Masjedlu, East Azerbaijan

Masjedlu مسجدلو
village
Masjedlu in March 2009
Masjedlu
Coordinates: 38°56′34″N 46°45′19″E
Country	Iran
Province	East Azerbaijan
County	Khoda Afarin
Bakhsh	Minjavan
Rural District	Minjavan-e Gharbi
Population  (2006)
• Total	45
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Masjedlu (Persian: مسجدلو, also Romanized as Masjedlū; also known as Masjedī, Masjidi, and Mechety; in Armenian: Մէզկիթ)^[1] is a village in Minjavan-e Gharbi Rural District, Minjavan District, Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 45, in 14 families.^[2] The online edition of the Dehkhoda Dictionary, quoting Iranian Army files,^[3] reports a population of 639 people in late 1940s.^[4] According to a more recent statistics (2012) the population is 45 people in 14 families.^[5]

According to P. Oberling, the inhabitants belonged to Mohammad Khanlu tribe.^[6] The affiliation, however, could not be ethnic as people of Masjedlu are followers of Yarsan religion. Until 1990, Habib Soltani was one of the elites of Yarsan religion in Arasbaran region. His younger son, Asghar Soltani, was a prominent poet.^[7]

References

1. Masjedlu can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3074317" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
3. فرهنگ جغرافیایی ایران، آبادیها، زیر نظر حسینعلی رزم آرا، تهران: سازمان جغرافیایی کشور، 1329، ج 4
4. "Dehkhoda Dictionary". Archived from the original on 2014-01-11. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
5. "East Azarbaijan Census of 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-11.
6. P. Oberling, “The Tribes of Qarāca Dāġ,” Oriens 17, 1964, pp. 78-88.
7. عسگر سلطانی، "آرزو یوللاریم"، انتشارات تکدرخت، تهران ۱۳۹۱، ص. ۱۶.