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Revision as of 23:01, 5 August 2023 by Mahmud ale (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) Citadel in Iranian AzerbaijanChehriq (Template:Lang-fa) (also Chahriq, Chiriq, Charik, Čahrīk or Shimko) is a citadel located in north-western Iran in West Azarbaijan Province, Salmas County, near the Turkish border. https://en.wikipedia.org/Iraqi_Kurdistan#/media/File:Kurdish_states_1835.png
History
The Báb was imprisoned at Chehriq prior to his execution at Tabriz in 1850. It has been said that Báb denoted the citadel in his writings as Jabal alshadid meaning mount extreme where the word shadid (meaning extreme) has numerical value of 318 in Arabic equaling numerical value of Jehriq.
Notes
- ^ Houtsma, M. Th. et al. (1993 reprint) "Salmas" E. J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936 Volume 4, E.J. Brill, New York, page 118, ISBN 90-04-09796-1
- MacEoin, Denis (1989). "Bāb, Sayyed `Ali Mohammad Sirazi". Encyclopædia Iranica.
38°4′49″N 44°35′22″E / 38.08028°N 44.58944°E / 38.08028; 44.58944
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