Shirabad, West Azerbaijan

For other places with similar names, see Shirabad.

Shirabad (Persian: شيراباد;^[1] Syriac: Shīrābād)^[2] is a village in Nazlu-e Shomali Rural District, Nazlu District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 143, in 40 families.^[3]

Shirabad
Village
Shirabad
Coordinates: 37°45′09″N 45°09′00″E
Country	Iran
Province	West Azerbaijan
County	Urmia
Bakhsh	Nazlu
Rural District	Nazlu-e Shomali
Population  (2006)
• Total	143
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

History

In 1862, Shirabad was inhabited by 40 Church of the East families and were served by two priests and the Church of Mār Shallīṭā.^[4] There were 31 Church of the East families at the village with two priests and one functioning church by 1877.^[5] The village was entirely Christian prior to the First World War, according to the list prepared by Basil Nikitin, the Russian consul at Urmia.^[2]