Marand ( fa, مرند; ; also
Romanized
Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Latin script, Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing writ ...
as Morand)
is a city and capital of
Marand County,
East Azerbaijan Province
East Azerbaijan Province ( fa, استان آذربایجان شرقی ''Āzarbāijān-e Sharqi''; az-Arab, شرقی آذربایجان اوستانی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is located in Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia ...
,
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 Turkm ...
.
Marand is among major cities in the province. It is located in the north-west of capital of the province
Tabriz
Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quru River valley in Iran's historic Azerbaijan region between long ridges of vo ...
. Marand has been known by various names in history, such as ''Maryana'', ''Mandagarana'', and ''Maranda''.
Etymology
Moritz von Kotzebue and
August von Haxthausen both described local legends that placed the burial spot of
Noah
Noah ''Nukh''; am, ኖህ, ''Noḥ''; ar, نُوح '; grc, Νῶε ''Nôe'' () is the tenth and last of the pre-Flood patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5� ...
's wife at Marand. Both authors contended that the name of the city means "the mother lies here," referring to Noah's wife.
According to Kotzebue:
History
The history of the town goes back to the pre-Islamic era.
Between 815 till 850, Marand was primarily controlled by
Mohammad ibn Ba'ith Muhammad ibn al-Ba'ith ibn Halbas () (circa early 9th century) also known as Ibn Ba'ith (Son of Ba'ith) was an Arab governor of Marand during the Abbasid caliphate.Minorsky, “Marand” in Encyclopaedia of Islam. Edited by: P. Bearman , Th. Bianqui ...
who was Iranicized to a considerable extent.
[Minorsky, “Marand” in ''Encyclopaedia of Islam''. P. Bearman , Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W.P. Heinrichs (eds.). Vol. 6, (1991): p. 504 "According to one of al-Tabari's authorities (iii, 1388), the shaykhs of Maragha who praised the bravery and literary ability (adab) of Ibn Bai'th also quoted his Persian verses (bi'l-fdrisiyya). This important passage, already quoted by Barthold, BSOS, ii (1923), 836–8, is evidence of the existence of the cultivation of poetry in Persian in north-western Persia at the beginning of the 9th century. Ibn Bai’th must have been Iranicised to a considerable extent, and, as has been mentioned, he relied for support on the non-Arab elements in his Rustakhs (‘Uludj Rasatikhi’)”] The elders of Maragha who quoted his Persian poetry also praised his bravery and his literary ability.
He was Iranicized to considerable extent and the statement of Tabari on him is evidence of the existence of the cultivation of poetry in Persian in northwest Persia at the beginning of the 9th century.
Notable people
''For a complete list see:
:People from Marand''
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Ganjali Sabahi
Ganjali Sabahi ( fa, گنجعلی صباحی, was born 1906 in Marand, East Azerbaijan — died 1990 in Tehran) was an Iranian writer of Azerbaijani literature. He was one of the contemporary writers of Azerbaijan, that was written in Azerbaijan ...
(1909-1990) - Writer
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Aboutaleb Talebi
Aboutaleb Talebi Gorgori ( fa, ابوطالب طالبی گرگری, April 10, 1945 – July 21, 2008) was an Iranian bantamweight freestyle wrestler. He won bronze medals at the 1966, 1967 and 1969 world championships and 1968 Summer Olympi ...
(born 1945) - wrestler
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Musa Kalantari (1949-1981) - politician
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Jalil Farjad (born 1951) - Theatre and film actor
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Gholamreza Shafeei (born 1951) - politician
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Isa Kalantari (born 1952) - politician
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Mohammad-Taghi Pourmohammadi (born 1956) - cleric
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Shirin Bina
Shirin ( fa, شیرین; died 628) was a Christian wife of the Sasanian King of Kings (''shahanshah'') Khosrow II (). In the revolution after the death of Khosrow's father Hormizd IV, the General Bahram Chobin took power over the Persian empire. S ...
(born 1964) - Theatre and film actor
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Meysam Naghizadeh
Meysam Naghizadeh ( fa, میثم نقی زاده, born in Shabestar, East Azerbaijan) is an Iranian football midfielder, who plays for Persian Gulf Pro League club Naft Masjed Soleyman.
Club career Persepolis
He joined Persepolis in August ...
(born 1986) - football player
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Mohsen Delir
Mohammad Mohsen Delir ( fa, محمد محسن دلیر, born 3 July 1988 in Marand) is an Iranian footballer who currently plays for Machine Sazi .
Club career Gostaresh Foolad
Delir is a youth product of Gostaresh. He joined the newly found t ...
(born 1988) - football player
See also
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Marand Khanate
References
{{Marand County
Populated places in Marand County
Cities in East Azerbaijan Province