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Maragheh

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Maragheh , city (1991 pop. 117,388), East Azerbaijan prov., NW Iran, on the southern slopes of Mt. Sahand. It is the trade and transportation center of a fertile fruit-growing region; dried fruits are shipped from there. After the Arab conquest in the 7th cent. Maragheh developed rapidly as a provincial capital. In 1029 it was seized by the Oghuz Turks, but they were driven out by a Kurdish chief who established a local dynasty. The city was destroyed by the Mongols in 1221, but Hulagu Khan held court there until the establishment of a fixed capital at Tabriz. The city was temporarily occupied by Russia in 1828. Maragheh's celebrated observatory (13th cent.) is now in ruins. The city is also known as Maragha.

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Marāgheh

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Marāgheh, Iran ‘Place of Pasture’. The Mongols are believed to have kept a large number of horses here.

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	AGRICULTURAL GOODS EXPORTS BY IRAN'S MARAGHEH REACH US$10 MLN. News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 7/8/2002
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