Takyeh, West Azerbaijan
Takyeh
تكه | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Takyeh Location within Iran | |
| Coordinates: 37°27′22″N 45°15′21″E / 37.45611°N 45.25583°E | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | West Azerbaijan |
| County | Urmia |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Rural District | Torkaman |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 101 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
Takyeh (Persian: تكه;[1] Syriac: Takā)[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 101, in 30 families.[4]
History
The priest-scribe Īshō‘ copied a manuscript at Takā in 1778 and 1785.[5] The Church of St Savr-Īsho‘ at Takā was constructed in the 19th century.[6] In 1862, the village was populated by 31 Church of the East Christian families and was served by the Church of Mār Sabrīshō‘ with no priest, according to the Russian archimandrite Sophoniah.[7] There were 90 Church of the East Christian families at Takā with 3 priests and 2 churches in 1877 as per Edward Lewes Cutts.[8] There were 150 Chaldean Catholics at Takā in 1913 with 1 priest and no church as part of the Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Urmia.[2] Basil Nikitin recorded that the village was populated by Christians and Muslims just before the First World War.[9] It was located in the Baranduz District.[8] Prior to the First World War, there were 300 Assyrian houses at Takā, as per the list presented by Agha Petros to the Lausanne Peace Conference in 1922.[10]
References
Notes
Citations
- 1 2 Takyeh at GEOnet Names Server
- 1 2 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 321.
- ↑ Gaunt (2006), pp. 417, 430; Al-Jeloo (2015), p. 19.
- ↑ "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. 338, 538.
- ↑ Al-Jeloo (2015), p. 19.
- ↑ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 334.
- 1 2 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 336.
- ↑ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 333.
- ↑ Gaunt (2006), p. 417.
Bibliography
- 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.