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Hamadan
HAMADAN
Hamadan, located at an elevation of 5,732 feet, occupies a fertile agricultural plain. It is associated with the ancient Median city of Ecbatana, built in the seventh century b.c.e., and it was an important capital of successive pre-Islamic dynasties, being situated on the trade route that linked Mesopotamia with the East. In the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, the city was occupied by the Ottoman Empire several times, but in 1732 it finally reverted to Iran. Hamadan retained its role as a large commercial city in the modern period. In the nineteenth century it functioned as a transshipment center for the trade of southwestern Iran with the West. Goods destined for Tabriz, Trebizond (now Trabzon), and the Black Sea were brought to Hamadan. After the development of the Anglo-Indian trade, Hamadan prospered as a result of its location on the trade route via Basra and Baghdad to the east. During the twentieth century the city continued to serve as a regional transshipment center and also developed diverse manufacturing industries. A shrine popularly believed to contain the remains of the biblical Esther is a major Jewish pilgrimage site in the city. There is also a monument for Ibn Sina (Avicenna). The population of Hamadan in 1996 was 401,281. BibliographyBosworth, C. E., ed. An Historical Geography of Iran. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1984. parvaneh pourshariati |
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Pourshariati, Parvaneh. "Hamadan." Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Pourshariati, Parvaneh. "Hamadan." Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3424601172.html Pourshariati, Parvaneh. "Hamadan." Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. 2004. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3424601172.html |
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Hamadan
Hamadan , city (1991 pop. 349,653), capital of Hamadan prov., W Iran, at the foot of Mt. Alwand. Located at an altitude of 6,000 ft (1,829 m), it is the trade center for a fertile farm region where fruit and grain are grown. The city is noted for its rugs, leatherwork, textiles, chemicals, and wood and metal products. In ancient times, as Hangmatana or Agbatana, it was a capital of Media . It was known to the Greeks as Ecbatana . In the 7th cent. Hamadan passed to the Arabs, and it was later held by the Seljuk Turks (12th-13th cent.) and the Mongols (13th-14th cent.). The city has had a Jewish colony for many years; the reputed tombs of Mordecai and Esther (see Esther , book of the Bible) are there. Avicenna , the physician and philosopher, is buried in Hamadan. |
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"Hamadan." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Hamadan." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Hamadan.html "Hamadan." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Hamadan.html |
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Hamadan
Hamadan, Iran Hangmatana/Agbatana, Ecbatana An ancient city known to the Medes as Hangmatana or Agbatana and to the Greeks as Ecbatana from which the present name is derived. A personal name may be the source of the city's name. In the second half of the 12th century it was the capital of the Seljuk Turks.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Hamadan." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Hamadan." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Hamadan.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Hamadan." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Hamadan.html |
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