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Nazarabad 3 Monuments

Iran (Country) / Western Atrpatakan (Province) / Salmast (District) / Nazarabad (Village)

Location

Nazarabad Village is situated 14 km west of Salmast City, in Derik Canyon, on the right bank of the river, at an altitude of 1,590 to 1,630 metres.

Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 394.

Other Names

The village has also been mentioned as Nazar-ava, Nazarova, and Nizirava.

Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 394.

Historical Introduction

Nazarabad was one of the Armenian populated villages in the district until 1828. The remains of the cemetery of the natives of the village are 0.8 km north-east of the present-day Kurdish (Shikak tribe) populated village which had 90 houses with 534 inhabitants in 2011. The cemetery (N 38°12°03.86°°; E 044°36°33.37°°) is at an altitude of 1,632 metres and one can see there about 20 gravestones (most of them rough slabs) spread in chaotic state: a result of treasure-hunters’ actions.

Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 394.

Earthquakes

Nazarabad, a village of 130 inhabitants, was entirely destroyed by the 1930 earthquake, casualties reaching 30.

Tchalenko, Berberian, “The Salmas (Iran) Earthquake,” p. 157.
Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 394.

Direction From the north-east
Author Samvel Karapetian
Date 2011 y․

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Nazar-ava
Nazarova
Nizirava