Vahnabad

For the administrative division, see Vahnabad Rural District.

Vahnabad
Persian: وهن اباد
Village
Vahnabad is located in Iran
Vahnabad
Vahnabad
Coordinates: 35°26′46″N 51°10′21″E / 35.44611°N 51.17250°E / 35.44611; 51.17250[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceTehran
CountyRobat Karim
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictVahnabad
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
1,541
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Vahnabad (Persian: وهن اباد)[a] is a village in, and the capital of, Vahnabad Rural District[4] in the Central District of Robat Karim County, Tehran province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,344 in 325 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 1,537 people in 424 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,541 people in 440 households.[2]

Notable people

Heydar Latifiyan was one of the leading figures of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and a supporter of the parliamentary government against the authoritarian government.[7]

He was a resident of Vahanabad and a supporter of Hassan Modarres and fighters against the Russian invasion during World War I. Haidar was the eldest son of Latif Vahanabadi, and all the Latifiyans of this region are Latif descendants. His famous descendants is Ali Latifiyan[7]

After World War I, the Russians advanced on Qazvin. With the fall of Tehran, the parliament lost its majority and was dissolved when, in the early year of World War I, around 1293, Russia issued an ultimatum to Iran to expel Morgan Schuster[8][9] and the forces They entered Iran and came to Robat Karim and attacked the forces of the National Defense Committee, which was formed in the presence of Seyyed Hassan Modarres and his allies. "My Memoirs" writes about the first Russian military confrontation with the national forces:[7]

The Russian army reaches the village of Kalmeh (Fajr town), which is located on the road from Robat Karim to Tehran, on one side, and the local fighters are surrounded on three sides. But everyone survives. But at dusk, the infantry of the Russian army get closer and the battle begins with the sword, and after a bloody battle, 70 people are killed. Haidar Latifian, like the rest of his comrades, was killed.[7]

According to local legends, the Russians made it difficult to identify the bodies by cutting off the heads of the dead. He is buried in the northern side of the Imamzadeh grave.[7]

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ Also romanized as Vahanābād and Vahnābād; also known as Wahsanābād[3]

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (22 September 2024). "Vahn Abad, Vahnabad RD, Robat Karim Central District, Robat Karim County, Tehran Province, 18391-33840, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان تهران [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Tehran Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  3. ^ Vahnabad can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3087998" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. ^ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (16 March 1986) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1364/12/25 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل 4 بخش در شهرستان ری تابعه استان تهران به مرکزیت شهرری [‌Creation and formation of 4 districts in Ray County, affiliated with Tehran province, centered in Ray city]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] EEC5DF90-4D1D-4768-907D-D6C6D1DCD900. شماره دوره [Course number] 64, شماره جلد [Volume number] 10. Archived from the original on 21 June 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  5. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان تهران [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Tehran Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  6. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان تهران [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Tehran Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  7. ^ a b c d e Retrieved from Persian Wikipedia
  8. ^ Makki, Hossein (1989). (Katerat (autobiography. Elmi published. p. 21.
  9. ^ Taheri, Sadr alddin. Araa va Andishe haa. pp. 24–25.


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