Zuzan
Zuzan
Persian: زوزن | |
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Village | |
 Historical village of Zuzan and Zuzan Mosque (1980) | |
  Zuzan Location within Iran | |
| Coordinates: 34°20′48″N 59°52′13″E / 34.34667°N 59.87028°E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Razavi Khorasan |
| County | Khaf |
| District | Jolgeh Zuzan |
| Rural District | Zuzan |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 2,677 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| Zuzan at GEOnet Names Server | |
Zuzan (Persian: زوزن)[a] is a village in, and the capital of, Zuzan Rural District[4][b] in Jolgeh Zuzan District of Khaf County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Qasemabad,[5] now a city.[6]
History
[edit]The earliest artifacts of Zuzan date back to the 4th century. Zuzan was the site of a medieval city, flourishing most notably during the reign of the Khwarazmian Empire. Zuzan was at a distance of other major medieval metropolises such as Khargerd, Nishapur, Herat, Jam, and Merv.[7]
The city was rectangularly planned and contained irrigation systems and dams.[8] Most of the historical remnants of the city have been lost to time,[7] but two major historical monuments remain, the Zuzan Madrasa and the Malek Zuzan Mosque.
The historical city is on the Iranian tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage nomination.[8]
Zuzan Madrasa
[edit]Although only parts of the inscription containing the date of the monument remain, this monument can be dated to 1219.[9] Andre Godard, a French archaeologist first described the building and attributed it to the Khwarazmian Empire in 1949.[10] Godard initially misidentified the building as a mosque but an inscription dedicated to Abu Hanifa shows that the building was actually an Hanafite madrasa.[11]
Architecturally, the madrasa is influenced by Ghurid and Khwarazmian architecture.[12] The building used a typical four-iwan plan type of the region, although only two iwans now remain. The building contains sophisticated ceramics and highly stylized inscriptions.[13]
Demographics
[edit]Population
[edit]At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,183 in 479 households.[14] The following census in 2011 counted 2,585 people in 626 households.[15] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,677 people in 744 households, the most populous in its rural district.[2]
Notable people
[edit]- Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad, founding leader of the Druze.[16]
- Abu Sahl Zawzani, Persian statesman who served as the chief secretary of the Ghaznavids briefly in 1040, and later from 1041 to an unknown date was from Zuzan.[17]
- Qiwam al-Din Muayyid al-Mulk Abu Bakr ibn Ali al-Zuzani, the governor of the area from the 1200 to 1220, who constructed the most notable sites in the village; the Madrasa and Mosque of Malek Zuzan.[10]
See also
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Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (2 November 2024). "زوزن, دهستان زوزن, بخش جلگه زوزن [Zuzan, Zuzan Rural District, Jolgeh Zuzan District], Khaf County, Razavi Khorasan, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Razavi Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ↑ Zuzan at GEOnet Names Server
- 1 2 Habibi, Hassan (23 June 1993) [مصوب (Approved) 1372,04,02 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصويبنامه در خصوص اصلاحات در محدوده استان خراسان [Resolution on reforms in the territory of Khorasan province]. سامانه ملی قوانین و مقررات [National System of Laws and Regulations] (in Persian). وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. ۱۳۳۱۶/۴۲/۴/۱ پيشنهاد شماره [Proposal Number 13316/42/1/4]. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ↑ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (1 July 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366.4.10 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل 20 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در شهرستان تربت حیدریه تابع استان خراسان [Creation and formation of 20 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Torbat-e Heydarieh County, Khorasan province]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 44.1.5.53. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ↑ Habibi, Hassan (8 March 2000) [مصوب (Approved) 1378/12/18 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصويب نامه در خصوص شناخته شدن يكصد روستاي مركز بخش به عنوان شهر [Approval letter regarding the recognition of 100 villages of the central district as cities]. سامانه ملی قوانین و مقررات [National System of Laws and Regulations] (in Persian). وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. تصويب نامه شماره 5453 /ت21162هـ [Approval Letter Number 5453/T21162H]. Archived from the original on 14 October 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- 1 2 Blair 1985, pp. 1.
- 1 2 UNESCO World Heritage Centre 2007.
- ↑ Blair 1985, pp. 3.
- 1 2 Blair 1985, pp. 2.
- ↑ Blair 1985, pp. 5–6.
- ↑ Blair 1985, pp. 11.
- ↑ Blair 1985, pp. 15–17.
- ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Razavi Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Razavi Khorasan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ↑ Hendrix & Okeja 2018, p. 11.
- ↑ Bosworth 2001, pp. 578–583.
Sources
[edit]- Bosworth, C. Edmund (2001). "GHAZNAVIDS". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Vol. X, Fasc. 6. pp. 578–583.
- Hendrix, Scott; Okeja, Uchenna, eds. (2018). The World's Greatest Religious Leaders: How Religious Figures Helped Shape World History [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 11. ISBN 978-144084138-5.
- "Zuzan". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 9 August 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- Blair, Sheila (1985). "The Madrasa at Zuzan: Islamic Architecture in Eastern Iran on the Eve of the Mongol Invasions". Muqarnas: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture (3). Retrieved 9 February 2025.[dead link]
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