Sohrevard

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For the administrative subdivision, see Sohrevard Rural District.
Sohrevard
سهرورد
City
Sohrevard is located in Iran
Sohrevard
Sohrevard
Coordinates: 36°04′20″N 48°26′24″E / 36.07222°N 48.44000°E / 36.07222; 48.44000Coordinates: 36°04′20″N 48°26′24″E / 36.07222°N 48.44000°E / 36.07222; 48.44000
Country Iran
ProvinceZanjan
CountyKhodabandeh
BakhshCentral
Population
 (2016 Census)
 • Total6,991 [1]
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Sohrevard (Persian: سهرورد, also Romanized as Sohravard)[2] is a city in the Central District of Khodabandeh County, Zanjan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 5,786, in 1,356 families.[3]

Sohrevard was the birthplace of the twelfth century Iranian philosopher, Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi,[4] the Persian Sufi Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi and his nephew Shahab al-Din Abu Hafs Umar Suhrawardi (direct descendant of Islamic Khalifa Abū Bakr as-Ṣiddīq).

References[]

  1. ^ "Statistical Center of Iran > Home".
  2. ^ Sohrevard can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3766562" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  3. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.
  4. ^ M. Kamal, Mulla Sadra's Transcendent Philosophy, p.12, Ashgate Publishing Inc., 136 pp., 2006, ISBN 0-7546-5271-8 (see p.12)
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