Shahmirzad ( fa, شهميرزاد , Native Name شامرزا) is a city and capital of
Shahmirzad District in
Mehdishahr County
Mehdishahr County ( fa, شهرستان مهدیشهر) is located in Semnan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Mehdishahr. At the 2006 census, the county's population as a part of Semnan County
Semnan County ( fa, شهرستا� ...
, located in the north of Iran and on the southern slopes of the
Alborz
The Alborz ( fa, البرز) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs ...
Mountains. The permanent population of the city was recorded as 7,273 people, 1,860 families in the 2006 census but increased to 8,882 by 2011. During the Summers, the city's population rises to up to 40,000 people, as tourists visit the city for its cool climate and popular gardens.
Shahmirzad has been home to people of diverse ethnic backgrounds, a large group of whom seasonally settled in cities and towns of
Mazandaran, such as
Babol
Babol ( fa, بابل, , known as "Orange Blossom City" , also Romanized as Bābol; formerly known as Barfrouch) is the capital of Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. Babol is divided into two metropolitan areas (under Iranian law). At the ...
,
Sari
A sari (sometimes also saree or shari)The name of the garment in various regional languages include:
* as, শাৰী, xārī, translit-std=ISO
* bn, শাড়ি, śāṛi, translit-std=ISO
* gu, સાડી, sāḍī, translit-std ...
,
Neka
Neka ( fa, نكا, also Romanized as Nekā’ and Nekā; also known as Nīkā; formerly, Nāranj Bāgh) is a city and capital of Neka County, Mazandaran Province, Iran.
At the 2006 census, its population was 46,152, in 11,941 families.
Geograph ...
, and
Behshahr
Behshahr ( fa, بهشهر; formerly Ashraf and Ashraf ol Belād) is a city in Mazandaran, Iran & the capital of Behshahr County. Located on the coast of the Caspian Sea, at the foot of the Alborz, it is approximately from Sari. At the 2006 cens ...
. During the past decades many Muslim, Bahá'í, and Shahmirzadi
Jews
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""T ...
, migrated to larger cities in Iran and abroad, most notably
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Gov ...
.
Shahmirzadi language (شامرزایی), is a
Caspian language close to Mazandarani .
Shahmirzad's walnut orchard with a size of is noted by the UN, Food and Agriculture Organization, as the largest of its kind in the world. Shahmirzadi homeowners are given a proprietary interest in the walnut orchard in proportion to the amount of land they own in the village. Shahmirzad also produces mineral water "Tenab Shahmirzad".
Famous Shahmirzadis
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Hossein Fathieh
Hussein, Hussain, Hossein, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein or Husain (; ar, حُسَيْن ), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-i-N ( ar, ح س ی ن, link=no), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", ...
, Mine explorer and University founder in Shahmirzad
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Zabihollah Safa
Zabihollah Safa ( fa, ذبیحاللّه صفا; May 7, 1911 in Shahmirzad, Iran – April 29, 1999 in Lübeck, Germany) was a scholar and professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at the University of Tehran.
His main contribution to the field o ...
, Iran scholar and professor at the University of Tehran (d. 1999)
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Hají Ákhúnd,
Apostle of Baháʼu'lláh,
Hand of the Cause
Hand of the Cause was a title given to prominent early members of the Baháʼí Faith, appointed for life by the religion's founders. Of the fifty individuals given the title, the last living was ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá who died in 2007. Hands o ...
in the
Bahá’í Faith
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Salman Ghaffari, Iran's Ambassador to Vatican (1986–1990), researcher, religious author & lecturer
Reza Jafari Researcher at North Carolina State University and President o
Road Safety and Transportation Solutions, Inc. (RSTS, Inc.)*
XPINO A famous rapper in Persian rap
References
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{{Mehdishahr County
Populated places in Mehdishahr County
Cities in Semnan Province