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'''Ḩeşārū’īyeh''' ({{lang-fa|حصاروئیه}}) is a village located roughly {{convert|10|km}} southeast of [[Shahr-e Babak]] in [[Kermān Province]], [[Iran]], <ref>{{citation|url=http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-4306522&fid=2993&c=iran|title=Ḩeşārū’īyeh: Iran|publisher=Geographic.org|accessdate=2010-11-15}}</ref> |
'''Ḩeşārū’īyeh''' ({{lang-fa|حصاروئیه}}) is a village located roughly {{convert|10|km}} southeast of [[Shahr-e Babak]] in [[Kermān Province]], [[Iran]], <ref>{{citation|url=http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-4306522&fid=2993&c=iran|title=Ḩeşārū’īyeh: Iran|publisher=Geographic.org|accessdate=2010-11-15}}</ref>. The name "Hesarooyeh" comes from two words Ḩeşār (حصار), meaning "fort", "fence", "wall", or "barrier", and bārū (بارو) meaning "fortification. |
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Ḩeşārū’īyeh is located close to Road 71, a national highway which connects Tehran in the north to Bandar-Abbas in the South. Beside the forts and the barriers, there is also a horseshoe-like stretched hill nearby called Tale-h Hesar, meaning "hill of the fort". |
Ḩeşārū’īyeh is located close to Road 71, a national highway which connects Tehran in the north to Bandar-Abbas in the South. Beside the forts and the barriers, there is also a horseshoe-like stretched hill nearby called Tale-h Hesar, meaning "hill of the fort". |
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Ḩeşārū’īyeh (Persian: حصاروئیه) is a village located roughly 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southeast of Shahr-e Babak in Kermān Province, Iran, [1]. The name "Hesarooyeh" comes from two words Ḩeşār (حصار), meaning "fort", "fence", "wall", or "barrier", and bārū (بارو) meaning "fortification.
Ḩeşārū’īyeh is located close to Road 71, a national highway which connects Tehran in the north to Bandar-Abbas in the South. Beside the forts and the barriers, there is also a horseshoe-like stretched hill nearby called Tale-h Hesar, meaning "hill of the fort".
Etymology
One local author suggests that the name comes from the words Ḩeşār (حصار), meaning "fort", "fence", "wall", or "barrier", and bārū (بارو) meaning "fortification".[2]
History
Ḩeşārū’īyeh served as the stronghold of the Ismailis, who ruled Shahr-e Babak in the 1800s.[2]
Surroundings
Ḩeşārū’īyeh is located close to Road 71, a national highway which connects Tehran in the north to Bandar-Abbas in the South. Beside the forts and the barriers, there is also a horseshoe-like stretched hill nearby called Tale-h Hesar, meaning "hill of the fort".[citation needed]
References
- ^ Ḩeşārū’īyeh: Iran, Geographic.org, retrieved 2010-11-15
- ^ a b Mansoor, Azizi (1383 [2004/2005]), Template:Asiantitle, مرکز کرمانشناسى [Markaz-i Kirmān'shināsī], ISBN 9789646487703, OCLC 62579116
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