Egriqash (Persian: اگريقاش, Kurdish: ئیندرقاش, also Romanized as Egrīqāsh; also known as Garīfāsh)[1] is a village in Mokriyan-e Gharbi Rural District, in the Central District of Mahabad County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,911, in 578 families.[2]
Egriqash
اگريقاش | |
|---|---|
village | |
  Egriqash | |
| Coordinates: 36°50′23″N 45°45′28″E / 36.83972°N 45.75778°E | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | West Azerbaijan |
| County | Mahabad |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Rural District | Mokriyan-e Gharbi |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 2,911 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
Name
editHistorically, the name of this village was Indirqash, of unknown origin, which was transformed by folk etymology into Azeri Turkish Ägri-qash ("crooked eyebrow") or Hündür-qash ("high eyebrow").[3]: 70 : 70
History
editAfter the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Shia Azerbaijani recruits in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps entered Egriqash and massacred the local Kurdish population.[4]
References
edit- ^ Egriqash can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3849361" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
- ^ Minorsky, Vladimir (1957). "Mongol Place-Names in Mukri Kurdistan". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 19 (1): 58–81. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ Mohséni, Chirine (2018), Dorronsoro, Gilles; Grojean, Olivier (eds.), The Instrumentalization of Ethnic Conflict by the State The Azeri-Kurdish Conflict in Iran, Oxford University Press, pp. 219 & 224, doi:10.1093/oso/9780190845780.001.0001, ISBN 9780190845780
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