Vahnabad
Vahnabad
Persian: وهن اباد | |
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Village | |
  Vahnabad | |
| Coordinates: 35°26′46″N 51°10′21″E / 35.44611°N 51.17250°E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Tehran |
| County | Robat Karim |
| District | Central |
| Rural District | Vahnabad |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,541 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Vahnabad (Persian: وهن اباد), also Romanized as Vahnābād, Vahanābād, and Wahsanābād,[3] is a village in, and the capital of, Vahnabad Rural District of the Central District of Robat Karim County, Tehran province, Iran.[4]
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 1,344 in 325 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 1,537 people in 424 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 1,541 people in 440 households.[2]
Notable people[edit]
Heydar Latifiyan was one of the leading figures of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and a supporter of the parliamentary government against the authoritarian government.[7]
He was a resident of Vahanabad and a supporter of Hassan Modarres and fighters against the Russian invasion during World War I. Haidar was the eldest son of Latif Vahanabadi, and all the Latifiyans of this region are Latif descendants. His famous descendants is Ali Latifiyan[7]
After World War I, the Russians advanced on Qazvin. With the fall of Tehran, the parliament lost its majority and was dissolved when, in the early year of World War I, around 1293, Russia issued an ultimatum to Iran to expel Morgan Schuster[8][9] and the forces They entered Iran and came to Robat Karim and attacked the forces of the National Defense Committee, which was formed in the presence of Seyyed Hassan Modarres and his allies. "My Memoirs" writes about the first Russian military confrontation with the national forces:[7]
The Russian army reaches the village of Kalmeh (Fajr town), which is located on the road from Robat Karim to Tehran, on one side, and the local fighters are surrounded on three sides. But everyone survives. But at dusk, the infantry of the Russian army get closer and the battle begins with the sword, and after a bloody battle, 70 people are killed. Haidar Latifian, like the rest of his comrades, was killed.[7]
According to local legends, the Russians made it difficult to identify the bodies by cutting off the heads of the dead. He is buried in the northern side of the Imamzadeh grave.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (20 March 2024). "Vahnabad, Robat Karim County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 23. Archived from the original (Excel) on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Vahnabad can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3087998" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ "Creation and formation of four districts in Ray County under Tehran province under Shahrari center". Islamic Parliament Research Center (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers. 25 December 1364. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 23. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 23. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Retrieved from Persian Wikipedia
- ^ Makki, Hossein (1989). (Katerat (autobiography. Elmi published. p. 21.
- ^ Taheri, Sadr alddin. Araa va Andishe haa. pp. 24–25.
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