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Temer 2 Monuments

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

Location

Temer is situated 13.5 km south-east of Salmast City, at an altitude of 1,380 to 1,390 metres.

Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 526.

Other Names

It has also been mentioned by the name of Tamar.

Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 526.

Historical Introduction

The fortresses and other monuments located in the neighbourhood of Temer are almost three thousand years old, a fact speaking about the old history of the village. The available records do not provide any information as to the exact time when it was emptied of its Armenian population, but this could have happened either before or in 1828. Anyway, the village has not had any Armenian inhabitants since the year specified.

Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 526.

It is noteworthy that the Kurds attacked and plundered the village even when it was inhabited by Turks. An article published in April 1908 reported about one of such inroads: “Tamar suffered two raids: in the daytime, its cattle was driven away from the pasture, while at night [the Kurds] hid themselves in a storehouse of hay and later started plundering the entire village.”

Tsolak, “The Recent Events in Persia,” p. 4.
Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 526.

The present-day inhabitants of Temer are Turkish Ghajars.

Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 526.

It is noteworthy that to this day the local people call the high mountain rising not far from the village, to the north, Ermeni Dagh, which is translated from Turkish as Armenian Mountain.

Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 526.

Direction From the south
Author Sasun Danielian
Date 2017 y․

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Tamar