Anjar (other)
Anjar may refer to: * Anjar, Gujarat, a town and municipality in Gujarat, India * Anjar, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran *Anjar, Lebanon, a town in the Bekaa valley of Lebanon See also * Anjan (other) Anjan may refer to: People * Anjan (given name), including a list of people with the name * Atul Kumar Anjan, Indian politician * Zahidur Rahman Anjan (1963 or 1964–2025), Bangladeshi film director Other uses * ''Anjan''-class tugboat, Ind ...

Anjar, Gujarat
Anjar is a town, township and municipality of the Kachchh district (Kutch)in the state of Gujarat, India. Founded in 650 AD, Anjar is a culturally diverse town of historic importance in the region. It is home to several historic religious temples, including the Jesal-Toral Shrines built in honour of a fourteenth century couple, whose lives inspired works of art and cinema. The town was devastated by several earthquakes, including the 1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake and 2001 Gujarat earthquake. In recent years, Anjar has become a hub of manufacturing activity. History The foundation and early history of the town is unclear, due to a lack of written evidence and documentation. Popular folklore suggests a group of settlers led by Ajay Pal Chauhan (also called Ajepal) – the brother of the king of neighbouring Ajmer – arrived in Anjar in 650 AD ( Samvat 707). At different points in history, the town was ruled by the Chauhan, Chaulukya, Vaghela and Chawda, as well as the Jadeja, ...
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Anjar, Iran
Anjerd () is a village in Owch Hacha Rural District of the Central District in Ahar County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort .... Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 568 in 104 households. The following census in 2011 counted 631 people in 114 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 366 people in 101 households. See also Notes References Populated places in Ahar County {{Ahar-geo-stub ...
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Anjar, Lebanon
Anjar (meaning "unresolved or running river"); / ALA-LC: ''‘Anjar''; also known as '' Hawsh Mousa'' ( / ''Ḥawsh Mūsá''), is a town of Lebanon, near the Syrian border, located in the Bekaa Valley. The population is 2,400, consisting almost entirely of Armenians. The total area is about twenty square kilometers (7.7 square miles). Since 1984, the ruins of the Umayyad settlement of Anjar have been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. History The town's foundation is generally attributed to the Umayyad caliph al-Walid I, at the beginning of the 8th century, as a palace-city. Syriac graffiti found in the quarry from which the best stone was extracted offer the year 714, and Byzantine and Syriac sources attribute the establishment of the town to Umayyad princes, with one Syriac chronicle mentioning Walid I by name, while the Byzantine chronicler Theophanes the Confessor recorded that it was Walid's son, al-Abbas, who started building the town in 709–10. Histor ...
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