Christian families at Sārījūq with 1 church but no priest in 1877, as per Edward Lewes Cutts.[5] Prior to the First World War, there were 20 Assyrian houses at Sārījūq, as per the list presented by Agha Petros to the Lausanne Peace Conference in 1922.[3] It was located in the Baranduz district.[2]
References
Notes
Citations
- ↑ Sarajuq at GEOnet Names Server
- 1 2 3 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 334.
- 1 2 Gaunt (2006), p. 417.
- ↑ "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. 336.
Bibliography
- 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.