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Zanjan (
Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
: زنجان, ; Azerbaijani: زنگان) is a city in northwest
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
, serving as the capital of Zanjan Province. It lies north-west of
Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
on the main highway to
Tabriz Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...
and
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and approximately from the
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. The city is located about 20 kilometers south of the
Qaflankuh Mountain Range Qaflankuh or Qaflankuh Mountain Range (Persian: رشته کوه‌ها‌ی قافلانکوه / Reshteh Kuh-hā-ye Qāflānkuh) is a mountain range that is located about 20 kilometres north of the city of Zanjan in Zanjan Province, Iran. With an ...
. At the 2016 census, its population was 521,302 which is the 20th largest city in Iran. The population of Zanjan consists mostly of
Iranian Azeris Iranian Azerbaijanis (; az, ایران آذربایجانلیلاری, italics=no ), also known as Iranian Azeris, Iranian Turks, Persian Turks or Persian Azerbaijanis, are Iranians of Azerbaijani ethnicity who may speak the Azerbaijani langu ...
who are bilingual in Azerbaijani and
Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
. Zanjan is known for its handcrafts such as knives, traditional sandals, called charoogh, and malileh, a handcraft made with silver wires. Zanjani artists make many things like various decorative dishes and their special covers as well as silver jewelry. In ancient times, Zanjan was known for its stainless and sharp knives. But this tradition is gradually becoming extinct by introduction of Chinese-made knives into the market which are far cheaper, more abundant and less artistic . Many villagers today are traditional carpet weavers. Zanjan's population boasts the highest level of happiness among the people of 30 other provinces in Iran, according to a detailed survey conducted by Isna.


History

According to the ''
Nuzhat al-Qulub The ''Nuzhat al-Qulub'' (also spelled ''Nozhat al-Qolub''; fa, نزهةالقلوب, "Hearts' Bliss") is a Persian geographical treatise written in the 1340s by Hamdallah Mustawfi. It is the earliest surviving work to have a map focused on Iran. ...
'' of the 14th-century Iranian geographer
Hamdallah Mustawfi Hamdallah Mustawfi Qazvini ( fa, حمدالله مستوفى قزوینی, Ḥamdallāh Mustawfī Qazvīnī; 1281 – after 1339/40) was a Persian official, historian, geographer and poet. He lived during the last era of the Mongol Ilkhanate, and ...
(died after 1339/40), Zanjan was said to have been founded by the first
Sasanian The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th centuries AD. Named ...
ruler
Ardashir I Ardashir I (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭥, Modern Persian: , '), also known as Ardashir the Unifier (180–242 AD), was the founder of the Sasanian Empire. He was also Ardashir V of the Kings of Persis, until he founded the new emp ...
(), who named it "Shahin." During the
Arab invasion of Iran The Muslim conquest of Persia, also known as the Arab conquest of Iran, was carried out by the Rashidun Caliphate from 633 to 654 AD and led to the fall of the Sasanian Empire as well as the eventual decline of the Zoroastrian religion. The ...
, Zanjan was conquered in 645 by a force led by al-Barra ibn Azib. Medieval geographers generally agree that Zanjan was located in the region of
Jibal Jibāl ( ar, جبال), also al-Jabal ( ar, الجبل), was the name given by the Arabs to a region and province located in western Iran, under the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates. Its name means "the Mountains", being the plural of ''jabal'' (" ...
/
Persian Iraq Persian Iraq, also uncommonly spelled Persian Irak ( fa, عراقِ عجم ''Erāq-e Ajam(i)''; ar, عراق العجم Irāq al-'Ajam'' or Irāq 'Ajami''), is a historical region of the western parts of Iran. The region, originally known ...
, near the frontier of the neighbouring region of
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
. Some geographers also include Zanjan as part of
Daylam Daylam, also known in the plural form Daylaman (and variants such as Dailam, Deylam, and Deilam), was the name of a mountainous region of inland Gilan, Iran. It was so named for its inhabitants, known as the Daylamites. The Church of the East es ...
or Ray. After 833, the
Abbasid Caliphate The Abbasid Caliphate ( or ; ar, الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, ') was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib ...
had a chain of forts constructed from Zanjan to
Ardabil Ardabil (, fa, اردبیل, Ardabīl or ''Ardebīl'') is a city in northwestern Iran, and the capital of Ardabil Province. As of the 2022 census, Ardabil's population was 588,000. The dominant majority in the city are ethnic Iranian Azerbaija ...
to counter the 817–837 rebellion of the
Khurramite The Khurramites ( fa, خرمدینان ''Khorram-Dīnân'', meaning "those of the Joyful Religion") were an IranianW. Madelung, "Khurrammiya" in ''Encyclopaedia of Islam''. Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianchi, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W.P ...
leader
Babak Khorramdin , native_name_lang = , birth_date = 795 or 798 , birth_place = Ardabil, Abbasid Caliphate , spouse = Banu , death_date = probably 7 January 838 (age 40 or 43) , death_place = Samarra, Abbasid Caliphate , years_active ...
(died 838). In the 10th-century, Zanjan was ruled by local Daylamite dynasties such as the Musafirids (919–1062). According to the 13th-century Arab geographer
Yaqut al-Hamawi Yāqūt Shihāb al-Dīn ibn-ʿAbdullāh al-Rūmī al-Ḥamawī (1179–1229) ( ar, ياقوت الحموي الرومي) was a Muslim scholar of Byzantine Greek ancestry active during the late Abbasid period (12th-13th centuries). He is known fo ...
(died 1229), the Persians referred the city as "Zangan." During the
Ilkhanate The Ilkhanate, also spelled Il-khanate ( fa, ایل خانان, ''Ilxānān''), known to the Mongols as ''Hülegü Ulus'' (, ''Qulug-un Ulus''), was a khanate established from the southwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. The Ilkhanid realm, ...
era (1256–1335), the inhabitants were reported by Hamdallah Mustawfi to have spoken "pure Pahlavi" (''pahlavī-e rāst''), a
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or northern form of Persian. One important moment in the history of the city was in 1851 when the city became a center for the suppressed Babi religious movement, along with
Neyriz Neyriz ( fa, نی‌ریز, also Romanized as Neyrīz and Nīrīz) is the capital city of Neyriz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 113.291. The name is also used for the district in which it is situated and for ...
and a fortress known as Shaykh Tabarsi. The forces of the central government captured the Babi fort in Zanjan after a long siege on the orders of Grand
Vizier A vizier (; ar, وزير, wazīr; fa, وزیر, vazīr), or wazir, is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east. The Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called ''katib'' (secretary), who was a ...
(
Prime Minister of Iran The Prime Minister of Iran was a political post that had existed in Iran (Persia) during much of the 20th century. It began in 1906 during the Qajar dynasty and into the start of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1923 and into the 1979 Iranian Revolution ...
)
Amir Kabir Mirza Taghi Khan-e Farahani ( fa, میرزا تقی‌خان فراهانی), better known as Amir Kabir (Persian: ‎, 9 January 1807 – 10 January 1852), also known by the title of ''Amir-e Nezam'' or ''Amir Nezam'' (), was chief minister t ...
and killed or expelled the Bab's followers. Before becoming the capital of the namesake Zanjan province, Zanjan was a county of the Gilan province.


Geography

According to the
Food and Agriculture Organization The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...
(FAO) of the United Nations, rainfed agriculture makes up around 42% of Zanjan's
land cover Land cover is the physical material at the surface of Earth. Land covers include grass, asphalt, trees, bare ground, water, etc. Earth cover is the expression used by ecologist Frederick Edward Clements that has its closest modern equivalent being ...
and
grassland A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes, like clover, and other herbs. Grasslands occur natur ...
s account for another 37%. The remainder is bareland, irrigated agriculture,
forest A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...
,
orchard An orchard is an intentional plantation of trees or shrubs that is maintained for food production. Orchards comprise fruit- or nut-producing trees which are generally grown for commercial production. Orchards are also sometimes a feature of larg ...
and riverbanks. Only 1.07% of the land is
urban development Urban means "related to a city". In that sense, the term may refer to: * Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas * Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities Urban may also refer to: General * Urban (name), a list of people ...
.


Climate

Zanjan has a
cold semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi-ar ...
(
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''BSk'') with hot, dry summers and cold, moist winters, often with snowfall. Precipitation is very low, and mostly falls between October and May. On February 13, 2020, a temperature of -21.0 ºC (-5.8 °F) was recorded.


Main sights in the city of Zanjan


Zanjan bazaar

Zanjan's
bazaar A bazaar () or souk (; also transliterated as souq) is a marketplace consisting of multiple small Market stall, stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa and India. However, temporary open markets elsewhere, suc ...
is a public marketplace that started in Agha Mohammadkhan Ghajar-era in 1784 CE, and completed in 1792 CE during the
Fath-Ali Shah Fath-Ali Shah Qajar ( fa, فتحعلى‌شاه قاجار, Fatḥ-ʻAli Šâh Qâjâr; May 1769 – 24 October 1834) was the second Shah (king) of Qajar Iran. He reigned from 17 June 1797 until his death on 24 October 1834. His reign saw the irr ...
-era. Mosques and a bath were added later. This bazaar has 940 shops, which consist of two defined parts, namely Bazaar-e Bala (upper bazaar) and Bazaar-e Paieen (lower bazaar). Vendors are organized by their professions and commodities.


Jameh Mosque of Zanjan

The central mosque of Zanjan is also known as the Seyyed Mosque (Masjid-e-Seyyed), this was constructed in 1826 during the Qajar-era, by one of Fath-Ali Shah's sons. This mosque was built in the old area of the city and it's the religious center of Zajan.


Saltmen museum at Zolfaghari House

It's built on Imam Street. This building holds six naturally preserved human remains called
saltmen The Saltmen (Persian: مردم نمک mardom-e namak) were discovered in the Chehrabad salt mines, located on the southern part of the Hamzehlu village, on the west side of the city of Zanjan, in the Zanjan Province in Iran. By 2010, the rema ...
or “namaki”, which had been discovered in 1993 in the Chehrabad salt mines. These remains are originally from Achaemenian-era.


Tofighi’s building

Tofighi's building is related to last parts of Qajar-era and Pahlavi-era. It's built on Imam Street. It was a house of the greatest man of Zanjan that was mayor of city. This building has 2 floors and consists of a symmetrical form.


Match company (3 stars match company)

Match company is related to Pahlavi's era and located on Safa street. It is the second company of city and constructed before the second world war by Mahmud Shalchi. It has an exclusive brick chimney.


Dadamaan Hotel Zanjan

The old abbey was constructed 200 years ago in the area of Enghelab square which is the most central and oldest part of Zanjan. It initially served as a caravanserai and then for approx. 80 years it was the house of one of Zanjan's scholars, Sheikh Jalal Ashabi. It had been uninhabited for 20 years after the passing of the Seikh from 1997. It began to be renovated in 2017 and now serves as a traditional hotel.


Sangi Caravanserai

The Sangi
Caravanserai A caravanserai (or caravansary; ) was a roadside inn where travelers ( caravaners) could rest and recover from the day's journey. Caravanserais supported the flow of commerce, information and people across the network of trade routes covering ...
(stone caravanserai) is an ancient roadside inn, constructed in Safavi-era and was converted into a restaurant in the 1990s. It's a single story stone building that has four iwans (porches) and a ceiling that is arcuate.


Rakhtshooy Khaneh Edifice

The Rakhtshooy Khaneh Edifice is a historical wash-house and Iranian national heritage site, that is currently being used as Zanjan anthropological museum.


Industries

* Lead * Zinc * Pasteurized milk * Chemical productions * Weaving * Cotton * Food productions * Transformator * Electrical productions


Handicrafts

The most famous handicrafts are knives, charuq (a local style of women's shoes, similar to clodhopper shoes),
filigree Filigree (also less commonly spelled ''filagree'', and formerly written ''filigrann'' or ''filigrene'') is a form of intricate metalwork used in jewellery and other small forms of metalwork. In jewellery, it is usually of gold and silver, ma ...
and gilding. Gilding is the one important art for decoration the books and calligraphies. Other handicrafts include
coppersmithing A coppersmith, also known as a brazier, is a person who makes artifacts from copper and brass. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. The term "redsmith" is used for a tinsmith that uses tinsmithing tools and techniques to make copper items. Hi ...
, rug weaving and carpet weaving (including
Kilim A kilim ( az, Kilim کیلیم; tr, Kilim; tm, Kilim; fa, گلیم ''Gilīm'') is a flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug traditionally produced in countries of the former Persian Empire, including Iran, the Balkans and the Turkic countries. Kili ...
and
Jajim Jajim (; ; ; ) also spelled as gelims, or Jajim-bafi, is a handmade, flat-woven textile made of colored natural fiber which is created and used in the majority of villages and rural areas of Iran. Other locations the Jajim is found include Azerbai ...
style).


Colleges and universities

Zanjan is also home to several universities such as: *
University of Zanjan The University of Zanjan (ZNU) ( Persian: دانشگاه زنجان Dāneshgāh-e Zanjan) is located in Zanjan, Iran. It was founded in 1975 and organized into four faculties. Nowadays it is one of the largest universities of the country with a ...
* Zanjan University of Medical Sciences * Islamic Azad University of Zanjan * Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS)


Sports

Zanjan is known for having one of the best indoor sport
climbing wall A climbing wall is an artificially constructed wall with grips for hands and feet, usually used for indoor climbing, but sometimes located outdoors. Some are brick or wooden constructions, but on most modern walls, the material most often used i ...
s in the Middle East, located in Enghelab sports complex. The facility also includes standard speed climbing walls. The city's football team is Shahrdari Zanjan F.C., who play in the 2nd Division.


Demographics

Approximately half of the population of Zanjan Province lives in Zanjan city. In a 2017 study, researchers concluded that Azerbaijani-speaking families in the city display language shift to
Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
.


Notable people

''For a complete list see: :People from Zanjan, Iran'' * Syed Miran Hussain Zanjani, an 11th century Sayyid Sufi mystic, who travelled to and settled in
Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...
to preach Islam. *
Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi "Shihāb ad-Dīn" Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardī ( fa, شهاب‌الدین سهروردی, also known as Sohrevardi) (1154–1191) was a PersianEdward Craig, Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, "al-Suhrawardi, Shihab al-Din Yahya (1154-91)" Ro ...
, was a Persian philosopher and founder of the Iranian school of Illuminationism, an important school in Islamic philosophy that drew upon Zoroastrian and Platonic ideas. *
Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani Grand Ayatollah Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani ( fa, اسدالله بیات زنجانی) is an Iranian theologian, Islamic philosopher, writer and Grand marja of Islam. He published his objection to the velayat-e faqih (religious system in Iran) and ...
, is an Iranian theologian, Islamic philosopher, writer and Grand marja of Islam. *
Hujjat Mullā Muḥammad-ʿAlī al-Zanjānī (), surnamed Ḥujjat (1812 - 1851), was an early leader of the Bábí movement of 19th-century Persia. He is regarded by Baháʼís as part of their own religious history, and is highly featured in the two ...
, was an early leader of the Bábí movement of 19th-century Persia. *
Reza Mirkarimi Reza Mirkarimi ( fa, رضا میرکریمی; born 27 January 1967) is an Iran, Iranian screenwriter and film director. He was also Secretary of the International Film Festival of the Fajr Film Festival. Career He graduated from Fine Arts Univ ...
, is a contemporary film writer, director, and producer. *
Mousa Shubairi Zanjani Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mousa Shubairi Zanjani ( fa, موسی شبیری زنجانی, ar, موسی الشبيري الزنجاني, born March 2, 1928) is an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja'. Biography He was born in Qom to Sayyid Ahmed Shubairi ...
, is an Iranian shia Marja. *
Yousef Sobouti Yousef Sobouti ( fa, یوسف ثبوتی , born 23 August 1932 in Zanjan, Iran) is a contemporary Iranian astrophysicist, theoretical physicist. Biography He got his undergraduate degree from Tehran University. In 1960 he received his MSc d ...
, is a contemporary Iranian theoretical physicist. *
Mehdi Sohrabi Mehdi Sohrabi ( fa, مهدی سهرابی ; born 12 October 1981) is an Iranian professional racing cyclist, who is currently suspended from the sport following an anti-doping rule violation. Career Sohrabi was born in Zanjan, Iran. In 2010 and ...
, is an Iranian professional racing cyclist. *
Amir Hatami Amir Hatami ( fa, امیر حاتمی) is an Iranian Islamic Republic of Iran Army, regular army (''Artesh'') officer with the rank of Brigadier general and Advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces of Army Affairs and the forme ...
, is an Iranian regular army (Artesh) officer with the rank of Brigadier general and the current minister of defense of Iran. * Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani, was an Iranian politician and cleric. *
Saeid Mahdioun Saeed Mehdiyoun ( fa, سعید مهدیون; 1928 - died 15 August 1980) was an Iranian fighter pilot. He was appointed as the commander of Imperial Iranian Air Force The history of the Iranian Air Force, currently known as the Islamic Republi ...
, was an Iranian fighter pilot. *
Majid Shahriari Majid Shahriari ( fa, مجید شهریاری, c. 1966 – 29 November 2010) was a top Iranian nuclear scientist and physicist who worked with the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. Career He specialized in neutron transport, a phenomenon tha ...
, was a nuclear scientist and engineer who worked with the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. *
Jamileh Sheykhi Jamileh Sheykhi ( fa, جمیله شیخی , 30 April 1930 – 23 May 2001) was an Iranian actress and the mother of actor Atila Pesyani. Career She made her stage debut in 1957 and began film acting with ''Shipwreck'' (1975, Nosrat Kari ...
, was an Iranian actress. * Mirza Abutaleb Zanjani, was an Iranian jurist and Shia scholar. *
Mohammad Ezodin Hosseini Zanjani Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Ezodin Hosseini Zanjani ( fa, سید محمد عزالدین حسيني زنجانی) (1 November 1921 – 14 May 2013) was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja'. He studied in seminaries of Qom, Iran under Grand Ayato ...
, is an Iranian shia Marja. *
Farah Ossouli Farah Ossouli ( fa, فرح اصولی, born 10 August 1953 in Zanjan, Iran) is an Iranian painter, based in Tehran. She is known for her modern interpretation of Persian miniature. Often her work draws on issues related to women's life, Persian ...
, is an Iranian painter. *
Jamshid Ansari Jamshid Ansari ( fa, جمشید انصاری, born 1955) is an Iranian reformist politician, who served as Vice President of Iran The vice president of Iran ( fa, معاون رئیس‌جمهور ایران) is defined by article 124 of the Con ...
, is an Iranian reformist politician. * Abdulkarim Zanjani, was a Shiite man. * Mohammad Yeganeh, was an Iranian economist who was the Governor of the Central Bank of Iran from 1973–1975. * Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Zanjani, is an Iranian shia Marja. * Reza Zanjani, was a Shia Iranian cleric. * Masoud Roghani Zanjani, was an Iranian academic, economist, scholar. *
Fatemeh Rakeei Fatemeh Rakeei ( fa, ‌‌فاطمه راکعی) is an Iranian politician, linguist, poet and Alzahra University Alzahra University ( fa, دانشگاه الزهرا, ''Dāneshgāh-e Alzahrā'') is a female-only public university in the Vana ...
, is an Iranian politician, linguist, poet. *
Ali Shakouri-Rad Ali Shakouri-Rad ( fa, علی شکوری‌راد) is an Iranian physician and reformist politician. He is a member of Central Council in the Islamic Iran Participation Front and Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society. From 2015 to 2021, h ...
, is an Iranian physician and reformist politician. * Mahsa Javar, is an Iranian competitive rower. *
Mohsen Mohammadseifi Mohsen Mohammadseifi ( fa, محسن محمدسیفی, born 8 September 1989 in Zanjan) is an Iranian wushu athlete. He won the gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou and 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. He won the 1st place at ...
, is an Iranian wushu athlete. *
Abdul Karim Kho'ini Zanjani Abdul Karim Kho'ini Zanjani ( fa, عبدالکریم خوئینی زنجانی), (1874–1938) was an Iranian scholar and cleric. Personal life In 1874, Karim was born in Kho'ini. His father was Mlaabrahym bin Ishaq ibn Imran Sheikh Ansari. H ...
, was an Iranian scholar and cleric. * Ali Akbar Saremi, was an architect from Iran. * Mohammad Kiavash, was an Iranian politician. * Meisam Nassiri, is an Iranian freestyle wrestler. * Ebadollah S. Mahmoodian, is a retired professor of Mathematics. * Hossein Monzavi, was a prominent Iranian poet. * Hossein Abedini, is an Iranian actor. *
Ahmad Hakimipour Ahmad Hakimipour ( fa, ‌‌احمد حکیمی‌پور; born 1963) is an Iranian reformist politician and former militant. Hakimipour was born in Zanjan. He was a member of the 4th Islamic Consultative Assembly from the electorate of elector ...
, is an Iranian reformist politician. * Davoud Maleki, a retired Iranian featherweight weightlifter. *
Seyed Esmaeil Mousavi Zanjani Ayatollah Seyed Esmaeil Mousavi Zanjani ( fa, سیداسماعیل موسوی زنجانی, was born 1928 — died 2002) was an Iranian Shiite cleric and politician. He was a member of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Assembly of Experts from the Zanjan Prov ...
, Iranian Politician. *
Sadollah Nasiri Gheydari Sadollah Nasiri Gheydari ( fa, سعدالله نصیری قیداری) is former President of Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran. He is a physicist and professor at Shahid Beheshti University, Iran. After obtaining his B.Sc in 1984, M.Sc in 198 ...
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Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani Grand Ayatollah Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani ( fa, اسدالله بیات زنجانی) is an Iranian theologian, Islamic philosopher, writer and Grand marja of Islam. He published his objection to the velayat-e faqih (religious system in Iran) and ...
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Mousa Shubairi Zanjani Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mousa Shubairi Zanjani ( fa, موسی شبیری زنجانی, ar, موسی الشبيري الزنجاني, born March 2, 1928) is an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja'. Biography He was born in Qom to Sayyid Ahmed Shubairi ...
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Amir Hatami Amir Hatami ( fa, امیر حاتمی) is an Iranian Islamic Republic of Iran Army, regular army (''Artesh'') officer with the rank of Brigadier general and Advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces of Army Affairs and the forme ...
File:Seyyed Reza Mirkarimi 2019-04-25.jpg,
Reza Mirkarimi Reza Mirkarimi ( fa, رضا میرکریمی; born 27 January 1967) is an Iran, Iranian screenwriter and film director. He was also Secretary of the International Film Festival of the Fajr Film Festival. Career He graduated from Fine Arts Univ ...
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Yousef Sobouti Yousef Sobouti ( fa, یوسف ثبوتی , born 23 August 1932 in Zanjan, Iran) is a contemporary Iranian astrophysicist, theoretical physicist. Biography He got his undergraduate degree from Tehran University. In 1960 he received his MSc d ...
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Mehdi Sohrabi Mehdi Sohrabi ( fa, مهدی سهرابی ; born 12 October 1981) is an Iranian professional racing cyclist, who is currently suspended from the sport following an anti-doping rule violation. Career Sohrabi was born in Zanjan, Iran. In 2010 and ...


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Bazaar A bazaar () or souk (; also transliterated as souq) is a marketplace consisting of multiple small Market stall, stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa and India. However, temporary open markets elsewhere, suc ...
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Qajar Qajar Iran (), also referred to as Qajar Persia, the Qajar Empire, '. Sublime State of Persia, officially the Sublime State of Iran ( fa, دولت علیّه ایران ') and also known then as the Guarded Domains of Iran ( fa, ممالک م ...
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University of Zanjan The University of Zanjan (ZNU) ( Persian: دانشگاه زنجان Dāneshgāh-e Zanjan) is located in Zanjan, Iran. It was founded in 1975 and organized into four faculties. Nowadays it is one of the largest universities of the country with a ...
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Soltaniyeh Soltaniyeh ( fa, سلطانيه, also Romanized as Solţānīyeh, Solţāneyyeh, Sultaniye, and Sultānīyeh; also known as Sa‘īdīyeh; ) is the capital city of Soltaniyeh District of Soltaniyeh County, Zanjan Province, northwestern Iran. ...
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Trabzon Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the Bl ...
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See also

* Rakhtshooy Khaneh Edifice


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External links


Official website of Zanjan GovernorshipzanjansiteOfficial website of Zanjan chamber of commerceSultaniyeh Dome Official website
{{authority control Populated places in Zanjan County Cities in Zanjan Province Iranian provincial capitals Sasanian cities