Pasveh (Persian: پسوه, also Romanized as Pasevh and Pasooh; also known as Qal‘eh Paswah and Qal‘eh-ye Pasveh)[3] is a village in, and the capital of, Lahijan-e Sharqi Rural District of Lajan District of Piranshahr County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.[4]
Pasveh
Persian: پسوه | |
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Village | |
  Pasveh | |
| Coordinates: 36°47′52″N 45°19′44″E / 36.79778°N 45.32889°E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | West Azerbaijan |
| County | Piranshahr |
| District | Lajan |
| Rural District | Lahijan-e Sharqi |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
| • Total | 3,495 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 2,977 in 515 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 3,777 people in 795 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 3,495 people in 869 households; it was the largest village in its rural district.[2]
Pasveh has a strategic location controlling the "easy" pass between the Lahijan district, in the Lesser Zab headwaters, and the Lake Urmia basin.[7]: 79
According to Vladimir Minorsky, Pasveh represents the name and location of the ancient Parsua kingdom.[7]: 79 He explained the difference in name by saying that r-deletion in consonant clusters is well-attested.[7]: 79 Pasveh was a frontier outpost near the Parsua's southern border (their core territory was probably the fertile Solduz district further north).[7]: 79
In the early 1200s, Yaqut al-Hamawi visited Pasveh and left a description in his works.[7]: 79 A century later, Hamdallah Mustawfi included an entry for it (here spelled Basavā or Pasavā) in his Nuzhat al-Qulub.[8] He described it as a small town in the tuman of Maragheh whose surrounding agricultural district produced grain, grapes, and some other fruits; he said its tax value was assessed at 25,000 dinars.[8] Pasveh later features in the accounts of Kurdish tribal feuds in the Sharafnama.[7]: 79 Much later, when Minorsky visited Pasveh in 1911, he described it as a "desolate" town with a "dilapidated" fort.[7]: 79
References edit
- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (8 March 2023). "Pasveh, Piranshahr County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Pasveh can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3078050" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ Mousavi, Mirhossein. "Creation and formation of four rural districts including villages, farms and places in Piranshahr County under West Azerbaijan province". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. 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. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g Minorsky, Vladimir (1957). "Mongol Place-Names in Mukri Kurdistan". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 19 (1): 58–81. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ a b Hamdallah Mustawfi (1919). Le Strange, Guy (ed.). The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat-al-Qulub. p. 88. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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