Chamaki
Chamaki
چمكي | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Chamaki Location within Iran | |
| Coordinates: 37°42′36″N 45°08′25″E / 37.71000°N 45.14028°E | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | West Azerbaijan |
| County | Urmia |
| Bakhsh | Nazlu |
| Rural District | Tala Tappeh |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
Chamaki (Persian: چمكي, romanized: Chamakī;[1] Syriac: Chāmākī)[2][a] is a village in Tala Tappeh Rural District, Nazlu District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. In the 1986 census, 33 people in 7 families were reported to live in Chamaki.[4] At the 2006 census, its existence was noted, but its population was not reported.[5]
History
[edit]Chāmākī was inhabited by 50 Church of the East Christian families who were served by the Church of Mart Maryam and 2 priests in 1862, according to the Russian archimandrite Sophoniah.[6] In 1877, there were 50 Church of the East Christian families with 1 priest and 1 church at Chāmākī, as per Edward Lewes Cutts.[2] The scribe Joseph, son of the priest Tamraz, of Chāmākī restored a manuscript at Sopurghan in 1887.[7] Basil Nikitin, the Russian consul at Urmia, noted that the village was entirely populated by Christians prior to the First World War.[8] Prior to the First World War, there were 300 Assyrian houses at Chāmākī, as per the list presented by Agha Petros to the Lausanne Peace Conference in 1922.[9] It was located in the Anzel District.[8]
In 2020, the Church of Saint Mary at Chāmākī underwent restoration.[10]
References
[edit]Notes
Citations
- ↑ Chamaki at GEOnet Names Server
- 1 2 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 331.
- ↑ Gaunt (2006), p. 417; Al-Jeloo (2015), p. 16.
- ↑ "1986 census" (PDF). 1986. p. 51.
- ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011.
- ↑ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 329.
- ↑ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 332.
- 1 2 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 328.
- ↑ Gaunt (2006), p. 417.
- ↑ "Historical churches in West Azarbaijan undergo rehabilitation works". Tehran Times. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
Bibliography
[edit]- Al-Jeloo, Nicholas (2015). "Persian Christians: Assyrian art and architecture of Urmia as an example of regional cultural expression". Parole de l’Orient. 40: 13–27. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
- Gaunt, David (2006). Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913 (PDF). Peeters Publishers. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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