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Natal, Iran

Coordinates: 36°30′05″N 52°01′21″E / 36.50139°N 52.02250°E / 36.50139; 52.02250
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Natal
ناتل
Village
Natal is located in Iran
Natal
Natal
Coordinates: 36°30′05″N 52°01′21″E / 36.50139°N 52.02250°E / 36.50139; 52.02250
Country Iran
ProvinceMazandaran
CountyNur
BakhshCentral
Rural DistrictNatel Kenar-e Olya
Population
 (2006)
 • Total75
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Natal (Persian: ناتل, also Romanized as Nātal and Nātel)[1] is a village in Natel Kenar-e Olya Rural District, in the Central District of Nur County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 75, in 21 families.[2] It is located about 6 km southwest of the city of Nur.[3]

History and archaeology

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At the time of the Abbasid Caliphate, Natel was one of the major cities in Tabaristan and had a military garrison.[3] It was known in medieval sources as Nātil or Nātilah.[4] Three archaeological excavations were conducted under Abdolreza Mohajerinejad in 2008, 2010, and 2016.[3] Over 2,000 pieces of pottery were uncovered; most of them were dated to the 3rd through 6th centuries AH (roughly the 9th-12th centuries CE).[3] Pottery samples dating from the Ilkhanid and Timurid periods was much rarer.[3] Hanie Hossein-Nia Amirkolaei et al described the pottery samples found at Natel as having "relatively good production quality and strength, but a lower level in terms of manufacturing technique and diversity of motifs".[3]

References

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  1. ^ Natal can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3841510" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Hossein-Nia Amirkolaei, Hanie; Mousavi Haji, Seyyed Rasool; Ataie, Morteza; Mohajeri-Nejhd, Abdolreza (2021). "The Study of Islamic Potteries Discovered from the Historical City of Natel". Pārseh Journal of Archaeological Studies. 4 (14): 85–99. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  4. ^ Le Strange, Guy (1905). The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia, from the Moslem Conquest to the Time of Timur. New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc. p. 373.