Masuleh (; ) is a city in

Sardar-e Jangal District Sardar-e Jangal District () is in Fuman County, Gilan 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 Arm ...

of Fuman County, Gilan province, Gilan province, Iran. Masuleh is approximately 60 km southwest of Rasht and 32 km west of Fuman, Iran, Fuman. Its people are Talysh people, Talysh. The village is 1,050 meters above sea level in the Alborz mountain range, near the southern coast of the Caspian Sea. The village itself has a difference in elevation of 100 meters. Although some say the community was established around 10 AD, Old Masuleh dates to 1006 AD, 6 km northwest of the current city (Kohneh Masuleh in Persian). People moved from Old Masuleh to the new site because of pestilence and attacks from neighbouring communities.

Demographics

Language

The native people of Masuleh are Gilak and Talysh, they speak Talysh language, Talysh.

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 554 in 180 households. The following census in 2011 counted 568 people in 210 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 393 people in 147 households.

Climate

Architecture

Buildings are mostly two stories (1st floor and 'ground' floor), although there are three-story and four-story houses as well. There are four main local communities at the city named: "Maza-var" (meaning beside the Mosque) at the south, "Khana-var" (beside homes) at the East, "Kasha-sar" (stretched on top) at the North, and, "Assa-mahala" (Assad community) at the West. Apparently, down town is the Market (Bazaar) area and also the main mosque of the city, named "O-ne-ben-ne Ali" (Awn Ibn Mohammad Ibn Ali ibn Abi Taleb, Ali Ibn. Abi Taleb) built in 969 AD. In some of these houses, it has been possible to live in separate apartments in different periods. For example, the Zandipour House, which is now used as an apartment hotel, was accommodated by different families who lived in their separate apartment units for a long time. Each of these units had a separate bathroom and different families lived separately in each of the three floors. However, some three-story houses were occupied by an extended family as the children who were married lived together with their parents in a class structural house.

Girih tiling in buildings of Masuleh

Girih tiling consists of straight and broken lines on a regular basis that could be reasonably expanded in the surface. The historical city of Masuleh is a good model for sustainable architecture and its final aim is respecting the culture and friendly relationship with nature and improving the life style of its residents.

Archaeology

The earliest evidence of human presence in the Masouleh region, Iran, is a Levallois core from the Middle Paleolithic, likely made by Neanderthals over 40,000 years ago. This highlights Neanderthal activity in the area. Archaeological survey of the mountain ranges overlooking Masouleh shows that this mountainous region was probably occupied by ancient herders and nomads at least since the late Bronze Age. Remains of late prehistoric, historic, and Islamic times were discovered on the mountain top above 2500 meters above sea lev
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These mountains were used seasonally, at least since the late Neolithic (5000 BC) Bronze Age (2000-1500 BC), which continued during the Iron Age I (1500-1100 BC), Iron Age III (800-500 BC), Parthian Empire, Parthian (247 BC to 224 CE), Buyid dynasty, Buyid (943–1029 CE), Seljuk Empire, Seljuk (1043–1051 CE) and Ilkhanid (1306–1335 CE) era
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Archaeologists discovered pottery sherds, animal bones, and stone tools that date back to about 7,000 years ago.

Tourism areas

Waterfalls: Kooshm, Larcheshme, and Kourbar.

Gallery

File:Masuleh Window.jpg, Window of building in Masuleh File:Masuleh Iran Village in the Elburs Mountains.jpg, The yard of the above building is the roof of the below building File:In the way of masuleh.jpg, The nature of Masuleh File:Massouleh, Iran.jpg, Buildings are mostly 2 stories File:Masouleh (Gilan, Iran) 006.jpg

Notes

References

13. Pourali Mostafa and Mansour Falamaki 2015. Understanding Territories, Case Study: MASOULEH, in kashan University press, http://jias.kashanu.ac.ir

External links

Masuleh Pictures
* HORIZIN, ''Masuleh'', Photo Set
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* ''Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization''

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