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of the city of

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Prior to 20th century

* 685 - Arab Shia refugees settle in Qom. * 804/805 - Qom gains "administrative independence from Isfahan." * 816 - Death of

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(sister of 8th

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faith);

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develops thereafter. * 825 - Qom "attacked." * 988 - Hasan ibn Muhammad Qumi writes '' Tarikh-i Qum'' (city history). * 1050s -

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born in Qom (approximate date). * 1224 - City besieged by Mongol forces. * 1393 -

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in power. * 1442 - City becomes seat of government of Timurid monarch Sultan Muhammad bin Baysonqor. * 1447/1448 - City sacked by

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forces. * 1469 - Ağ Qoyunlu in power. * 1501 - Twelver Shia Islam declared official state religion in Iran, a development beneficial to Qom as a

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(approximate date). Retrieved 13 February 2017 * 1722 - Qom sacked by Afghans. * 1883 - "New court" built at the Fatima shrine.

20th century

* 1920 - Population: 30,000-40,000 (approximate estimate). * 1922 -

Qom Seminary The Qom Seminary (') is the largest and one of the foremost Shia Islam, Shia hawzas (Islamic seminaries), located in the city of Qom, Iran. It is the largest seminary in Iran, established in 1922 by Grand Ayatollah Abdul-Karim Haeri Yazdi in Qom to ...

(

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) established. * 1923 - Printing press in operation. * 1950 - Population: 83,235 (estimate). * 1960 - Population: 105,272 (estimate). * 1963 ** Mar'ashi Najafi library established. ** Religious leader

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arrested and exiled. * 1966 - Population: 134,292. * 1974 - Mohemmat Sazi Football Club formed. * 1975 - "Riots involving 'Muslim Marxists.'" * 1976 - Population: 246,831. * 1978 - 7–9 January:

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against

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begins in Qom. * 1982 - Population: 424,000 (estimate). * 1996 ** Center for the Revival of Islamic Heritage established. ** Population: 777,677. * 1999 - February:

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held.

21st century

* 2008 - Yadegar-e Emam Stadium opens. * 2009 ** December: Funeral of religious leader

Hussein-Ali Montazeri Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri ( ; 24 September 1922 – 19 December 2009) was an Iranian Shia Islamic theologian, Islamic democracy advocate, writer, and human rights activist. He was one of the leaders of the Iranian Revolution and on ...

. ** Qom Monorail construction begins. * 2011 - Population: 1,074,036. * 2013 - 14 June:

held. * 2014 - City becomes part of newly formed national administrative Region 1. * 2020 - 19 February: The first two cases of

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were detected in

References

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Bibliography

in English

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via Google Books
* * * * (About city history written in 10th century) * * (Includes bibliography) * *

in other languages

* (Includes information about Qom) * (Written in 10th century in Arabic) * * * * M. Tabataba’i. Turbat-i Pākān onuments and buildings of Qom 2 vols (Qom, 1976) * *

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