Salmas
Salmas (Azerbaijani: ﺩﻳﻠﻤﻘﺎﻥ , سالماس,Sālmās, Dılmaqan; also Romanized as Salmās and Salamas; formerly, Delemon, Dīlmagān, Dīlman, Shahpoor, Shāhpūr, and Shapur) is a city in and the capital of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 79,560, in 19,806 families. The more population are native Azerbaijanis, align with some populations of Assyrians, Armenians, Jews and Kurds.
Salmas (Azerbaijani: ﺩﻳﻠﻤﻘﺎﻥ , سالماس,Sālmās, Dılmaqan; also Romanized as Salmās and Salamas; formerly, Delemon, Dīlmagān, Dīlman, Shahpoor, Shāhpūr, and Shapur) is a city in and the capital of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 79,560, in 19,806 families. The more population are native Azerbaijanis, align with some populations of Assyrians, Armenians, Jews and Kurds.
Early mention of Salmas was made in 1281, when its Assyrian bishop made the trip to the consecration of the Assyrian Church of the East patriarch Yaballaha in Baghdad.
In the Battle of Salmas on 17–18 September 1429, the Kara Koyunlu were defeated by Shah Rukh who was consolidating Timurid holdings west of Lake Urmia. However, the area was retaken by the Kara Koyunlu in 1447 after the death of Shah Rukh.
Mar Shimun, the Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East was murdered by the Kurdish chieftain Simko Shikak in Salmas in March 1918.
Part of the Assyrian Genocide took place in Salmas and the surrounding region at the hands of the Ottoman Army and loyal Kurdish irregulars. This followed initially successful Assyrian military campaigns against the Ottomans and their Kurdish and Azeri allies.[citation needed]
Overall View of Imam St. and Shahrdari Sq.
Islamic Republic Blvd., Near Panahi Technical School
Khan Takhti-Rd near Salmas
The Haftvan Church
Salmas
Salmas (Azerbaijani: ﺩﻳﻠﻤﻘﺎﻥ , سالماس,Sālmās, Dılmaqan; also Romanized as Salmās and Salamas; formerly, Delemon, Dīlmagān, Dīlman, Shahpoor, Shāhpūr, and Shapur) is a city in and the capital of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 79,560, in 19,806 families. The more population are native Azerbaijanis, align with some populations of Assyrians, Armenians, Jews and Kurds.
Salmas (Azerbaijani: ﺩﻳﻠﻤﻘﺎﻥ , سالماس,Sālmās, Dılmaqan; also Romanized as Salmās and Salamas; formerly, Delemon, Dīlmagān, Dīlman, Shahpoor, Shāhpūr, and Shapur) is a city in and the capital of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 79,560, in 19,806 families. The more population are native Azerbaijanis, align with some populations of Assyrians, Armenians, Jews and Kurds.
Early mention of Salmas was made in 1281, when its Assyrian bishop made the trip to the consecration of the Assyrian Church of the East patriarch Yaballaha in Baghdad.
In the Battle of Salmas on 17–18 September 1429, the Kara Koyunlu were defeated by Shah Rukh who was consolidating Timurid holdings west of Lake Urmia. However, the area was retaken by the Kara Koyunlu in 1447 after the death of Shah Rukh.
Mar Shimun, the Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East was murdered by the Kurdish chieftain Simko Shikak in Salmas in March 1918.
Part of the Assyrian Genocide took place in Salmas and the surrounding region at the hands of the Ottoman Army and loyal Kurdish irregulars. This followed initially successful Assyrian military campaigns against the Ottomans and their Kurdish and Azeri allies.[citation needed]
Overall View of Imam St. and Shahrdari Sq.
Islamic Republic Blvd., Near Panahi Technical School
Khan Takhti-Rd near Salmas
The Haftvan Church
Salmas
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