Iran Urmia The Afshars of Urmia (also spelled Urmiya; Persian: افشارهای ارومیه) are a branch of the Afshar tribe centered in the Iranian city of Urmia. From...

famous of the Afshar governors of Urmia." The Urmia Afshars played a big role in the violent wars that followed after the death of the shah (king) of Iran...

Urmia (Persian: ارومیه; pronounced [oɾumiˈje] ) is the largest city in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran. In the Central District of Urmia County, it is...

of Urmia. His son Kalb-e ʿAlī Beg (or Kalb' Ali Sultan Afshar) was appointed governor of Urmia in 1627-28, or 1630, until 1648. The descendants of both...

governor of Tabriz) but he was repulsed. Later though he was able to convince the Afshars of Urmia and the Donbolis to rebel. Fath-Ali Shah Qajar heard of the...

the Sari-khanbeyli family, which was most likely descended from the Afshars of Urmia. Later stories connect Badr Khan with Yunsur Pasha. The Sari-khanbeyli...

pioneer of plant pathology research in Iran. Jalal Afshar was born in 1894 in Urmia. He was the son of Majdalsoltan Afshar, a descendant of the Qajar...

appointed governor of Tabriz. They eventually allied themselves against the Qajars along with the Afshars of Urmia. Fath-Ali Khan Qajar heard of the news in...

printed scholarly publications. He was an author of the documentary films "Afshars", "Khurshidbanu Natavan", "Mir Mohsun Navvab", "Kamina". Hacılılar ("Hajilu...

Iranian province of Azerbaijan. The oldest kingdom known in Iranian Azerbaijan is that of the Mannea who ruled a region south-east of Lake Urmia centered around...

Ādeh-ye Bozorg) is a village in Tala Tappeh Rural District, Nazlu District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. The name Ada is believed to come...

Ali Hagigat Afshar (Az) Hassan Vaez Mousavi-Anzabi (Az) Akbar Ghaffari (Az, Mid-term elections) MPs in 1984 from the electorate of Urmia. (2nd) Mohammad-Ali...

branch of the Afshar tribe that resided in the city of Urmia. Allahverdi Afshar, who was active first in his home Urmia and subsequently at the court of crown...

Tazeh Kand-e Afshar, a village in Urmia County Tazeh Kand-e Anhar, a village in Urmia County Tazeh Kand-e Baba Ganjeh, a village in Urmia County Tazeh...

territory between Ardabil and Urmia by 1752. Azad, defeated in the battle of Kirkhbulakh, failed to gain the lands north of the Aras due to the Georgian...

("king") of Iran. Later, a segment of these Afshars had to migrate to Urmia in order to make way for the Chardawri (Chardowli) Lurs. The chief of the Chardowli's...

a village in Nazluy-ye Jonubi Rural District, in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population...

Afshar tribe from Khorasan in north-east Iran, to which Nader belonged. The Afshars had originally migrated from Turkestan to Azerbaijan (Iranian Azerbaijan)...

regained his throne in 1786 thanks to help from Mohammad Qoli Khan Afshar of Urmia Khanate, meanwhile his father's murderers were put to death by Jafar...

Hasan belonged to the Afshar tribe of Urmia. He was one of the few Iranian artists of the 19th-century who drew the praise of European observers, including...

Urmia Shahid Bakeri International Airport (Persian: فرودگاه بین‌المللی شهید باکری ارومیه) (IATA: OMH, ICAO: OITR) is an airport serving the Central District...

village in Baranduzchay-ye Jonubi Rural District, in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population...

as Zīveh) is a village in Dul Rural District, in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population...

ܩܕܝܫܬܐ ܡܪܝ ܣܲܪܓܝܼܣ) is an ancient Assyrian church located in Sir close to Urmia, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Also known as the Maar-Sargiz Historical...

village in Sumay-ye Shomali Rural District, Sumay-ye Beradust District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population...

 1736–1747) of the Qirqlu clan of the Turkoman Afshar tribe, ruling over the Afsharid Empire. Tucker 2012. Stöber 2010. Amanat, Abbas (1997). Pivot of the Universe:...

and Kīsyān) is a village in Margavar Rural District, Silvaneh District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population...

Gavlān) is a village in Anzal-e Jonubi Rural District, Anzal District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population...

establishment of two counties and several districts and annexation of several villages to Urmia County. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior...

Kahrīz) is a village in Anzal-e Jonubi Rural District, Anzal District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population...