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]

References

1. Shirabad can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3813581" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
2. Wilmshurst (2000), p. 328.
3. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011.
4. Wilmshurst (2000), p. 329.
5. Wilmshurst (2000), p. 331.

Bibliography

• Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913 (PDF). Peeters Publishers. Retrieved 30 October 2024.

• Iran portal